SVMC Welcomes Anthony Donaldson, MD, to SVMC Urology

BENNINGTON, VT—March 30, 2022—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) is pleased to welcome urologist Anthony Donaldson, MD, to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam medical group and SVMC Urology. Dr. Donaldson is board-certified in urology by the American Board of Urology.

Dr. Donaldson received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School and his bachelor’s in history from Dartmouth College, both in Hanover, NH. He completed his residency training in urology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He has worked as the department head of Urology at the Naval Hospital Jacksonville in Florida and as a staff urologist at both Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington and Glens Falls Hospital in New York.

Dr. Donaldson joins Dr. Andrew Cowder at SVMC Urology. The two worked together at Monument Urology in Bennington from 2009 – 2018. Through a team-based approach, they provide personalized treatment plans designed to resolve urological issues. They offer consultation, diagnostics, surgical services, family planning, and education, including care for incontinence and vasectomy.

SVMC Urology is located in suite 100 of the Medical Office Building at 140 Hospital Drive in Bennington. For more information or to make an appointment, call 802-447-6253.

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Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC includes Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, and the SVHC Foundation. SVMC includes 25 primary and specialty care practices.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care is among the most lauded small rural health systems in the nation. It is the recipient of the American Hospital Association’s 2020 Rural Hospital Leadership Award. In addition, SVMC ranked fourth nationwide for the value of care it provides by the Lown Institute Hospital Index in 2020 and is a five-time recipient of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence. It has also received the highest marks possible from the Leapfrog Group. The health system is fortunate to have the support of platinum-level corporate sponsor Mack, a leading supplier of contract manufacturing services and injection molded plastic parts based in Arlington, VT. 

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center provides exceptional care without discriminating on the basis of an individual’s age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Language assistance services, free of charge, are available at 1-800-367-9559.