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Robert Clark, MD
Job Title
Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine Department, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5164
Phone
412-692-6076
Fax
Email
clarkrs@upmc.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1989 Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
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Residency: |
1992 Primary Children’s Hospital, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT |
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Fellowship: |
1995 Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA |
Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Neurotrauma Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
- Society for Pediatric Research
- Faculty of 1000 Medicine
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics, Sub board on Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Awards
- 2006-08 Listed in America’s Top Pediatricians
- Society of Critical Care Medicine Presidential Citation
Publications
- Chu CT, Plowey ED, Dagda RK, Hickey RW, Cherra III, SJ, Clark RSB: Autophagy in neurite injury and neurodegeneration: in vitro and in vivo models. Methods Enzymol 453:217-249, 2009.
- Du L, Watkins SC, Gibson G, Bayir H, Kochanek PM, Kagan VE, Chu CT, Clark RSB. Quantification and dynamics of autophagy in male and female neurons during nutrient deprivation. Program No. 51.8. Society for Neuroscience, 2008. Online.
- Fink EL, Lai Y, Zhang X, Janesko-Feldman K, Adelson PD, Szabó C, Berger RP, Sarnaik AA, Kochanek PM, Clark RSB. Quantification of poly(ADP-ribose)-modified proteins in cerebrospinal fluid from infants and children after traumatic brain injury. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 28:1523-1529, 2008.
- Lai Y, Chen Y, Watkins SC, Nathaniel PD, Guo F, Kochanek PM, Jenkins LW, Szabo C, Clark RSB. Identification of poly-ADP-ribosylated mitochondrial proteins after traumatic brain injury. J Neurochem 104:1700-1711, 2008.
- Manole MD, Foley LM, Hitchens TK, Kochanek PM, Hickey RW, Bayir H, Alexander H, Ho C, Clark RSB. Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of regional cerebral blood flow after asphyxial cardiac arrest in immature rats. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 29:197-205, 2009.
Active Research Projects / Grants
- Divergent Pathways of Cell Death after Brain Injury
- Gender-Specific Treatment of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
- Training in Pediatric Neurointensive Care and Resuscitation Research
- Innovative Treatment with PARP Inhibitors after Cardiac Arrest
- Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase and Brain Injury
- "Novel Nitroxide Resuscitation Strategies in Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury"
- Oxidative Stress in Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Alterations after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
