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Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Forth Valley

Research interests

Skin Cancer

Personal interests

Sailing
Skiing

Publications

Necrotising Soft Tissue infections – A poster and CD-Rom on diagnosis and management created and circulated to Scottish Hospitals A&Es and critical care units to promote early recognition and treatment. Aug 2004.

Clark RR, Shoaib T, Soutar DS, Gray HW, Bessent RG, McCurrach GM, et al. Sentinel lymph node biopsy in oral malignant melanoma‚ a possible means of investigating the clinically node-negative neck. European Journal of Plastic Surgery 2005:-46

Clark RR, McGill DG. Necrotising Fasciitis: Always Use The Finger. British Medical Journal; 21st April 2005 Rapid Response http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/330/7495/830#104526

Richard R Clark. A Narrow Minded View. British Medical Journal; 5th January 2007 Rapid Response http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/334/7583/44#152751

Clark RR, Watson SB. Pollicisation of the index metacarpal based on the first dorsal metacarpal artery. JPRAS 2006;59(4):325-330

Sentinel lymph node biopsy: a new perspective in head and neck mucosal melanoma?, Melanoma Research. 17(1):59, February 2007.Clark, Richard R.; Shoaib, Taimur
Clark R.R., Soutar D.S.

Lymph node metastases from auricular squamous cell carcinoma. A systematic review and meta-analysis. JPRAS. 61(10)(pp 1140-1147), Oct 2008.

A retrospective analysis of histological prognostic factors for the development of lymph node metastases from auricular squamous cell carcinoma. Clark RR. Soutar DS. Hunter KD. Histopathology. 57(1):138-46, 2010 Jul.

A cadaveric study of auricular lymphatics and implications for sentinel lymph node biopsy R.R. Clark, J. Shaw-Dunn, D.S. Soutar. Clinical Anatomy, Vol 23, Issue 7, pgs 792–797, Oct 2010

Melaonoma and Other Skin Cancers, Stuart Watson, Richard Clark chapter in The surgery of Childhood Tumours 3rd Edition. Springer

Courses offered to GPs

Current Management of Melanoma
Skin Cancer Pathways
Plastic Surgery Pathways