Mark Kenneth Plante MD, FRCS(C), FACS

Mark K. Plante, MD, FRCS(C), FACS is the Chief of Urology at the University of Vermont Medical Center. He is a Tenured Professor of Surgery and is the Urology Residency Program Director. A Flight Surgeon from 1993 to 1996 for Skyservice, he completed his medical degree and surgical training at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and received several awards during his residencies in General Surgery and Urologic Surgery.

Dr. Plante has co-authored over 60 abstract presentations, over 35 peer-review publications, and four review publications and chapters. Dr. Plante has served as both Treasurer and President of the New England Section of the American Urological Association (AUA) and was a graduate of the inaugural leadership class of the AUA.

Dr. Plante has been an invited speaker/presenter/visiting surgeon at conferences and universities throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has been primary to the successful reestablishment of Urologic Surgical Residency training at the University of Vermont as well as the broad integration efforts for urologic patient care in several counties in both Vermont and Upstate New York. Under his leadership, all urologic care in the UVM Health Network is provided by faculty urologists.