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Genesis, Inc.
24571 Silver Cloud Court, Suite 201
Monterey, CA, 93940

(831) 648-7794

Marie E. Pletsch, M.D. is the director of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Medical Center of Monterey Bay and Genesis, Inc., a Medspa in the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay area. She has been in private practice specializing in plastic and reconstructive surgery since 1969.

Dr. Pletsch received her M.D. Degree from the University of Toronto in 1962. She completed her medical internship in 1963 at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, followed by a three-year residency in general surgery at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and St. Marys Hospital in San Francisco. Following this she completed a residency in plastic surgery at St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco. This included a rotation through Letterman Army Hospital, Contra Costa County Hospital, San Quentin Prison Hospital, U.S. Public Health Hospital and Southern Pacific Hospital.

Dr. Pletsch, on her early aspirations, her background, and her medical training: “My original plan was to be a medical missionary – to go to Africa and work in health care helping people. Then I learned that I could meet this need by being a physician and helping people right where I lived. I didn’t have to go to Africa! I was at Cook County Hospital at that time and noted there were more than enough people here that needed surgeons, that needed help.”

“I knew I wanted to be a surgeon, right from the start of medical school. I had excellent training all the way through and was fortunate to be able to do my internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. It was there that I realized how much I liked to do the hands-on work of suturing lacerations and treating wounds. It was an extraordinarily busy hospital and one rotation was a 12-hour shift in the surgical dispensary. At the end of a long shift, I’d look out and see that there were still many patients who needed to be seen. I just stayed late, time after time, sewing people up and working in surgery for as long as I could stand on my feet. It was during that year that I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Jack Sheen, a gifted plastic surgery resident who became a renowned pioneer and expert in the area of nasal surgery, as well as other aspects of both plastic and reconstructive surgery. He took an interest in me and taught me many pearls in wound repair. His guidance and support contributed greatly to my growing desire to be a plastic surgeon.”

“When I arrived in Santa Cruz in 1969, there were no other plastic surgeons in the area. This gave me an invaluable opportunity to perform every type of plastic surgery – hand surgery and trauma injuries that required reconstructive surgeries, in addition to the full range of elective cosmetic surgery procedures. As a result, I gained an extraordinary amount of experience at the beginning of my career, which has enabled me to develop expertise in many areas.