WinstonCraigClarkMD, PhD, FAANS, FACS, FACHE

Neurosurgery • Greenwood, MS

neurosurgeon

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Office
405 River Road
Greenwood, MS 38930
Phone+1 662-451-7812

Fax+1 662-451-7896
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Education & Training

University of TennesseeResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1984 - 1988
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1983 - 1984
University of Tennessee/Methodist Healthcare-Memphis HospitalsInternship, Transitional Year, 1982 - 1983
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1982
University of MississippiPh.D., Health Care Administration, 1975
Georgia State UniversityMaster's, Hospital Administration, 1973
Georgia Institute of TechnologyBS, Industrial Management, 1971
Middle Georgia CollegeAS, Engineering, 1969

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2022 - 2026
TN State Medical License 1983 - 2025
GA State Medical License 1992 - 2025
MS State Medical License 1988 - 2024
AL State Medical License 2019 - 2024
MD State Medical License 1983 - 1984
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
American Board of Pain Medicine Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Lifetime Achievement Award American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, 2012
Professional of the Year- Neurosurgery Strathmore’s, 2007
America’s Top Physicians Consumer Research Council, 2004
Clinical Oncology Career Development Award American Cancer Society, 1988
Ralph R. Braund Young Investigator Award Dorothy Snider Foundation and the University of Tennessee, 1987
Resident Research Award, Third Place Joint CNS-AANS Tumor Section, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1987
Resident Research Award, First Prize Southern Neurosurgical Society, 1984
Resident Research Award, Honorable Mention American Academy of Neurological Surgery, 1984
Resident’s Award Paper Third Biannual Meeting of the Neurological Surgery of the Ear, 1984
Resident Research Award Society for Neurological Surgery of the Ear and Skull Base, 1983
Phi Beta Kappa 1977
Phi Theta Kappa 1969
“Who’s Who in American Medicine” Lifetime Recognition Award Strathmore’s
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Hemangioblastoma of Spinal Nerve Roots and Spinal Medullary Venous Congestion
Clark WC, Southern Medical Journal, 1/1/2009
Single Payor Health System Still Presents Significant Problems
Clark WC, Memphis Medical Society Quarterly, 1/1/2008
Neurosurgical Management of Civilian Gunshot Wounds of the Carotid Artery
Clark WC, J. Neurol Orthop Med Surg, 1/1/2005
Neurosurgical Management of Civilian Transoral Gunshot Wounds
Clark WC, J. Neurol Orthop Med Surg, 1/1/1998
Lumbar Decompressive Laminectomy Without Fusion In The Management Of Spinal Stenosis And Neurogenic Claudication
Clark WC, Neurosurgical Perspectives, 1/1/1997
Extranodal Sinus Histiocytosis with Massive Lymphadenopathy Isolated CNS Involvement Mimicking Meningioma
Clark WC, Berry AD, Southern Medical Journal, 1/1/1996
Intraoperative Controlled Delivery of Chemotherapy by Biodegradable Polymers: Safety and Effectiveness for Recurrent Gliomas evaluated by a Prospective, Multi-Institut...
Brem H, Piantadosi S, Burger P, et al, Lancet, 1/1/1995
Expression of the Vascular Permeability Factor/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene in Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Berkman RA, Merrill MJ, Reinhold WC, Monacci WT, Saxena A, Clark WC, Robertson JT, Ali IU, Oldfield EH, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1/1/1993
Interstitial iodine 125 and concomitant cisplatin followed by hyperfractionated external beam irradiation for malignant supratentorial glioma
Fontanesi J, Clark WC, Weir A, Barry A, Kumar P, Miller A, Eddy T, Tai D, Kun LE, American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1/1/1993
Primary Hodgkin’s Disease of the Central Nervous System Without Dural Attachment A case report
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Schwartzberg L, Callihan T, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1992
Clonal Composition of Glioblastoma Multiforme
Berkman RA, Schulte H, Saxena A, Clark WC, Robertson JH, Oldfield EH, Katz D, Ali IU, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1992
Overexpression of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptors in Glioblastoma
Fleming TP, Saxena A, Clark WC, Robertson JT, Ali I, Cancer Research, 1/1/1992
Establishment of a New Cell Line Derived from a Human Gliosarcoma
Clark WC, Comment on Iwasaki K, et al, Neurosurgery, 1/1/1992
Evidence of the Involvement of a Potential Second Tumor Suppressor Gene on Chromosome 17 Distinct from P53 in Malignant Astrocytomas
Saxena A, Clark WC, Robertson JT, Ikejiri B, Oldfield EH, Ali IU, Cancer Research, 1/1/1992
Immunocytochemical Evidence of Lymphocytic Derivation of Neoplastic Cells in Malignant Angioendotheliomatosis
Clark WC, Dohan Jr., FC, Moss T, Schweitzer JB, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1991
Primary Optic Sheath Meningiomas A Report of 10 cases
Clark WC, Theofilos C, Fleming JC, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1989
Complications of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Trauma Patients
Clark WC, Muhlbauer MS, Lowery R, Hartman M, Ray MW, Watridge CB, Neurosurgery, 1/1/1989
Intracerebral Epithelial Cyst Immunohistological Diagnosis and Endoneurosurgical Treatment
Clark WC, Woodall W, Nicoll JAR, Coakham HB, British Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1989
Monoclonal Antibody Immunophenotyping of Solitary Cerebral Metastases with Unknown Primary Sites
Clark WC, Nicoll JAR, Coakham HB, British Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1989
Transforming growth factor beta-like activity in CNS tumors
Clark WC, Bressler JD, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1988
Infection related Spontaneous Atlantoaxial Dislocation in an Adult
Clark WC, Wainscott K, Coscia MC, Robertson JT, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1988
Comparison of OPG and Nuclear Cerebral Angiogram in the Evaluation of Extracranial Carotid Occlusive Disease
Clark WC, Robertson JH, Annals of Neurology, 1/1/1987
Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Facial Nerve A Report and Literature Review
Muhlbauer MS, Clark WC, Dohan FC, Gardner LG, Robertson JH, Neurosurgery, 1/1/1987
Reduced Systemic Drug Exposure by Combining Intra-arterial Chemotherapy with Hemoperfusion of Venous Drainage
Oldfield EH, Dedrick RL, Yeager RT, Clark WC, DeVroom HL, ChatterjiDC, Doppman JL, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/1987
Reduced Systemic Drug Exposure by Combining Intra-arterial cis-platinum II with Hemodialysis of Regional Venous Drainage
Oldfield EH, Clark WC, Dedrick RL, Egorin M, Austin H, DeVroom HL, Jayco K, Doppman JL, Cancer Research, 1/1/1987
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Books/Book Chapters

Operative Neurosurgical Techniques
Chapter: Glomus Jugulare Tumors, Skull Base Surgery
Page 851 - 864Gardner G, Robertson JH, Robertson JT, Cocke WE, Clark WCEditors: Schmidek HH, Sweet WH.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,1994
The Practice of Neurosurgery
Chapter: Granulomatous Disorders of the CNS
Page 2704 - 2763Clark WCEditors: Tindall G, Barrow D, Cooper PC.Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD1994
Meningiomas and Their Surgical Management
Chapter: Transtemporal Approaches to the Posterior Crainal Fossa
Gardner G, Robertson JH, Clark WCEditors: Schmidek HH.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA1991
Neurological Surgery
Chapter: Glomus Jugular Tumors
Robertson JT, Clark WC, Robertson JH, Gardner LGEditors: Youmans JR.Saunders1989
Applications of Lasers in Neurosurgery
Chapter: Intraspinal Tumors
Page 100 - 109Robertson JH, Clark WCEditors: Cerullo LJ.Yearbook Publishers, Chicago, IL1988
The Laser in Neurosurgery
Robertson JH and Clark WCMartinus-Nijhoff Publishing, Boston, MA1987
Lasers in Neurosurgery
Chapter: Meningiomas
Robertson JH, Clark WCEditors: Downing E.Springer-Verlag1987
Lasers in Neurosurgery
Chapter: Fundamentals of Laser Physics
Page 17 - 28Clark WCEditors: Robertson JH & Clark WC.Martinus-Nijhoff, Boston, MA1987
Operative Neurosurgery
Chapter: Glomus Jugulare Tumors
Page 739 - 752Gardner LG, Robertson JH, Clark WCEditors: Schmidek & Sweet.Grune & Stratton Co1987
Operative Neurosurgery
Chapter: Transtemporal Approaches to the Cranial Cavity
Page 665 - 672Gardner LG, Robertson JH, Clark WCEditors: Schmidek & Sweet.Grune & Stratton Co1987
Laser in Neurosurgery
Chapter: Investigational Applications
Page 125 - 136Clark WCEditors: Robertson JH and Clark WC.Martinus-Nijhoff, Boston, MA1987
Laser in Neurosurgery
Chapter: Use of the Laser in Intraspinal Tumors
Page 125 - 136Clark WC, Robertson JHEditors: Robertson JH and Clark WC.Martinus-Nijhoff, Boston, MA1987
Laser in Neurosurgery
Chapter: Benign Supratentorial Tumors
Page 55 - 74Clark WC, Robertson JHEditors: Robertson JH and Clark WC.Martinus-Nijhoff, Boston, MA1987
Laser in Neurosurgery
Chapter: Tumors of the Posterior Fossa and Skull Base
Page 85 - 99Clark WC, Robertson JHEditors: Robertson JH and Clark WC.Martinus-Nijhoff, Boston, MA1987
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Abstracts/Posters

Complications of Cementoplasty Performed for Vertebral Compression Fractures
Clark WC, Clark CM, AAONS, Montreal, CA, 1/27/2009
ALIF with Anterior Instrumentation. Long-term Followup
Clark WC, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 1/24/2009
ALIF with Anterior Instrumentation. A Report of Forty Cases
Clark WC, Joint Section on Disorders of Spine and Peripheral Nerve, Phoenix, AZ, 1/7/2007
Paraganglioma of the Cauda Equina. A report of two cases
Clark WC, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, IL, 1/6/2006
Neurosurgical Management of Civilian Gunshot Wounds of the Carotid Artery
Clark WC, Joint Cerebrovascular Section (AANS/CNS), Nashville, TN, 1/30/1999
Treatment of Lumbar Burst Fractures Utilizing Anterolateral Corpectomy with a Novel Compression Plate
Clark WC, North American Spine Society, San Francisco, CA, 1/26/1998
Stereotactic Brachytherapy Treatment of Malignant Gliomas. Long Term Followup
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Hartsell W, Patterson KK, Tai D, Kun L, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, PA, 1/13/1998
Long Term Survival and Results of I-125 Stereotactic Brachytherapy Treatment of Malignant Glial Tumors
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Patterson KK, Kun L, Society for Neuro-Oncology, San Francisco, CA, 1/12/1998
Ray Threaded Fusion Cage Stabilization of the Lumbar Spine. Initial Clinical Experience and Complications
Clark WC, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Seattle, WA, 1/3/1998
Decompressive Laminectomy Without Fusion in the Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in the Elderly Patient
Clark WC, Spine Across the Sea, North American Spine Society, Kameula, HI, 1/16/1997
Interstitial I-125 Implantation of Malignant Gliomas
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Hartsell W, Patterson KK, Tai D, Kun L, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, CO, 1/12/1997
Image Guided Stereotactic Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Intracranial Mass Lesions
Clark WC, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, CO, 1/12/1997
Interstitial I-125 Implantation of Malignant Glimoas
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Hartsell W, Patterson KK, Kun L, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Montreal, CA, 1/28/1996
Image-guided stereotactic biopsy for the diagnosis of intracranial mass lesions
Clark WC, Joint Section on Tumors Satellite Symposium, Montreal, CA, 1/3/1996
Neurosurgical Management of Civilian Gunshot Injuries of the Carotid Artery
Clark WC, Robertson JH, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, FL, 1/22/1995
Neurosurgical Management of Transoral Civilian Gunshot Injuries
Clark WC, Robertson JH, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, FL, 1/22/1995
Cisplatinum Radiosensitization of I-125 Interstitial Brachytherapy Followed by Hyperfractionated External Beam Irradiation for the Primary Management of Malignant Glioma
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Kun L, Robertson JT, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, 1/11/1992
Concomitant Cisplatinum with Interstitial Implantation and Hyperfractionated Irradiation in Patients with Malignant Gliomas
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Kun L, Robertson JT, WeirAB, III, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/1991
CT-Guided Stereotactic Brachytherapy with I-125 Seeds for Initial Treatment of Malignant Astrocytoma and Glioblastoma Multiforme
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Patterson KK, Kun L, Robertson JT, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/1991
CT-Guided Stereotactic Brachytherapy with I-125 Seeds for Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme
Clark WC, Fontanesi J, Patterson KK, Kun L, Robertson JT, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1/1/1991
Primary optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas. A Report of 10 Cases
Clark WC, Theofilos C, Fleming JC, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, D.C., 1/1/1989
Monoclonal Antibody Immunophenotyping of Solitary Cerebral Metastases with Unknown Primary Sites
Clark WC, Nicoll JAR, Coakham HB, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, D.C., 1/1/1989
Complications of ICP Monitoring gin Trauma Patients
Clark WC, Muhlbauer MS, Robertson JT, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Baltimore, MD, 1/24/1987
The Role of the Neurosurgeon in the Diagnosis and Management of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. A Report of 25 Cases
Clark WC, Muhlbauer MS, Robertson JT, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Dallas, TX, 1/3/1987
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy as Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the Elderly
Clark WC, Robertson JH, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Dallas, TX, 1/3/1987
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Lectures

Percutaneous Treatment of Discogenic Back Pain with a Plasma Wand
Atlanta, GA - 1/7/2012
Sacroiliitis
Gatlinburg,TN - 1/19/2011
Treatment of Single Level Cervical HNP with Radiculopathy Using a Disc Prosthesis. Clinical and Radiological Outcomes
Portland, OR - 1/9/2011
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. An Advanced Course
Chicago, IL - 1/2/2011
Amyloid Angiopathy
Memphis, TN - 1/20/2010
Amyloid Angiopathy and Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the Normotensive Elderly Patient
Denver, CO - 1/6/2010
Immunotoxin Therapy of Malignant Glial Tumors
Denver, CO - 1/6/2010
ALIF with Anterior Instrumentation. Long-term Followup
Montreal, Canada - 1/27/2009
Complications of Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Montreal, Canada - 1/27/2009
Spinal Epidural Arteriovenous Malformations
Nashville, TN - 1/7/2009
Complications of Kyphoplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures
Nashville, TN - 1/22/2008
Aneurysmal Bone Cysts of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
Nashville, TN - 1/22/2008
Binding Arbitration: Its Role in Alternate Dispute Resolution
Reno, NV - 1/5/2008
Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Instrumentation
Nashville, TN - 1/25/2007
Advanced Concepts in Management of Spinal Disorders
Scottsdale, AZ - 1/26/2006
Osteotomies- A Focused Advanced Course
San Diego, CA - 1/21/2006
ALIF with Anterior Instrumentation. A Report of 50 Consecutive Cases
Chattanooga, TN - 1/19/2006
Innovations in Spine Surgery. Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room Personnel
Nashville, TN - 1/9/2006
Management of Closed Head Injury. The Role of ICP Monitoring
Chicago, IL - 1/8/2006
Disc Arthroplasty of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine
Chicago, IL - 1/7/2006
Neurosurgical Management of Civilian Craniocerebral Gunshot Wounds
Las Vegas, NV - 1/4/2005
Modern Techniques and Developing Trends for Interbody Fusion
Orlando, FL - 1/1/2004
Vertebroplasty: Indications and Treatment Options
Orlando, FL - 1/1/2004
Neuro-Ophthalmology for the Neurosurgeon
Nashville, TN - 1/23/2003
Intraoperative Salvage Techniques. Getting Out of Trouble in Spinal Surgery
Denver, CO - 1/18/2003
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