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Orlo Clark, M.D.

  • Professor Emeritus of Surgery
  • Division of General Surgery

Contact Information

Campus Box 1674
University of California, San Francisco
1600 Divisadero St.,
San Francisco, CA 94143-1674
Clinic:  (415) 353-7687
Voice: (415) 885-7616
FAX:    (415) 885-7617
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Education

  • 1959-63, Cornell University, B.A., Zoology
  • 1963-67, Cornell University, M.D., Medicine

Residencies

  • 1967-68, University of California, San Francisco, Intern, Surgery
  • 1968-70, University of California, San Francisco, Resident, Surgery
  • 1971-72, University of California, San Francisco, Senior Resident, Surgery
  • 1972-73, University of California, San Francisco, Chief Resident, Surgery

Fellowships

  • 1970-71, Hammersmith Hospital, London, Royal Postgraduate M, Endocrine Surgery

Postdoctoral Training

  • 1995, Harvard School of Public Health, Unknown,  2 week Program for Clinical Chiefs

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery, 1974

Program Affiliations

  • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Clinical Expertise

Research Interests

  • Thyroid and other endocrine neoplasms

Biography

Dr. Orlo H. Clark is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at UCSF. Dr. Clark attended Cornell University and Cornell Medical School.  He completed his surgical training and residency at UCSF.  He also did a year Fellowship at the Royal Postgraduate Medical Center in London in Endocrine Surgery, and joined the UCSF faculty in 1973.  

Dr. Clark was the previous Chief of Surgery at Mt. Zion Medical Center and the Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery.  Dr. Clark is recognized as a leader in his field both nationally and internationally.  He has been the President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the American Thyroid Association, the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and is  President  of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association.  He is an honorary member of the German Surgical Society, the Turkish Endocrine Surgical Society, the Asian Endocrine Surgical Society, and received a Docteur Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate) from Poitier University.  Dr. Clark has authored and co-authored over 300 journal manuscripts, chapters, and books. Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Clark was named to the list of U.S. News "America's Top Doctors," a distinction reserved for the top 1% of physicians in the nation for a given specialty.

In the News

  • Remembering Dr. Orlo H. Clark

    UCSF Department of Surgery - October 13, 2022
    Remembering Dr. Orlo H. Clark
    The UCSF Department of Surgery is profoundly saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Orlo Herrick Clark. Dr. Clark was a beloved member of the UCSF Surgery Family and an internationally renowned endocrine surgeon. He completed his general surgery residency at UCSF in 1973 and spent his entire faculty career as a member of the UCSF Department of Surgery. In 1991 he was named Chief of Surgery of the UCSF/Mt. Zion Medical Center.   Dr. Clark was one of the founding members of the American [...]

 

 
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