Mark Plaster, Md Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Doctor, Lawyer, successful small business owner, two-time Iraq veteran.• Board certified Emergency Physician with over 30 years in practice.• J.D. in Healthcare Law; eventually became the Editor of “Emergency Department Law.”• Founder & Owner of M L Plaster Publishing Company and the magazines: Emergency Physicians Monthly as well as Telemedicine Magazine.• Volunteered for the Navy Reserves in 2001 and served two tours of duty in Iraq with the US Marine Corps in a Shock Trauma… Show more • Doctor, Lawyer, successful small business owner, two-time Iraq veteran.• Board certified Emergency Physician with over 30 years in practice.• J.D. in Healthcare Law; eventually became the Editor of “Emergency Department Law.”• Founder & Owner of M L Plaster Publishing Company and the magazines: Emergency Physicians Monthly as well as Telemedicine Magazine.• Volunteered for the Navy Reserves in 2001 and served two tours of duty in Iraq with the US Marine Corps in a Shock Trauma Platoon.More information available at www.plasterforcongress.com Show less

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Annapolis, Maryland

In the spring of 2002, at age 50, I volunteered with the United Sates Navy Medical Corps. In 2003, I deployed to Iraq with United States Marine Corps as the Officer in Charge of Shock Trauma Platoon 7 with the 4th Medical Battalion of the 4th Service Support Group and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2008-2009, I deployed again to Iraq with the United States Marine Corps as the Senior Medical Officer of a Shock Trauma Platoon with Combat… Show more In the spring of 2002, at age 50, I volunteered with the United Sates Navy Medical Corps. In 2003, I deployed to Iraq with United States Marine Corps as the Officer in Charge of Shock Trauma Platoon 7 with the 4th Medical Battalion of the 4th Service Support Group and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2008-2009, I deployed again to Iraq with the United States Marine Corps as the Senior Medical Officer of a Shock Trauma Platoon with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 2009-2012, I acted as the Officer in Charge of the Surgical Company Bravo with the 4th Medical Battalion of the United States Marine Corps at Headquarters Detachment of the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Currently, I am serving as a Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves. Show less

Emergency Physicians Monthly is the most-read publication in the field of emergency medicine. Established in 1992, EPM is the only news magazine founded, edited and written exclusively by practicing emergency physicians.

Author of "Night Shift; Stories from the Life of an ER Doc"

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Mark became the director of a busy ER in Wilmington, Delaware and also the Medical Adviser for the Delaware State Fire Commission. In order to have a better understanding of medical law, Mark attended Widener University School of Law, eventually becoming the Editor of “Emergency Department Law.”Over the two decades that followed, Dr. Plaster became one of the go-to ER Doctors for emergency departments in staffing crises across the country. He traveled for weeks at a time to towns and… Show more Mark became the director of a busy ER in Wilmington, Delaware and also the Medical Adviser for the Delaware State Fire Commission. In order to have a better understanding of medical law, Mark attended Widener University School of Law, eventually becoming the Editor of “Emergency Department Law.”Over the two decades that followed, Dr. Plaster became one of the go-to ER Doctors for emergency departments in staffing crises across the country. He traveled for weeks at a time to towns and cities all across America in order to work the night shifts in areas where others of his expertise weren’t available. Because of his unique blend of medical and legal training, he was also called on as an expert witness in medical legal cases.Service to the poorest of the poor has led Mark and his wife Rebecca to participate in medical service teams caring for patients in Haiti, Vietnam, the Amazon villages of Peru, the barrios of Rio, and the Sudan. Together, they have helped build a hospital in Southern Sudan and are currently working to build a children’s medical center in Kenya. Show less

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biology, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega Frater Sodalis