Professor Stephen Clark

Stephen Clark is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiopulmonary Transplantation in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle. He was appointed in December 2000 after training in London, Cambridge, Newcastle and Toronto in cardiac, thoracic and cardiopulmonary transplant surgery. He practices widely in all forms of adult cardiac surgery including cardiopulmonary transplantation and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers. He is an Assessing Examiner for Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Examinations at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a College Assessor.  He is a Specialty Advisor in Cardiac Surgery for NICE, a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee in Cardiothoracic Surgery and is the Specialty Program Director for CORESS. Professor Clark was Deputy Chair of the Cardiopulmonary Transplant Advisory Group to NHS Blood and Transplant and is a past Director of the Cardiopulmonary Transplant Program at Freeman Hospital with an ongoing interest in developing transplant programs in Asia, especially Sri Lanka and India. He is a Specialist Advisor for the Care Quality Commission and also reports for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. He is a former Director of Quality and Patient Safety for Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery.