Welcome to the College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery at the University of Vermont.  We provide surgical services and surgical training at Fletcher Allen Health Care, a tertiary care academic medical center.  We are proud to be an integral part of this high quality, cost efficient health care center.  Our mission is to provide excellent patient care, superb resident and medical student training, and to foster research and innovation.

Our Divisions are each run by a Division Chief and include:

• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Emergency Medicine
• General Surgery:  GI/Pancreas/Biliary Tract/Colorectal
• General Surgery:  Oncology/Endocrinology
• General Surgery: Trauma and Critical Care
• Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology
• Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
• Pediatric Surgery
• Plastic Surgery
• Transplantation Surgery and Immunology
• Urology
• Vascular Surgery

We strive to recruit and retain the best faculty members.  Currently we have about 85 faculty members across a wide range of specialties.  There are residency training programs in General Surgery, Urology, Neurosurgery, and Otolaryngology. 

The Surgery website contains current information about all aspects of the department's functions including patient care, education and research.  There is also information about individual faculty members and their areas of expertise.  Information not contained on the website can be obtained by email inquiry directed to the webmaster at Debbie.McDonald@vtmednet.org.

Marion Everett Couch MD PhD MBA FACS
Interim Chair
Department of Surgery