Damon Clark, MD

Dr. Clark obtained his medical degree in 2004 from Harvard Medical School, one of the top medical schools in the country. He trained for his general surgery residency at both Eastern Virginia Medical School and Henry Ford Hospital and completed his residency in 2010. He recently completed a 2-year fellowship in Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center/University of Maryland Medical Center, one of the most renowned trauma and surgical critical care training centers in the world.

In his young academic career, Dr. Clark has completed five research fellowships in the areas of surgical and molecular chemistry and pharmaceuticals. He has presented his work in abstract form 13 times and has four peer-reviewed articles to his credit. This work does not include several of his other research projects that are under evaluation for publication and/or presentation, including a large series on the impact of a web-based radiology service to reduce the need for unnecessary repeat radiographic tests.

He recently received from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Oriens Award. In addition, he was awarded the 2011 Best Preceptor for Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS) from R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma/University of Maryland Medical Center. During his general surgery training, he was awarded the 2010 Medical Student Teacher of the Year.