Christopher Roark, M.D.

Dr. Roark attended the University of Kansas where he received his BA in Philosophy and his MD degree.  While in medical school he completed a summer internship at the Neurobiology Research Laboratory at the Kansas City VA Medical Center. Under the direction of Drs. Barry Festoff and Paul Arnold he studied the regional bloodflow effects of acute spinal cord injury in rats. His internship was completed at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Dr. Roark is a member of the AANS and CNS.  His research is in the area of chemical anticoagulation in neurosurgery.
 

Publications

1) Christopher Roark, Steven Whicher, Aviva Abosch,.Reversible neurological symptoms caused by diathermy in a patient with deep brain stimulators. Neurosurgery, 62:E246, 2008

2) Martin AJ, Hall WA, Roark C, Starr PA, Larson PS, Truwit CL., Minimally invasive precision brain access using prospective stereotaxy and a trajectory guide. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Apr;27(4):737-43

3) Barry W. Festoff, Christopher Roark, Paul M. Arnold, Randolf J. Nudo, Zhiming Suo, Bruce A. Citron. Dramatic Changes in Spinal Cord Blood Flow (SCBF) Following Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Correlate with Expression of Hypoxia Inducible Transcription Factors.  55th Annual Meeting Program,  Neurology (Suppl 1) 60(5):A358, 2003.