Ryan Clark, DO

Certifications

Board Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – Pain Medicine

Board Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Education

2013 Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA

Internships

Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

Residency

Northwestern University SRALAB (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Fellowships

Medical College of Wisconsin – Pain Medicine

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Society of Anesthesia Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Association of Academic Physiatrists

Spine Intervention Society

Areas of Special Interest

Arthritis pain

Atlanto-axial and atlanto-occipital joint dysfunction

Cancer pain

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Cervical and lumbar facet disease

Cervical and lumbar radicular pain (herniated disc and sciatica)

Cervicogenic headaches

Coccyx pain

Complex regional pain syndrome (formerly reflex sympathetic dystrophy)

Compression fractures

Discogenic pain (degenerative disc disease)

Failed back surgery syndrome

Hip pain and osteoarthritis

Knee pain and osteoarthritis

Low back pain

Migraine headaches

Musculoskeletal conditions

Myofascial pain syndrome

Neck pain

Neuraxial use of opioids and other medications

Peripheral neuropathies

Phantom limb pain

Postdural puncture headaches

Postherpetic neuralgia

Post-surgical neuropathic pain syndromes

Post-trauma pain (whiplash)

Sacroiliac joint dysfunction

Spinal stenosis

Work-related injuries

Shoulder pain

Tail bone pain

McCormick Z, Cushman D, Lee D, Scholten P, Chu SK, Babu A, Caldwell M, Ziegler C, Ashraf H, Sundra B, Clark R, Gross C , Cara J, McCormick K, Ross B, Press J, Smuck M, Wallega DR. The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Intra-articular Hip Injection; A Multicenter Cohort Study. Pain Physician. 2016, Mar.

McCormick Z, Cushman D, Lee D, Scholten P, Chu S, Babu A, Caldwell M, Ziegler C, Ashraf H, Sundar B, Clark R, Gross C, Cara J, McCormick K, Ross B, Press J, Smuck M, Walega D. Is There A Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Sacroiliac Joint Injection? A Multicenter Cohort Study. Pain Medicine. 2015, Dec.

AAPM 2016 Annual Meeting Abstracts. Pain Med. 2016;17(2):381-441.

Calisoff, R, McCormick, Z, Ross B, Clark R, Cara J, Marshall B, Gagnon C, Atchison J, Stanos S, Harden N. An Interdisciplinary Pain Program for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Conditions.

McAfee L, Tung C, Espinosa-Silva Y, Rahman M, Fatima K, Clark R, Wang Z, Pearce D. A survey of a small sample of emergency department and admitted patients asking whether they expect to be tested for HIV routinely. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2013, Jul; 12(4): 247-252.

Pearce D, Ani C, Espinosa-Silva Y, Clark R, Fatima K, Rahman M, Diebolt E, Ovbiagele B.Comparison of in-hospital mortality from acute myocardial infarction in HIV sero-positive versus sero-negative individuals. American Journal of Cardiology. 2012, Oct; 110(8): 1078-1084.

Reddy R, Clark R, McCormick Z, Chang Chien G, Candido K. (2016). Lower Extremity Joint Injections. Alan D. Kaye, Frank John Falco, Joshua Hirsch (Ed.), Essentials of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain (pp. 645-655). New York: Springer Publishing.