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C. Dana Clark, MD

Joint Replacement Surgery

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About C. Dana Clark, MD

Dr. C. Dana Clark is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in anterior hip replacement and knee replacement surgeries.

He is recognized as a leading anterior hip replacement specialist in Colorado. Dr. Clark enjoys helping people who have been active in the past regain their physical health and their ability to do many of the activities and hobbies that they enjoy most.

He takes care of patients from OCR’s service area of northern Colorado, Wyoming, and western Nebraska. He performs hip and knee replacement surgery at hospitals and surgery centers in Fort Collins and Loveland.

Dr. Clark’s surgeries include:

  • Anterior hip replacement, with the operation done from the front of a patient’s hip joint
  • Traditional posterior hip replacement
  • Knee replacement
  • Hip and Knee Complex Revisions

With anterior hip replacement, the surgeon operates on the hip from the front, instead of the side or rear of the joint. As the leading anterior hip replacement specialist in northern Colorado, Dr. Clark performs this surgery for 500 patients a year.

Dr. Clark also educates other joint replacement surgeons on anterior hip techniques. He teaches courses, and he also hosts orthopaedic surgeons, who visit Dr. Clark at OCR’s offices and in the operating rooms to learn more about the anterior hip approach.

Dr. Clark also has expertise in these surgeries:

  • primary hip and knee replacement
  • complex revisions of joint replacements

Prior to joining OCR in 2009, he completed advanced training through a joint replacement fellowship program at the University of Utah. Fellowships provide an additional, or sixth, year of orthopaedic surgery training. Fellowships follow the completion of a physician’s residency program.

Dr. Clark holds board certification through the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Clark is also a fellow of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

Dr. Clark grew up in Farmington, N.M., and enjoys the outdoors, especially rock climbing, mountain biking, and skiing, as well as spending time with his family. He and his wife and children now live in Fort Collins.

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Dr. Clark in the hallway
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Qualifications/Memberships

  • Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies 2009-Present

Education

  • Fellowship in Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery 2008-2009 — University of Utah, Salt Lake City
  • Orthopaedic Surgery Residency 2004-2008 — University of South Carolina/Greenville Hospital System
  • Internship, General Surgery 2003-2004 — University of South Carolina/Greenville Hospital System
  • M. D. 1999-2003 — University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
  • B. S.1999 — University of New Mexico

Patient Resources

Do you have questions about Joint Replacement Surgical conditions that you or a family member may be experiencing? Have you been diagnosed with a specific problem and you are wondering about treatment options? Check out the links below that contain valuable information. Please note that this information should serve as a resource and should be considered only in discussion with your doctor before official diagnosis or treatment is attempted.

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“Dr. Clark has done one hip and one knee. Now I need the other hip done. He is a great doctor; I would recommend him for your orthopedic needs.”

“I couldn’t be more impressed with this place. Dr. Clark is outstanding. I had a total knee replacement and he had me up and moving and feeling close to my old self in 7 weeks. He is very caring and an excellent surgeon. I will only use Dr. Clark is I need a further knee or hip surgery.”

Dr. Clark performed my first knee replacement and I searched him out a second time. He is kind, thorough, and knowledgeable. Highly recommend any time”

-Annette S.

Doctor Clark did knee replacement surgery for me. He and his office staff have been caring, professional and absolutely amazing!” 

-Christina H.

I was very impressed with Dr Dana Clark. He took the time to meet with me & explain the knee surgery. He explained in terms I could understand but did not talk down to me. He is very professional, yet personable. Office staff was efficient.”

-Judy F. 

 

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