Brendan J. Clark, M.D.
brendan.clark@ucdenver.edu
Education
Fellowship Training
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado
Denver, CO
7/07 – 6/11
Residency Training
Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
6/03 – 6/06
M.S., Clinical Science
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
8/10 - Present
M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
8/99 – 5/03
B.S., Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
8/95 – 5/99
Work Experience
Hospitalist, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA
7/06 – 6/07
Instructor, Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine,
University of Colorado Denver
7/2011-
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1) Clark BJ, Smart A, House R, Douglas I, Burnham EL, and Moss M. Severity of Acute
Illness is Associated with Baseline Readiness to Change in Medical Intensive Care Unit
Patients with Unhealthy Alcohol Use. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Sep 26 (Accepted)
PMID: 21950704
2) Bull TM, Clark B, McFann K, Moss M. Pulmonary vascular dysfunction is associated
with poor outcomes in patients with acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010
Nov 1; 182 (9): 1123-8. PMID: 20558628.
3) Clark BJ, Moss M. Secondary prevention in the intensive care unit: Does intensive care
unit admission represent a “teachable moment?” Crit Care Med. 2011 Jun;39(6): 1500-6.
PMID: 21494113.
4) Macht M, Wimbish T, Clark BJ, Benson AB, Burnham EL, Williams A, Moss M.
Postextubation dysphasia is persistent and associated with poor outcomes in survivors of
critical illness. Crit Care. 2011 Sep 29;15(5): R231. PMID:21958475
Book Chapters
1) Clark BJ, Daley CL. “Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Respiratory Infections” in
Respiratory Infections. Ed. Sanjay Sethi. Informa Healthcare, 2009.
Review Papers
1) Clark, BJ. Patient-Focused Care in COPD. The Pulmonary Report 2009 2(2). Winter
2009. Web 11 July 2009.
2) Clark, BJ and Flaherty KR. Clinical Year in Review III: pulmonary rehabilitation,
respiratory health effects of smoking, genetics of lung disease, and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2010 Sep; 7(5): 312-7.
Abstracts
1) Clark BJ, Smart A, House R, Douglas IS, Burnham E, Moss M. Medical Intensive care
unit patients with unhealthy alcohol use are ready to change. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011
(6): 144A.
2) Clark BJ, Standiford TJ, Paine R, Macht M, Benson A, Burnham EL, Moss M. Survivors
of Acute Lung Injury with An Alcohol Use Disorder Modify Their Drinking Behaviors. Am J
Respir Crit Care Med 2011; 183: A1165.
3) Clark BJ, Moss M, Burnham EL. Effect of Alcohol Use Disorders on the Outcome of
Acute Lung Injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011; 183: A1642.
4) Clark BJ, Smart A, Boe D, House R, Douglas IS, Moss M. Spectrum of Alcohol Use in
the Medical Intensive Care Unit: Opportunities for Intervention? Am J Respir Crit Care
Med 2010; 181: A4560.
5) Clark BJ, Marney A, Brown NJ, Moss M, Bull TM. Increased Serum BNP
Concentrations are Assciated with Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction in Patients with Acute
Lung Injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010; 181: A2582.
6) Clark BJ, Dexter M, Levin A, Daley CL. “Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
inPatients with End-Stage Renal Disease: Interferon-Gamma Release Assays versus
Tuberculin Skin Test.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009; 179: A5926.
Awards and Honors
American Thoracic Society Travel Award
NIH Loan Repayment Award
Alpha Omega Alpha, Northwestern University
American College Physicians Award for Most Outstanding Performance
in Medicine clerkship, Northwestern University
Phi Beta Kappa – University of Illinois
Bronze Tablet – Awarded to the top 3% of graduating class at
University of Illinois
Clarence E. Brehm Memorial Scholarship – Most outstanding student in
physical and life sciences from Southern Illinois
James Scholar, University of Illinois
Children of Veteran’s Scholarship – full tuition scholarship to the University
of Illinois
2010
2009-11
2002
2002
1999
1999
1998
1995 - 1999
1995 - 1999
Research
Research Fellow, University of Colorado, Denver
Dr. Marc Moss, MD, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical
Care Medicine
Risky alcohol use in the medical intensive care unit
2009-Present
Research Fellow, University of Colorado, Denver
Dr. Charles Daley, MD, Division of Mycobacterial and Respiratory
Infections, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Diagnosis of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial
2008-2009
infections
Student Research Assistant, University of Illinois
Dr. Stephen Kaufman, PhD, Department of Cell & Structural Biology
The Role of the alpha-7 integrin in neuromuscular junction formation
Howard Hughes Summer Research Fellowship
Dr. Michael Daley, PhD, University of Iowa Department of Cell Biology
The Use of real-time confocal microscopy to evaluate changes in the
rat hippocampus following induced seizures
1998 -1999
1998
Teaching and Educational Activities
Small Group Facilitator, University of Colorado Medical School
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Intern Selection Committee, University of Colorado
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Preceptor for Physical Diagnosis 2 at Harvard Medical School
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Group leader for Human Systems course at Harvard Medical School
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Preceptor for Physical Diagnosis at Northwestern University Medical School
2010-11
2010
2005
2005
2003
Licensure and Certification
USMLE Step 1
USMLE Step 2
USMLE Step 3
American Board of Internal Medicine
ABIM Pulmonary Board Certification
ABIM Critical Care Board Certification
2001
2003
2005
2006
2009
2010