Dr. Shannon M. Clark, MD, FACOG

Hi, yeah, I am Dr. Shannon Clark. I am a double board certified OBGYN and maternal fetal medicine specialist. That means after medical school, I did four years of OBGYN residency training. Then I decided to do more training to be a maternal fetal medicine specialist. So that is also known as perinatology or a high-risk pregnancy specialist.

Hi, yeah, I am Dr. Shannon Clark. I am a double board certified OBGYN and maternal fetal medicine specialist. That means after medical school, I did four years of OBGYN residency training. Then I decided to do more training to be a maternal fetal medicine specialist. So that is also known as perinatology or a high-risk pregnancy specialist.

Hi, yeah, I am Dr. Shannon Clark. I am a double board certified OBGYN and maternal fetal medicine specialist. That means after medical school, I did four years of OBGYN residency training. Then I decided to do more training to be a maternal fetal medicine specialist. So that is also known as perinatology or a high-risk pregnancy specialist.

All my patients are pregnant with either maternal fetal complications or both. I've been a faculty in maternal fetal medicine and OBGYN since 2007. And now I'm a professor at a large academic institution. institution. That's my day to day. And I'm actually right now, I'm post call. So I've been up since about four o'clock yesterday morning.

All my patients are pregnant with either maternal fetal complications or both. I've been a faculty in maternal fetal medicine and OBGYN since 2007. And now I'm a professor at a large academic institution. institution. That's my day to day. And I'm actually right now, I'm post call. So I've been up since about four o'clock yesterday morning.

All my patients are pregnant with either maternal fetal complications or both. I've been a faculty in maternal fetal medicine and OBGYN since 2007. And now I'm a professor at a large academic institution. institution. That's my day to day. And I'm actually right now, I'm post call. So I've been up since about four o'clock yesterday morning.

Yeah, I mean, I've been doing it forever. I'm older now and I can tell you the recovery is not as smooth as it once was. We do the 24 plus hour shifts and that's just the lifestyle at this point.

Yeah, I mean, I've been doing it forever. I'm older now and I can tell you the recovery is not as smooth as it once was. We do the 24 plus hour shifts and that's just the lifestyle at this point.

Yeah, I mean, I've been doing it forever. I'm older now and I can tell you the recovery is not as smooth as it once was. We do the 24 plus hour shifts and that's just the lifestyle at this point.

Honestly, I don't think I have a cutoff point because I think that as physicians, especially those of us that are in a surgical specialty like OBGYN and as a high risk pregnancy specialist, we can be on at the drop of a hat. And while we're on call, we may have a chance to rest if things are kind of quiet. I can go from sleeping 30 minutes to being in the OR with someone hemorrhaging.

Honestly, I don't think I have a cutoff point because I think that as physicians, especially those of us that are in a surgical specialty like OBGYN and as a high risk pregnancy specialist, we can be on at the drop of a hat. And while we're on call, we may have a chance to rest if things are kind of quiet. I can go from sleeping 30 minutes to being in the OR with someone hemorrhaging.

Honestly, I don't think I have a cutoff point because I think that as physicians, especially those of us that are in a surgical specialty like OBGYN and as a high risk pregnancy specialist, we can be on at the drop of a hat. And while we're on call, we may have a chance to rest if things are kind of quiet. I can go from sleeping 30 minutes to being in the OR with someone hemorrhaging.

I can't say that I've ever really felt that I couldn't function appropriately after being on call or being up because we just turn it on. It's the skill set we develop over years of doing this.

I can't say that I've ever really felt that I couldn't function appropriately after being on call or being up because we just turn it on. It's the skill set we develop over years of doing this.

I can't say that I've ever really felt that I couldn't function appropriately after being on call or being up because we just turn it on. It's the skill set we develop over years of doing this.

48 hours is a lot. I've done 48 hours as a resident back in the day. Not so much now, but I will say it's not only just the lack of sleep, it's being out of your home or being away from your family or being in that high intensity environment for that period of time. Even if you're able to step away and go to your office or go to the call room and take a nap.

48 hours is a lot. I've done 48 hours as a resident back in the day. Not so much now, but I will say it's not only just the lack of sleep, it's being out of your home or being away from your family or being in that high intensity environment for that period of time. Even if you're able to step away and go to your office or go to the call room and take a nap.

48 hours is a lot. I've done 48 hours as a resident back in the day. Not so much now, but I will say it's not only just the lack of sleep, it's being out of your home or being away from your family or being in that high intensity environment for that period of time. Even if you're able to step away and go to your office or go to the call room and take a nap.

you're in a hospital setting or a birth center setting. So I can imagine having someone cover for that period of time in a birth center or in a hospital will take a toll. The most I will do now is probably about 36 hours. And that's very, very rare. But it's not always that I'm clinically active, taking care of patients on labor delivery.

you're in a hospital setting or a birth center setting. So I can imagine having someone cover for that period of time in a birth center or in a hospital will take a toll. The most I will do now is probably about 36 hours. And that's very, very rare. But it's not always that I'm clinically active, taking care of patients on labor delivery.