JohnAlexanderKarkMD

Oncology • Philadelphia, PA

Associate Professor, Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine

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Office
1015 Chestnut Street
Suite 1020
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone+1 215-955-4730

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Summary

Dr. John Kark, MD is an oncologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, and Maryland. He is an Associate Professor at Howard University College of Medicine.

Education & Training

The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1969 - 1973
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1969

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1974 - 2018
DC State Medical License 1974 - 2016
PA State Medical License 2007 - 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

55 citations
ACSM and CHAMP summit on sickle cell trait: mitigating risks for warfighters and athletes.
Francis G. O'Connor, Michael F. Bergeron, Joyce Cantrell, Philippe Connes, Kimberly G. Harmon, Edward Donnell Ivy, John A. Kark, Dave Klossner, Peter Lisman, Bryce K. ...> ;Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2012 Nov 1
82 citations
American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable on exertional heat stroke--return to duty/return to play: conference proceedings.
Francis G. O'Connor, Douglas J. Casa, Michael F. Bergeron, Rebecca Carter, Patricia A. Deuster, Yuval Heled, John A Kark, Lisa R. Leon, Brendon P. McDermott, Karen K O...> ;Current Sports Medicine Reports. 2010 Sep 1
58 citations
Risk factors for recruit exertional heat illness by gender and training period.
Robert F. Wallace, David Kriebel, Laura Punnett, David H. Wegman, C Bruce Wenger, John W. Gardner, John A. Kark> ;Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2006 Apr 1
16 citations
Predictors of hospitalization in male Marine Corps recruits with exertional heat illness.
Shilpa Hakre, John W. Gardner, John A. Kark, C Bruce Wenger> ;Military Medicine. 2004 Mar 1
61 citations
Doxorubicin cardiotoxicity in African Americans.
Syed Hasan, Kimberly Dinh, Fred Lombardo, John A. Kark> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 2004 Feb 1
27 citations
Hypopigmentation in an African patient treated with imatinib mesylate: a case report.
Syed Hasan, Kimberly Dinh, Fred Lombardo, Fitzroy W. Dawkins, John A. Kark> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 2003 Aug 1
30 citations
Fluorescence measurements of the labile iron pool of sickle erythrocytes
Deepika Darbari, Mark Loyevsky, Victor R. Gordeuk, John A. Kark, Oswaldo Castro, Sohail Rana, Victor Apprey, Joseph Kurantsin-Mills> ;Blood. 2003 Jul 1
12 citations
Nontraumatic exercise-related deaths in the U.S. military, 1996-1999.
John W. Gardner, Frank D Gutmann, Robert N. Potter, John A. Kark> ;Military Medicine. 2002 Dec 1
25 citations
Long-term follow-up after exertional heat illness during recruit training.
L T Phinney, John W. Gardner, John A. Kark, C B Wenger> ;Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2001 Sep 1
14 citations
The Department of Defense Medical Mortality Registry.
John W. Gardner, Christine B. Cozzini, Patrick W. Kelley, John A. Kark, Michael R. Peterson, Gary D. Gackstetter, Jerry D. Spencer> ;Military Medicine. 2000 Jul 1
24 citations
CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH IN YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED COMPETITIVE ATHLETES
Renu Virmani, Allen P. Burke, Andrew Farb, John A. Kark> ;Cardiology Clinics. 1997 Aug 1
19 citations
Cancer incidence rate and mortality rate in sickle cell disease patients at Howard University Hospital: 1986-1995.
Fitzroy W. Dawkins, Kyung Sook Kim, Richard S. Squires, Reginald Chisholm, John A. Kark, Elliott Perlin, Oswaldo Castro> ;American Journal of Hematology. 1997 Jul 1
118 citations
Risk factors predicting exertional heat illness in male Marine Corps recruits.
John W. Gardner, John A. Kark, Karen Karnei, Jill S. Sanborn, Edward Gastaldo, Peggy Burr, C B Wenger> ;Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 1996 Aug 1
72 citations
Exertional heat illness in Marine Corps recruit training.
John A. Kark, P Q Burr, C B Wenger, E Gastaldo, John W. Gardner> ;Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 1996 Apr 1
38 citations
Antisickling effects of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate depletion
William N. Poillon, Bak C. Kim, RJ Labotka, CU Hicks, John A. Kark> ;Blood. 1995 Jun 1
80 citations
Exercise and hemoglobin S.
John A. Kark, F T Ward> ;Seminars in Hematology. 1994 Jul 1
52 citations
Fatal Rhabdomyolysis Presenting as Mild Heat Illness in Military Training
John W. Gardner, John A. Kark> ;Military Medicine. 1994 Feb 1
13 citations
Pulmonary Function in Sickle Cell Trait
Thomas A. Dillard, John A. Kark, Krishnan R. Rajagopal, James A. Key, James J. Canik, Charles Ruehle> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 1987 Feb 1
16 citations
The association of age, flying time, and aircraft type with hearing loss of aircrew in the Israeli Air Force
Joseph Ribak, S. Hornung, John A. Kark, Paul Froom, A. Wolfstein, I. E. Ashkenazi> ;Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 1985 Apr 1
1 citations
Studying sickle cell trait in healthy army recruits: should the research be done?
Edmund G Howe, John A Kark, Daniel G Wright> ;Clinical Research. 1983 Apr 1
13 citations
Hemoglobin Osler: report of a new family with exercise studies before and after phlebotomy.
William M. Butler, Larry Spratling, John A. Kark, Eric B. Schoomaker> ;American Journal of Hematology. 1982 Dec 1
36 citations
Erythrocytosis in patients on long-term hemodialysis.
Robert J. Shalhoub, Uma Rajan, Vo V. Kim, Eugene Goldwasser, John A. Kark, Lucy D. Antoniou> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 1982 Nov 1
5 citations
A rapid fluorometric assay for erythrocyte pyridoxal kinase
John A. Kark, M.J. Haut, C.U. Hicks, C.T. McQuilkin, R.D. Reynolds> ;Biochemical Medicine. 1982 Feb 1
8 citations
LOW ERYTHROCYTE PYRIDOXAL- KINASE ACTIVITY IN BLACKS: ITS POSSIBLE RELATION TO FALCIPARUM MALARIA
S.K Martin, LouisH. Miller, C.U. Hicks, M.J Haut, V.C Okoye, G.J.F Esan> ;Lancet. 1978 Mar 4
9 citations
The effect of bloodletting on exercise performance in a subject with a high-affinity hemoglobin variant
Robert M. Winslow, William M. Butler, John A. Kark, Harvey G. Klein, Winston F. Moo-Penn> ;Blood. 1983 Dec 1
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