Mario D. Forte MD

Mario Forte, MD is Board Certified in General Surgery. He is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, with specialized training in Advanced Trauma Life Support, and is Certified in Breast Ultrasound by the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Dr. Forte is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He earned his medical degree from the University of Washington. Dr. Forte believes great patient care is based on collaboration with the patient and care team. He chose surgical medicine as his profession to allow him to actively intervene with a surgical procedure to restore a patient to health. Dr. Forte has been caring for patients at PeaceHealth St. John since 1991, and is the most senior general surgeon on the medical staff.

When Dr. Forte is away from work, he devotes his times to gardening, hiking, skiing, reading, cooking, and is a beverage aficionado who enjoys wine and brewing his own beer.

• University of Washington School of Medicine
  Degree: Other Degree (OTH)

• Aetna
• Amerigroup Washington
• Care Oregon
• Cigna
• Community Health Plan of Washington
• Coordinated Care Washington
• Coventry-Aetna
• First Choice Health Network
• Health Net Federal Services
• Health Net of Oregon
• Humana
• Kaiser Permanente
• Medicaid Oregon Health Plan
• Medicaid Washington
• Medicare
• Medicare Railroad
• Moda Health
• Molina Healthcare
• Multiplan Network
• Pacific Medical Centers
• PacificSource Health Plans
• Premera Blue Cross
• Providence Health Plan (PPO)
• Provider Network of America
• Regence - Oregon & Washington
• TriWest Healthcare Alliance
• United Healthcare
• Washington State Labor & Industries

• St. John Medical Center