UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Photo of Jennifer L. Clarke, MD, MPH  Jennifer L. Clarke, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Contact

(415) 353-2966 (appts)

Box 0372, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0372

Additional websites:
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Education

California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, B.S., 1995, Chemistry, With Honor
University of California, San Francisco, M.D., 2002, Medicine
University of California, Berkeley, M.P.H., 2001, Health Policy and Mgmt
St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco, 06/03, Intern, Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, 06/06, Resident, Neurology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 06/08, Fellow, Neuro-oncology

Professional Experience

  • 6/95-8/97
    Combion, Inc.
  • 7/02-6/03
    St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco Intern Medicine
  • 7/03-6/06
    University of California, San Francisco Resident Neurology
  • 7/05-6/06
    University of California, San Francisco Chief Resident Neurology
  • 7/06-6/08
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Fellow Neuro-Oncology
  • 7/07-6/08
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Chief Fellow Neuro-Oncology
  • 8/08-6/10
    University of California, San Francisco Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery (Division of Neuro-Oncology)
  • 8/10 – present
    University of California, San Francisco Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurological Surgery (Division of Neuro-Oncology)

Honors & Awards

  • 1999
    Nomination for “An Outstanding Lecture” UCSF Class of 2001
  • 2000
    University Fellowship, UC-Berkeley
  • 2000
    Award for “An Outstanding Lecture” UCSF Class of 2002
  • 2001
    UCSF Class of 1966 Scholarship
  • 2003
    Intern of the Year, St. Mary’s Medical Center
  • 2008
    ASCO Foundation Merit Award
  • 2009
    Awarded a fellowship to the 2nd Annual Clinical Trials Methods Course in Neurology, in Vail, Colorado, August 17-23, 2009; the course is sponsored by NINDS

Selected Publications

  • Clarke, J., Johnston, S.C., Bernstein, R., Tong, D., Hemphill III, J.C. External Validation of the ICH Score. Neurocritical Care. Spring 2004;1(1):53-60.
  • Chang, S.M., Nelson, S., VandenBerg, S., Cha, S., Prados, M., Butowski, N., McDermott, M., Parsa, A.T., Aghi, M., Clarke, J., Berger, M. Integration of preoperative anatomic and metabolic physiologic imaging of newly diagnosed glioma. J. Neuroonc. 2009;92:401-15.
  • Clarke, J., Iwamoto, F., Sul J., Panageas, K., Lassman, A., DeAngelis, L., Hormigo, A., Nolan C., Gavrilovic, I., Karimi, S., Abrey, L. A randomized phase II trial of chemoradiotherapy followed by dose-dense versus metronomic temozolomide for newly diagnosed glioblastoma. JCO. 2009;27(23):3861-67.
  • Polley, M-Y. C., Lamborn, K.R., Chang, S.M., Butowski, N., Clarke, J.L., Prados, M. Six-month progression-free survival as an alternative primary efficacy endpoint to overall survival in newly-diagnosed glioblastoma patients receiving temozolomide. Neuro-Oncology. 2010;12(3):274-82.
  • Clarke, J.L., Perez, H.R., Jacks, L.M., Panageas, K.S., DeAngelis, L. M. Leptomeningeal metastases in the MRI Era. Neurology. 2010;74(18):1449-54.
  • Clarke, J., Wu, N., Miller, V., Pao, W., Lassman, A. High-dose weekly erlotinib achieves therapeutic concentrations in CSF and is effective in leptomeningeal metastases from epidermal growth factor receptor mutant lung cancer.. J Neuro-Onc. 2010 Sep;99(2):283-6.
  • Clark, A., Butowski, N., Chang, S., Prados, M., Clarke, J., Polley, M-Y., Sughrue, M., McDermott, M., Parsa, A., Berger, M., Aghi, M. Impact of Bevacizumab Chemotherapy on Craniotomy Wound Healing. J Neurosurgery. Epub Dec 10, 2010.
  • Parvataneni R., Polley M.Y., Freeman T., Lamborn K., Prados M., Butowski N., Liu R., Clarke J., Page M., Rabbitt J., Fedoroff A., Clow E., Hsieh E., Kivett V., Deboer R., Chang S. Identifying the needs of brain tumor patients and their caregivers. J Neurooncol. Epub Feb 11, 2011.
  • Clarke, J.L., Ennis, M.M., Yung, W.K.A., Chang, S.M., Wen, P.Y., Cloughesy, T.F., DeAngelis, L.M., Robins, H.I., Lieberman, F.S., Fine, H.A., Abrey, L., Gilbert, M.R., Mehta, M., Kuhn, J.G., Aldape, K.D., Lamborn, K.R., Prados, M.D.; North American Brain Tumor Consortium. Is surgery at progression a prognostic marker for improved 6-month progression-free survival or overall survival for patients with recurrent glioblastoma? Neuro-Oncology. Epub Aug 2, 2011.
  • Polley, M-Y. C., Lamborn, K.R., Chang, S.M., Butowski, N., Clarke, J.L., Prados, M. The Conditional Probability of Survival in Newly-Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients. JCO. In press (2011).
  • Grommes, C., Oxnard, G.R., Kris, M.G., Miller, V.A., Pao, W., Holodny, A.I., Clarke, J.L., Lassman, A.B. “Pulsatile” High Dose Weekly Erlotinib for Central Nervous System Metastases from EGFR Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Neuro-Oncology. In press (2011).

Updated: February 27, 2012