About Dr. Clark
Michael Clark is a PGY3 categorical resident in general surgery. He attended college at Johns Hopkins University where he earned a degree in biomedical engineering. After graduating, he spent two years at the National Institutes of Health investigating the natural history of motor neuron disease using computational neuroimaging methods. He then received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he completed work in postoperative outcomes prediction.
Michael's research interests lie at the intersection of technology and surgery, and include both clinical informatics and medical device innovation. He intends to pursue a career in academic surgery and is open-minded about his future subspecialty.
Societies
- American Medical Informatics Association
- American Medical Association
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
Awards
2022
Paula C. Hoos Teaching Award
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
2016 - 2018
Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Research
2020 - 2022
Research Assistant
Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mentor: Robert Freundlich, MD, MS, MSCI
Project: Risk factors for discretionary postoperative mechanical ventilation
2016 - 2018
Post-baccalaureate IRTA Research Fellow
Motor Neuron Disorders Unit, National Institutes of Health
Mentor: Mary Kay Floeter, MD, PhD
Project: Multimodality neuroimaging in motor neuron disease
2015 - 2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mentor: Eva Ritzl, MD
Project: Automated classification of EEG reactivity
2014 - 2015
Undergraduate Design Team Leader
Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design
Project: Development of a novel stem cell injection device
Publications
Selected Publications
- Smallwood-Shoukry, R.F., Clark, M.G., Floeter, M.K.: Resting State Functional Connectivity Is Decreased Globally Across the C9orf72 Mutation Spectrum. Frontiers in Neurology 11:598474, 2020.
- Clark, M.G., Smallwood-Shoukry, R.F., Huang, C.J., Danielian, L.E., Bageac, D., Floeter, M.K.: Loss of Functional Connectivity is an Early Imaging Marker in Primary Lateral Sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis & Frontotemporal Degeneration 19(7-8):562–569, 2018.
Selected Abstracts
- Clark, M.G., Mueller, D.A., Li, G., Freundlich, R.E.: Patient and Operative Factors Predict Risk of Discretionary Prolonged Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation in a Broad Surgical Cohort. Poster. Society for Technology in Anesthesia Annual Meeting, 2022.
- Clark, M.G., Johnson, E., Ritzl, E.K.: Quantitative Measurement of EEG Reactivity. Poster. American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Annual Meeting, 2016.