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Sarah Clark, MD

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Accepting new patients

Sarah Clark, MD

Sarah Clark, MD, is a cardiothoracic surgeon who loves being able to use her surgical skills to improve and extend patients’ lives. She understands the significance of heart surgery in a patient’s life, and she strives to support her patients through the entirety of the surgical process. She loves what she does and seeks to develop collegial relationships with referring physicians in support of providing optimal care for patients.

Dr. Clark has extensive experience treating cardiogenic shock with ECMO and has done specialized training with minimally invasive mitral valve repair, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and transcatheter embolectomy (AngioVac). She is a member of the Southern Thoracic Surgery Association, Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Away from work, Dr. Clark enjoys trail and ultramarathon running, horseback riding, skiing, and spending time with her husband and their two Bernese mountain dogs.

Conditions and Procedures: 

  • Aortic valve disease
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Endocarditis
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Mitral valve disease
  • Thoracic aortic disease
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
  • Transcatheter embolectomy (AngioVac)

Specialties

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery

Credentials

  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Education

  • Medical School: Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
  • Residency: Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgical Residency, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Medical groups

  • Virginia Mason Medical Center
  • Puget Sound High Value Network
  • Rainier Health Network

Languages

  • English

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