Joseph Y. Clark

Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii

PSU Connection: Employee

School: College of Medicine

Department: Department of Urology

Position: Urologist and Urology Residency Program Director

Memorable moment in your Penn State career: I’m honored to be involved in teaching the medical students, and residents who will be the future urologists of America.

Active Duty or Veteran: Veteran

Branch: Army

Rank: Colonel

Rate/MOS: Flight Surgeon, Urologist

Where/when did you serve: From 1984-2009; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Ft Lewis, WA; Joint Task Force Bravo (Central America); Ft Sam Houston, TX; Ft Bragg, NC, Yokosuka, Japan; Tripler Army Medical Center, HI

Awards: Meritorious Service Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Expert Field Medical Badge, U.S. Army Forces Command Flight Surgeon of the Year (1990)

What was your favorite military assignment/duty station and why? As an Army urologist, was assigned to a US Naval Hospital in Japan. Lived in a foreign country for 4 years learning the culture, language, and making new friends.

Joseph Y. Clark, Army, Colonel (ret), went through the military’s medical school (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences), became an Army flight surgeon, and subsequently did a residency in urology in the military (Joint Military Medical Command Urology Residency Program). He has had various military assignments and deployments, trekking across the globe. His last assignment, before retiring from the Army with 25 years of service, was Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii as the chief of the urology service. In civilian life, he worked for Geisinger Medical Center where he served as the program director for the urology residency program. Joseph now works in the Department of Urology here at Penn State College of Medicine as a urologist and urology residency program director.