Dr. Plourde is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba and fellowships in Tropical Diseases at the University of Toronto and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba and the University of Nairobi.
He is currently a medical officer of health for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) and professor in the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba.
He is also medical director of the Travel Health and Tropical Medicine Services and the Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction team within the WRHA Public Health Program; and he is medical director of WRHA Integrated Tuberculosis Services.
Dr. Plourde also leads an annual interprofessional healthcare student elective to Haiti, in collaboration with Université Lumière in Port-au-Prince.
In 2010, he received the Dr. Jack Armstrong Humanitarian Award from Doctors Manitoba for his work in Haiti.
Education
- MD, University of Ottawa (1983)
- FRCPC (Internal Medicine), University of Manitoba (1988)
- FRCPC (Infectious Diseases), University of Manitoba (1992)
Awards
- Honourary Senior Stick, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association (2000-2001)
- First Mentor of the Year Award, Region 2 (Manitoba and Saskatchewan), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (2000)
- Most Outstanding Program (Problem Solving – Med II Problem Based Learning), Manitoba Medical Students Association (2001-2002)
- Jim Parker Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Educator of the Year Award for Undergraduate Medical Education, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association (2007)
- Dr. Jack Armstrong Humanitarian Award, Doctors Manitoba (2010)
- Honour and Merit Award (for contributions to helping destitute children in Bon Repos), El Shaddai Community, Bon Repos, Haiti (2010)
- Jim Parker Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Educator of the Year Award for Undergraduate Medical Education, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association (2011)
- Jim Parker Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Educator of the Year Award for Undergraduate Medical Education, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association (2015)
- Clinical Educator of the Year Award for Post-graduate Resident Education, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2015)
- Gold Signature Award (Campaign of the Year) for “Protect Yourself” social marketing condom promotion campaign – presented to McKim and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction team, Advertising Association of Winnipeg (2016)
- Gold Signature Award (Banner Ad) for “Protect Yourself” social marketing condom promotion campaign – presented to McKim and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction team, Advertising Association of Winnipeg (2016)
- Certificate of Honour and Merit, la Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Infirmières de l’Université Lumière, Haïti (2018)
- Clinical Educator of the Year Award for Post-graduate Resident Education, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2019)