Howard Martyn Clarke, MD FACS

Howard M. Clarke is a Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto where he has been on the faculty since 1987. He has been in practice in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto since completing his fellowship training. Dr Clarke studied medicine at the University of Toronto and entered the plastic surgery training programme there upon graduation. Graduate training in the Institute of Medical Science was completed under the supervision of Ralph Manktelow and Nancy McKee. Fellowship training followed at Harvard University studying hand surgery with Joe Upton and at the University of Tokyo undertaking microsurgical training with Professor Kiyonori Harii Dr Howard M. Clarke is a paediatric plastic surgeon with special interests in obstetrical brachial plexus palsy and congenital hand surgery. He is responsible for the brachial plexus programme at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, which provides a weekly multidisciplinary clinic for the evaluation of children with obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. He is extensively involved in both primary and secondary reconstructive procedures for these children. This brachial plexus programme is the largest in Canada and is recognized at an international level. Dr Clarke is a Senior Fellow of Massey College. He has served as the President of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve, as the President of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons and as the President of the International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies (ICOPLAST).

Hand and Upper Extremity

• upper extremity reconstruction

Pediatric Plastic

• cleft lip and palate
• congenital anomalies

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, ON,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

07/1987—Present

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Toronto, ON,

Consultant, Urological Surgeon

07/1987—Present

University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

Toronto, ON

Professor

07/2003—Present