Hugh A. Clarke, MD

Hugh A. Clarke received a BS in chemistry from East Tennessee State University in 1951. He attended the University of Tennessee School of Medicine and received his MD degree in 1956. Hugh A. Clarke, MD He did postgraduate medical training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, completing a general internship in 1958 and a neurological surgery residency in 1964. He was a partner in teaching and group practice of neurological surgery in Memphis, Tennessee, until he relocated to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1980. From 1958–60 he was a captain in the US Air Force and served as a flight surgeon, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing. He was certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, October 1966, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He was appointed as a charter member of the Athletic Commission of South Carolina and has served on the EMS Board of Control, Greenville County (ret); and the Internal Review Board, St. Francis Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina.

He serves on the board of trustees of Bob Jones University and formerly served HELPS International Mission, Immanuel Ministries, and New York Mission to the Jews as a member of the board. In March of 1998 he was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by Governor David Beasley. He currently serves as Medical Consultant for Disability Determination, Vocational Rehabilitation Service in Greenville. He participates in a local men’s community Bible study. He enjoys golf and is an avid photographer who studied with Ansel Adams.

In 1980 he was in a busy neurosurgical practice in Memphis when he was approached by Dr. Bob Wood, executive vice president of Bob Jones University, about moving to Greenville to work with the University’s premedical program. He and his wife, Martha Ann, moved with their family to Greenville in September of that year to begin work with premed students. Today he still serves as an advisor for the premed program. He has worked with several hundred students over the past twenty-five years. During that time BJU has had a rate of admission to medical school for qualified students of greater than 95 percent. A friend suggested he share their stories.