Dana H. Clarke, M.D.
Dana H. Clarke, M.D., C.D.E. is an Associate Professor of Medicine. He founded and was the Medical Director of the Diabetes Health Center for 18 years. He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, completing his residency and endocrine fellowship at the University of Utah Medical Center. He received his Board Certification in both Internal Medicine and Endocrinology in 1972 and recertified in Endocrinology in 1993. He has been involved in diabetes care, education and research since 1971, establishing Utah’s first diabetes care program while on the staff at the University of Utah Medical Center. He established a diabetes care program at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center that continues today. He is fluent in Italian and conversant in French, German and Russian. He is a past president of the Utah Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and past president of the Association of Insulin Pump Therapists (AIPT). A Certified Diabetes Educator, he is dedicated to helping individuals with diabetes become highly invested members of their health care team. He has a special interest in intensive diabetes management (including over 27 years of experience with external insulin pump therapy), care and treatment of diabetes complications, exercise and diabetes management, and erectile dysfunction in males with diabetes. He also has extensive knowledge and treats patients with a variety of other endocrine disorders.
EDUCATION
| 1962 – 1966 | M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland |
TRAINING
| 1969 – 1971 | FELLOWSHIP, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 1967 – 1969 | RESIDENCY, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 1966 – 1967 | INTERNSHIP, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Prevention/reduction of diabetes complications
Retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathies
