{"id":15854,"date":"2025-10-21T10:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=15854"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:12:20","slug":"sam-plant-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/education\/residency-program\/diagnostic-radiology-residency\/current-residents\/sam-plant-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Plant, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12262 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/08\/MBailey-220707-032-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"UVA Radiology resident Sam Plant, MD\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/08\/MBailey-220707-032-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/08\/MBailey-220707-032-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/08\/MBailey-220707-032-156x200.jpg 156w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/08\/MBailey-220707-032.jpg 779w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine<\/h3>\n<h3>Diagnostic Radiology<\/h3>\n<p>Hi everyone! My name is Sam Plant, and\u00a0 I am currently a PGY-5 (fourth-year radiology resident), in my last year of residency training.\u00a0 What a journey it has been!\u00a0 I have loved being a part of the UVA Radiology family over the past few years.\u00a0 I moved to Charlottesville with my wife and our two kids from Roanoke, VA where I completed my medical school and intern year at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.\u00a0 While my wife and I are both originally from Idaho, we were so happy to stay in Virginia for residency, and we have all loved Charlottesville.\u00a0 When my wife and I aren\u2019t busy wrangling our two crazy boys, we love spending time going on walks, golfing, playing video games, and exploring around Cville\u2019s many restaurants, hiking trails, and scenic drives.<\/p>\n<p>After completing an away rotation at UVA as a medical student and getting to meet the fabulous clinicians that work and live here, UVA easily became my top choice for where I wanted to take my family for the next chapter of our lives\u2014and we haven\u2019t looked back since.\u00a0 We will be staying at UVA for an additional year after residency to complete my fellowship training in abdominal imaging, and we are so excited for what lays ahead after that.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15855\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/63441DFD-E7A2-4510-BB20-294909597E34-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Plant, MD, and family\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/63441DFD-E7A2-4510-BB20-294909597E34-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/63441DFD-E7A2-4510-BB20-294909597E34-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/63441DFD-E7A2-4510-BB20-294909597E34-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/63441DFD-E7A2-4510-BB20-294909597E34-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/63441DFD-E7A2-4510-BB20-294909597E34-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/63441DFD-E7A2-4510-BB20-294909597E34-160x200.jpg 160w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/63441DFD-E7A2-4510-BB20-294909597E34-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15856\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/IMG_0451-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Plant, MD, and partner\" width=\"472\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/IMG_0451-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/IMG_0451-968x1024.jpg 968w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/IMG_0451-768x813.jpg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/IMG_0451-189x200.jpg 189w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/10\/IMG_0451.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Diagnostic Radiology Hi everyone! 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