- Medical School - UT Southwestern Medical School (2009-2013)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016-2018), Surgery
- Residency - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2013-2020), General Surgery
- Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020-2021), Surgical Critical Care
Audra Clark, M.D.
- Surgery - Burn, Trauma, Acute and Critical Care Surgery
- Acute kidney injury in critical care
- Acute and reconstructive burn care
Biography
Audra Clark, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in acute and reconstructive burn care, critical care, and acute kidney injury in critical care.
Dr. Clark completed all of her medical training at UT Southwestern, including medical school, her residency in general surgery, a research fellowship in general surgery, and a clinical fellowship in surgery critical care.
Certified by the American Board of Surgery, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021.
Dr. Clark is the Medical Student Clerkship Site Director for Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at UT Southwestern. She’s a member of the Family and Maternal Planning Department of Surgery Taskforce and the General Medical Education Committee on Wellness and Wellbeing.
She has published countless articles and has co-authored chapters of books including Handbook of Burns and Surgical Decision Making.
In 2020, she received the Outstanding Chief Resident Teaching Award at UT Southwestern.
Education & Training
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- American Burn Association
- American College of Surgeons
- Association of Women Surgeons
- Texas Medical Association
- Dallas County Medical Society
Honors & Awards
- Outstanding Chief Resident Teaching Award 2020, UT Southwestern
- National Finalist 2018, Jameson L. Chassin, M.D., FACS, Award for Professionalism in General Surgery
- 3rd Best Overall Poster Presentation 2017, American Burn Association Annual Meeting
- Best Clinical Intern 2014, UT Southwestern
Books & Publications
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Books
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Nutrition in Burn Patients in Handbook of Burns (Second Edition)
Clark AT, Wolf SE, In press -
Electrical Burn Injury in Surgical Decision Making (Sixth Edition)
Imran JB, Madni TD, Clark AT, Arnoldo BD, Wolf SE (In press), Elsevier -
Burn Injury Prevention in Total Burn Care (Fifth Edition, pp. 28-35)
Clark AT, Campbell S, Arnoldo BA, China, Elsevier -
Resources to Grow Your Leadership Skills in Surgical Mentorship and Leadership: Success in Academic Surgery
Clark AT, Minter RM (2018), Springer
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Nutrition in Burn Patients in Handbook of Burns (Second Edition)
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Publications
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Resident Engagement in a Wellness Program in a Large Academic Residency: A Follow-Up After Two Years of Wellness.
Bisgaard E, Clark A, Hester C, Napier R, Grant J, Scielzo S, Abdelfattah K, Journal of surgical education 2021 Sep-Oct 78 5 1430-1437 -
Skeletal muscle wasting after a severe burn is a consequence of cachexia and sarcopenia.
Song J, Clark A, Wade CE, Wolf SE, JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition 2021 Jul -
An analysis of surgical literature trends over four decades.
Comish PB, Madni TD, Nakonezny PA, Mayo H, Imran JB, Kuhlenschmidt KM, Taveras LR, Vela RJ, Goldenmerry YL, Clark AT, Weis HB, Cripps MW, Wolf SE, American journal of surgery 2021 01 221 1 53-54 -
Muscle Homeostasis Is Disrupted in Burned Adults.
Clark AT, Song J, Yao X, Carlson D, Huebinger RM, Mei Liu M, Madni TD, Imran JB, Taveras LR, Weis HB, Arnoldo BD, Phelan HA, Wolf SE, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2020 01 41 1 33-40 -
The Fuel Gauge: A Simple Tool for Assessing General Surgery Resident Well-Being.
Weis HB, Clark AT, Scielzo SA, Weis JJ, Farr D, Abdelnaby A, Weigle DC, Kazi S, AbdelFattah KR, Journal of surgical education 2020 Jan - Feb 77 1 27-33 -
Analysis of operating room efficiency between a hospital-owned ambulatory surgical center and hospital outpatient department.
Imran JB, Madni TD, Taveras LR, Cunningham HB, Clark AT, Cripps MW, GoldenMerry Y, Diwan W, Wolf SE, Mokdad AA, Phelan HA, American journal of surgery 2019 11 218 5 809-812 -
Administration of Tumescence in Pediatric Burn Patients Causes Significant Hypertension.
Weis HB, Meinhardt KE, Minhajuddin A, Viroslav H, Colletti M, Weis JJ, Taveras LR, Madni TD, Imran JB, Clark AT, Pickett ML, Phelan HA, Ambardekar AP, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2019 10 40 6 752-756 -
Assessment of general surgery resident study habits and use of the TrueLearn question bank for American Board of Surgery In-Training exam preparation.
Imran JB, Madni TD, Taveras LR, Clark AT, Ritchie C, Cunningham HB, Christie A, Abdelfattah KR, Farr D, American journal of surgery 2019 09 218 3 653-657 -
Treating Hypertrophic Burn Scar With 2940-nm Er:YAG Laser Fractional Ablation Improves Scar Characteristics as Measured by Noninvasive Technology.
Madni TD, Lu K, Nakonezny PA, Imran JB, Cunningham HB, Clark AT, Taveras L, Hoopman JE, Wolf SE, Kenkel JM, Phelan HA, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2019 06 40 4 416-421 -
Serum Level of Musclin Is Elevated Following Severe Burn.
Clark A, Huebinger R, Carlson DL, Wolf SE, Song J, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2019 Jun -
Prospective validation of the safety of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy training paradigm featuring incremental autonomy.
Madni TD, Barrios E, Imran JB, Taveras L, Clark AT, Cunningham HB, Christie A, Luk S, Phelan HA, Cripps MW, American journal of surgery 2019 04 217 4 787-793 -
Prospective Analysis of Operating Room and Discharge Delays in a Burn Center.
Madni TD, Nakonezny PA, Imran JB, Barrios E, Rizk P, Clark AT, Cunningham HB, Taveras L, Arnoldo BD, Cripps MW, Phelan HA, Wolf SE, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2019 04 40 3 281-286 -
A comparison of cholecystitis grading scales.
Madni TD, Nakonezny PA, Imran JB, Taveras L, Cunningham HB, Vela R, Clark AT, Minshall CT, Eastman AL, Luk S, Phelan HA, Cripps MW, The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2019 03 86 3 471-478 -
Chronic burn wound treatment by Erbium: YAG fractional ablation: First described report and literature review.
Madni TD, Lu KB, Imran JB, Clark AT, Hoopman JE, Kenkel JM, Phelan HA, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 2019 02 45 1 256-258 -
Acute Kidney Injury After Burn: A Cohort Study From the Parkland Burn Intensive Care Unit.
Clark AT, Li X, Kulangara R, Adams-Huet B, Huen SC, Madni TD, Imran JB, Phelan HA, Arnoldo BD, Moe OW, Wolf SE, Neyra JA, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2019 01 40 1 72-78 -
Prospective validation of the Parkland Grading Scale for Cholecystitis.
Madni TD, Nakonezny PA, Barrios E, Imran JB, Clark AT, Taveras L, Cunningham HB, Christie A, Eastman AL, Minshall CT, Luk S, Minei JP, Phelan HA, Cripps MW, American journal of surgery 2019 01 217 1 90-97 -
Trauma and emergency general surgery patients should be extubated with an open abdomen.
Taveras LR, Imran JB, Cunningham HB, Madni TD, Taarea R, Tompeck A, Clark AT, Provenzale N, Adeyemi FM, Minshall CT, Eastman AL, Cripps MW, The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2018 12 85 6 1043-1047 -
Effects of obesity on burn resuscitation.
Rosenthal J, Clark A, Campbell S, McMahon M, Arnoldo B, Wolf SE, Phelan H Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 2018 12 44 8 1947-1953 -
Inability to predict subprophylactic anti-factor Xa levels in trauma patients receiving early low-molecular-weight heparin.
Imran JB, Madni TD, Clark AT, Rizk P, Huang E, Minshall CT, Taveras LR, Cunningham HB, Eastman AL, Koshy JP, Kacir CD, Cripps MW, The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2018 11 85 5 867-872 -
Prospective Evaluation of Operating Room Inefficiency.
Madni TD, Imran JB, Clark AT, Cunningham HB, Taveras L, Arnoldo BD, Phelan HA, Wolf SE, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2018 10 39 6 977-981 -
Impact of a Laser Service Line for Burn Scar on a Dedicated Burn OR's Flow and Productivity.
Madni TD, Hoopman JE, Li X, Imran JB, Clark AT, Cunningham HB, Wolf SE, Kenkel JM, Phelan HA, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2018 08 39 5 811-814 -
Patient satisfaction after fractional ablation of burn scar with 2940nm wavelength Erbium-Yag laser.
Madni TD, Nakonezny PA, Imran JB, Clark AT, Cunningham HB, Hoopman JE, Arnoldo BD, Wolf SE, Kenkel JM, Phelan HA, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 2018 08 44 5 1100-1105 -
Can CT imaging of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis identify all vertebral injuries of the thoracolumbar spine without dedicated reformatting?
Imran JB, Madni TD, Pruitt JH, Cornelius C, Subramanian M, Clark AT, Mokdad AA, Rizk P, Minei JP, Cripps MW, Eastman AL, American journal of surgery 2018 07 216 1 52-55 -
Determining suicide risk in trauma patients using a universal screening program.
Imran JB, Richmond RE, Madni TD, Roaten K, Clark AT, Huang EY, Mokdad AA, Taveras LR, Abdelfattah KR, Cripps MW, Eastman AL, The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2018 07 85 1 182-186 -
Analysis of Operating Room Efficiency in a Burn Center.
Madni TD, Imran JB, Clark AT, Arnoldo BA, Phelan HA, Wolf SE, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2018 01 39 1 89-93 -
The Relationship Between Frailty and the Subjective Decision to Conduct a Goals of Care Discussion With Burned Elders.
Madni TD, Nakonezny PA, Wolf SE, Joseph B, Mohler MJ, Imran JB, Clark AT, Arnoldo BD, Phelan HA, Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association 2018 01 39 1 82-88 -
Weight changes and patterns of weight measurements in hospitalized burn patients: a contemporary analysis.
Mendez-Romero D, Clark AT, Christie A, Wolf SE, Burns & trauma 2018 6 30 -
Surgical approach to gallbladder disease in rural Guatemala.
Imran JB, Ochoa-Hernandez A, Herrejon J, Madni TD, Clark AT, Huerta S, The Journal of surgical research 2017 10 218 329-333 -
Electrical Injury.
Clark AT, Wolf S, JAMA 2017 09 318 12 1198 -
Predictors of a histopathologic diagnosis of complicated appendicitis.
Imran JB, Madni TD, Minshall CT, Mokdad AA, Subramanian M, Clark AT, Phelan HA, Cripps MW, The Journal of surgical research 2017 06 214 197-202 -
Acute kidney injury after burn.
Clark A, Neyra JA, Madni T, Imran J, Phelan H, Arnoldo B, Wolf SE Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 2017 Apr -
A comparison of prognosis calculators for geriatric trauma: A P.A.L.LI.A.T.E. consortium study.
Madni TD, Ekeh AP, Brakenridge SC, Brasel KJ, Joseph B, Inaba K, Bruns BR, Kerby JD, Cuschieri J, Mohler MJ, Nakonezny PA, Clark A, Imran J, Wolf SE, Paulk ME, Rhodes RL, Phelan HA The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2017 Apr -
Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients.
Clark A, Imran J, Madni T, Wolf SE Burns & trauma 2017 5 11 -
Early endocrine attending surgeon presence increases operating room efficiency.
Clark A, Dackiw AP, White WD, Nwariaku FE, Holt SA, Rabaglia JL, Oltmann SC The Journal of surgical research 2016 Oct 205 2 272-8
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Resident Engagement in a Wellness Program in a Large Academic Residency: A Follow-Up After Two Years of Wellness.
Clinical Focus
- Acute kidney injury in critical care
- Acute and reconstructive burn care
- Critical Care Medicine
- Scar Reconstructive Surgery
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