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Frank I. Clark, III, MD, J.D.

Associate Professor of Child Health

Pediatric Neonatology

MD: 1969, University of Colorado-Denver

Pediatrics: 1969, University of Kansas Medical Center

Neonatal Fellowship: 1986, University of Missouri-Columbia

JD: 1992, University of Missouri-Columbia

Academic Appointments: 1986 - present, University of Missouri - Columbia

Munson Army Hospital-Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas

Dr. Clark has had clinical interests in neonatal thrombocytopenia and high frequency ventilation. He has been a member of the University Clinical Ethics Committee since 1994; he and other Committee members are on call and available for bio-ethical consultations throughout the Hospital. His current research explores the complex inter-relationship between law, medicine and bio-ethics with respect to end of life treatment decisions for newborns. He has been an invited speaker at both national and international meetings regarding these issues. Some of his representative publications in this area include:

Selected Publications

1. Clark FI. Withdrawal of life-support in newborns: whose baby is it?, 23 Southwestern University Law Review 1 (1993).

2. Clark FI. Informed consent in Missouri: Where has it taken us? Missouri Medicine 1994;91:72-74

3. Clark FI. Intensive care treatment decisions: the roots of our confusion. Pediatrics 1994;94:98-101

4. Clark FI. Making sense of State v. Messenger. Pediatrics 1996;97:579-583