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Jennifer Clark, MD

thumb_clark_nov07.jpgDr. Jennifer Clark is a pediatric hematologist oncologist with the Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic. She attended medical school at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD and her pediatric residence in Harvard Combined Residency in Medicine and Pediatrics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA. In addition she completed her fellowship in hematology-oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston MA.  For a printable version of Dr. Clark's full CV click here.

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

Office:  Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
            1601 E. 19th Ave., Suite 6600
            Denver, CO   80218
            (303) 832-2344 (phone)
            (303) 832-3721 (fax)
            

Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado

Education

1987-1991  B.S.      Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (magna cum laude, with Honors)

1992-1996   M.D.      Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Alpha Omega Alpha)

 

Postdoctoral Training

1996-1997        Intern in Harvard Combined Residency in Medicine and Pediatrics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1997-2000         Resident in Harvard Combined Residency in Medicine and Pediatrics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

2000-2001        Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

2001-2003         Research Fellow in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

2002-2003        Chief Fellow for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

 

Licensure and Certification:

1998                Commonwealth of Massachusetts Medical
                         License Registration No. 157630

1998                United States Drug Enforcement Agency 
 License

1998                Commonwealth of Massachusetts Controlled
 Substance License

2000                Board certification in General Pediatrics from
 the American Board of Pediatrics

2000                Board certification in Internal Medicine by the
 American Board of Internal Medicine

2003                CITI certification in Responsible Research

2004                Board certification in Pediatric Hematology and
 Oncology from the American Board of
 Pediatrics

2007                State of Colorado Medical License Registration
 No. 45919

2007                Recertification in General Pediatrics from the
 American Board of Pediatrics

Hospital or Affiliated Institution Appointments

2001-2007        Attending Physician in Pediatrics, Winchester 
 Hospital, Winchester, MA

2003-2007        Attending Physician in Pediatric Hematology,
 Oncology, and Hematopoietic Stem Cell
 Transplantation, Dana-Farber Cancer 
 Institute, Boston, MA

2003-2007         Attending Physician in Pediatric Hematology,
  Oncology, and Hematopoietic Stem Cell
  Transplantation, Boston Children's Hospital,
  Boston, MA

2003-2007         Disease Specific Attending for Pediatric Acute
                          Myelogenous Leukemia at Boston Children's
                          Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
                          Boston, MA

2005-2007         Director of Outpatient Clinic for Pediatric
  Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation,
  Jimmy Fund Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer
  Institute, Boston, MA

2007-present      HCA/HealthONW, Presbyterian/St. Luke's  
   Medical Center, Denver, CO

Committee Assignments:

2002-2003        Clinical Restructuring Committee, Dana Farber
 Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

2003-2007        IRB Panel C, review of Serious Adverse Events, Violations, and Continuing Reviews, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

 

Professional Societies:

2000-2006       Massachusetts Medical Society

2003-2007       Children's Oncology Group through Dana Farber Cancer Institute

2008-present    Children's Oncology Group membership
                         through Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children
                         at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center

Editorial Boards:

2002-present    Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, ad
                         hoc reviewer

2003-present    American Journal of Hematology, ad hoc reviewer

 

Awards and Honors:

1987-1991       Boettcher Scholarship recipient, Colorado
                         State University

1988               Golden Key Honor Society, Colorado State
                         University

1989               Phi Sigma Iota (foreign language honor
                         society), Colorado State University

1989               Phi Kappa Phi (academic honor society),
                         Colorado State University

1990               Phi Beta Kappa, Colorado State University

1991               Graduated Magna Cum Laude and with Honors,
                         Colorado State University

1996               Alpha Omega Alpha, Johns Hopkins University
                         School of Medicine

Part II: Research, Teaching, and Clinical Contributions

Narrative Report

I currently practice Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in the Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology/Oncology practice located at Presbyterian/St. Luke's. I also work with the adult bone marrow transplantation program at Rocky Mountain Cancer Center.

Funding Information - Research

Sept 2004 - Aug 2005             Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award K23 CA109408 (PI), "Sensitivity of various FLT3 mutations to FLT3 inhibitors"

 

Report of Research Activities

Laboratory:

K23-CA109408-01      Sensitivity of various FLT3 mutations to
                                  FLT3 inhibitors. PI.

DFCI 04-012              Murine Models of Hematopoietic
                                  Malignancies. PI.

 

Clinical Trials:

DFCI 04-172      AML 2002: A collaborative Trial for the Treatment of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplasia (St. Jude). Local PI.

DFCI 03-040      Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin for patients with
                           AML (COG). Local PI.

DFCI 00-140      Arsenic Trioxide in Refractory Leukemia or Lymphoma (COG). Local PI.

DFCI 00-137      Treatment of Downs Syndrome and AML, AMD,
                           or TMD (COG). Local PI.

 

DFCI 04-166      Galactomannan Enzyme Linked Immunoassay as an early indicator of fungal disease. Collaborating investigator.

DFCI 04-118      Caspofungin versus Amphotericin for Fever and Neutropenia. Collaborating investigator.

DFCI 03-414      Caspofungin in Children with Fungal Infections. Collaborating investigator.

DFCI 03-292      Phase I Decitabine for Relapsed/Refractory Leukemia. Collaborating investigator.

 

Report of Teaching

2002-2003          Chief fellow for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship.

2002-2007          First year fellow Oncology Course. Lecturer.

2003-2007          First year fellow Hematology Course. Lecturer. myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia.

2002-2007          Second year fellow summer course. Lecturer.

2002-2007          Pediatric Oncology Conference. Lecturer.

2004-2006          Advisor one second year and one third year fellow.

2007                   CPON conference lecture on Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

2007-present       Teaching sessions for nursing staff, primary care residents, and practicing pediatricians on anemia, lymphadenopathy, neutropenia, oncologic emergencies, work-up of bleeding, and acute myeloid leukemia

Report of Clinical Activities

2003-2005          Attending Physician in outpatient Pediatric Hematology clinic at Boston Children's Hospital, seeing primary patients one afternoon per month.

2003-2007          Attending Physician in outpatient Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation clinic at the Jimmy Fund Clinic, Dana Farber Cancer Institute seeing primary patients, supervising fellows, NPs, PAs in the care of patients, and working up new referrals to the center. 

2003-2007          Attending Physician in inpatient Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation supervising fellows, residents, NPs, and PAs for 8 weeks and 6 weekends per year

2003-2007          Disease Specific Attending for Pediatric Acute Myelogenous Leukemia inpatient at Boston Children's Hospital and outpatient at the Jimmy Fund Clinic at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Diagnosis of de novo and relapsed AML (including APML), enrollment of patients on clinical trials as appropriate, decisions regarding treatment plans for patients, supervising fellow and resident care of patients.

2005-2007          Director of Outpatient Clinic for Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

2007-present       General Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Presbyterian/St. Luke's.

2007-present       Collaboration with adult bone marrow transplantation program at Rocky Mountain Cancer Center.

 

Part III:  BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Original Articles

1.      Stone RM, De Angelo J, Galinsky I, Estey E, Klimek V, Grandin W, Lebwohl D, Yap A, Cohen P, Fox E, Neuberg D, Clark J, Gilliland DG, Griffin JD. PKC412 FLT3 inhibitor therapy in AML: results of a phase II trial. Ann Hematol. 2004;83 Suppl 1:S89-90.

 

2.      Geva A, Clark JJ, Zhang Y, Popowicz A, Manning JM, Neufeld EJ. Hemoglobin Jamaica plain--a sickling hemoglobin with reduced oxygen affinity. N Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 7;351(15):1532-8.

 

3.      Clark JJ, Cools J, Curley DP, Yu JC, Lokker NA, Giese NA, Gilliland DG. Variable sensitivity of FLT3 activation loop mutations to the small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor MLN518. Blood. 2004 Nov 1;104(9):2867-2872.

 

4.      Levine, RL,  Loriaux M, Huntly BJ, Loh ML, Beran M, Stoffregen E, Berger R, Clark JJ, Willis SG, Nguyen KT, Flores NJ, Estey E, Gattermann N, Armstrong S, Look AT, Griffin JD, Bernard OA, Heinrich MC, Gilliland DG, Druker B, Deininger MW. The JAK2V617F activating mutation occurs in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia, but not in acute lymphoblastic leukemia or chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood. 2005 Nov 15;106(10):3377-9.

 

5.      Levine RL, Wadleigh M, Cools J, Ebert BL, Wernig G, Huntly BJ, Boggon TJ, Wlodarska I, Clark JJ, Moore S, Adelsperger J, Koo S, Lee JC, Gabriel S, Mercher T, D'Andrea A, Frohling S, Dohner K, Marynen P, Vandenberghe P, Mesa RA, Tefferi A, Griffin JD, Eck MJ, Sellers WR, Meyerson M, Golub TR, Lee SJ, Gilliland DG. Activating mutation in the tyrosine kinase JAK2 in polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis. Cancer Cell. 2005 Apr;7(4):387-97.

6.      Growney JD, Clark JJ, Adelsperger J, Stone R, Fabbro D, Griffin JD, Gilliland DG. Activation mutations of human c-KIT resistant to imatinib mesylate are sensitive to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor PKC412. Blood. 2005 Jul 15;106(2):721-4.

7.      Cools J, Mentens N, Furet P, Fabbro D, Clark JJ, Griffin JD, Marynen P, Gilliland DG. Prediction of resistance to small molecule FLT3 inhibitors: implications for molecularly targeted therapy of acute leukemia. Cancer Res. 2004 Sep 15;64(18):6385-9.

8.      Stone RM, De Angelo J, Galinsky I, Estey E, Klimek V, Grandin W, Lebwohl D, Yap A, Cohen P, Fox E, Neuberg D, Clark J, Gilliland DG, Griffin JD. PKC 412 FLT3 inhibitor therapy in AML: results of a phase II trial. Ann Hematol. 2004;83 Suppl 1:S89-90.

9.      Clark JCools J, Gilliland DG. EGFR inhibition in non-small cell lung cancer: resistance, once again, rears its ugly head. PLoS Med. 2005 Mar;2(3):e75.

10.    Cools J, Mentens N, Furet P, Fabbro D, Clark JJ, Griffin JD, Marynen P, Gilliland DG. Prediction of resistance to small molecule FLT3 inhibitors: implications for molecularly targeted therapy of acute leukemia. Cancer Res. 2004 Sep 15;64(18):6385-9.

 

 

Reviews:

1.      Kelly L, Clark J, Gilliland DG. Comprehensive genotypic analysis of leukemia:  clinical and therapeutic implications. Current Opinion Oncology. 2002:14:10-18.

 

2.      Clark JJ, Smith FO, Arceci RJ. Update in childhood acute myeloid leukemia: recent developments in the molecular basis of disease and novel therapies. Current Opinion Hematology. 2003;10(1):31-9

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