Our Practitioners

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David W. Malka, M.D. is the founder of The M.I.N.D., now established for three decades. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and appointed clinical assistant professor by the vice chancellor of International University and attending neurologist and clinical  instructor by the University of South Florida. Dr. Malka received the  Outstanding Clinical Attending award from USF in 2002. He is a member of Who's Who and a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Besides two books in progress, he has been involved in a variety of research in biochemistry and the neurosciences, presentations, pharmaceutical consulting, and has served on administrative committees in several hospitals, and an expert witness in many cases. Dr. Malka has been named the number one prescriber of stroke therapy by a major pharmaceutical company, featured on the Bill Newell Show,  and in the Hernando Today. His subspecialty interests include sleep and cognitive studies, IQ testing, epidural  and other blocks, Botox and other chemodenervation techniques, nerve conduction studies, electromyography, deep brain and vagal nerve stimulation, shunt programming, diagnostic and therapeutic Ommaya, lumbar puncture, neurosurgical assessments, and second opinions regarding cranial, spinal, and peripheral nerve surgery, and intra-arterial therapy of aneurysms, vascular malformations, tumors, and stroke.

Qin Gu, M.D. is a U.S. board certified neurologist trained in New York, after  graduating from the Second Military Medical University in Shanghai, China, where he received a Ph.D. in neurophysiology. He has extensive research experience in neurology and neurophysiology and has been honored with several invitations to international academic conferences. He was also a scholar and faculty member at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas Texas. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Office of Research on Women's Health. His work has helped to understand the  underlying mechanisms of memory, stroke, and epilepsy and is published  in several scientific journals and book chapters.

Linda Bark, APRN has over thirty years of medical experience in both neurology and neurosurgery. She has been involved in countless craniotomies and spinal interventions and is proficient in nerve conduction studies, epidurals, carpal tunnel blocks, trigger point injections, and cognitive testing. She is a member of an international multiple sclerosis organization and trains patients in self-injection of various  neuromodulators. She presented at multiple community health fairs as well as a variety of lectures on stroke, peripheral vascular disease, carotid stenosis, and subclavian steal syndrome. She served in various lead administrative capacities for several hospitals developing protocols, policies, and procedures and was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society.