Dr. Justin Charles Clark MD

Expert Publications

• Regional brain cooling induced by vascular saline infusion into ischemic territory reduces brain inflammation in stroke.
• Local saline infusion into ischemic territory induces regional brain cooling and neuroprotection in rats with transient middle cerebral artery occlusion.
• Long-term neuroprotection induced by regional brain cooling with saline infusion into ischemic territory in rats: a behavioral analysis.
• Exercise preconditioning ameliorates inflammatory injury in ischemic rats during reperfusion.
• Cerebrovascular injury in stroke.
• Cerebral angiogenesis and expression of angiogenic factors in aging rats after exercise.
• Endoscopic approach to colloid cyst: what is the optimal entry point and trajectory?
• Persistent Outpatient Hypertension Is Independently Associated with Spinal Cord Dysfunction and Imaging Characteristics of Spinal Cord Damage among Patients with Cervical Spondylosis.

Media Releases

Dr. Clark is a neurosurgeon who is currently serving patients at Great Lakes Neurosurgical Associates, P.C. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The diverse teams of highly-skilled healthcare professionals at Great Lakes Neurosurgical Associates, P.C. provide superior patient-focused neurosurgical care that is current, compassionate, collaborative and complete. They aim to build trust, earn mutual respect, and above all, change lives. 

Dr. Clark is also affiliated with Metro Health Hospital, Saint Mary’s Health Care, Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital, and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Clark specializes in the surgical treatment of a broad spectrum of conditions that affect the brain and spine. His special interests include is special interests include brain and skull-base neurosurgery, thoracic spine surgery, vascular lesions of the brain and spine, tumors of the brain and spine, minimally invasive spine surgery, and carotid artery disease.

Dr. Clark is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, the Michigan State Medical Society, and the Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Dr. Clark is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. He then went on to complete his neurosurgical training at the world-renowned Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr. Clark is board certified in neurosurgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). The broad aim of the ABNS is to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards, and advance the science of neurological surgery, thereby serving the cause of public health.

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders affecting any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgeons specialize in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system including congenital anomalies, vascular disorders, tumors, stroke, infections of the brain or spine, trauma, or degenerative diseases of the spine. They use neuroradiology imaging like MRI, CT, PET, and MEG to diagnose / treat neurological problems.

Dr. Clark lives in Ada, Michigan with his wife and two children. He enjoys sports and outdoor activities.

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