Michael R. Clark, MD, MPH, MBA

Dr. Clark oversees all aspects of the service line including clinical programs, educational initiatives, research projects, and departmental operations reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer. Previously, Dr. Clark was the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for five years following his position as Medical Director for Global Services in Johns Hopkins Medicine International for four years. His responsibilities included medical quality, patient safety, clinical productivity, knowledge transfer, and financial operations across a range of settings (academic medical centers, community hospitals, international affiliates) focusing on strategic planning.

Dr. Clark is an Associate Professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He is trained as a consultation-liaison psychiatrist with subspecialization in disorders of the special senses such as chronic pain and vestibular & balance dysfunction. He has conducted clinical research in these areas and developed interdisciplinary clinical programs for patients suffering from these disorders.

Dr. Clark was the Director of the Adolf Meyer Chronic Pain Treatment Programs in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and has joint appointments in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery in the School of Medicine and in the Department of Mental Health in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University. He is an international lecturer and course director for CME programs on topics relating to patient-centered care, case formulation, rehabilitation for chronic illnesses, interdisciplinary program building, and concepts of medical education.

Dr. Clark received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and his MPH from the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle, Washington. He completed internship and residency in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and his fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Clark received his MBA from The Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies in Business and Education.

A fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Dr. Clark currently devotes his research to the formulation and care of the psychiatric aspects of somatic symptoms such as chronic pain, including studies on health services delivery, pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain, substance abuse, and the phenomenology of depression in chronic illness. He served on the National Institutes of Health Division of Research Grants Risk Prevention and Health Behavior Study Section for over fifteen years. He has consulted as an expert for the US Department of Defense in the design of the Gulf War Specialized Health Care Centers.