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David Gordon, MDUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
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David Gordon, MDUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
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David Gordon, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Medical Director, UMC Comprehensive Stroke Program
Dr. David Lee Gordon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Medical Director of the UMC Comprehensive Stroke Program.
Dr. Gordon was born in Chicago, IL and raised in Miami, FL.He attended college at Duke University.He received his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine, completed an internship in internal medicine at St. Lukeís-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, and completed a residency in neurology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.Following his residency, he completed a two-year fellowship in cerebrovascular diseases at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics under Dr. Harold P. Adams, Jr. and Dr. JosÈ Biller.He joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) Department of Neurology in 1991.
Dr. Gordon developed and directs both the UMC Acute Stroke Unit and the UMC Stroke Neurology Service.He served as the American Heart Association (AHA) Stroke Council Affiliate Liaison to the Mississippi AHA Affiliate from 1992 to 1998 and was named the AHA Stroke Council Affiliate Liaison of the Year in 1997 for his efforts in promoting stroke education and awareness in the state of Mississippi.He earned this recognition primarily through the formation in 1994 of the Mississippi Stroke Education Consortium (MSEC), which he continues to lead.The members of the MSEC consists of UMC, the AHA affiliate in Mississippi, Information and Quality Healthcare (the Mississippi quality improvement organization), the Mississippi State Department of Health, and the Mississippi Hospital Association.MSEC's ongoing projects include: (1) stroke-related quality improvement projects in hospitals around the state, (2) yearly stroke screening training programs for allied health professionals, (3) a yearly stroke update conference for physicians and allied health professionals, (4) the stroke speakers bureau for physicians and allied health professionals, (5) the emergency medical services (EMS) training program, (6) stroke screenings in African-American churches and other public areas, and (7) a public awareness campaign utilizing print media and billboards.
Dr. Gordon served as the President of the Mississippi Affiliate of the AHA in 1997.He has been Stroke Council Affiliate Liaison and Stroke Task Force Chair of the newly formed AHA Southeast Affiliate (consisting of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi) since 1998.He served on the Executive Committee of the AHA Stroke Council as Editor of the Stroke Council Newsletter from 1996 to 1998.He is one of ten authors of the Acute Stroke Management Workshop Syllabus organized through the American Academy of Neurology and used in stroke workshops nationwide.
In March 1998, Dr. Gordon received a commemorative plaque for outstanding service to the AHA Stroke Connection for "advancing the cause of stroke families and stimulating public support for reducing death and disability due to brain attack."He has been named one of the Best Doctors in America since 1996.He has served as Principal Investigator in many multicenter clinical trials involving new stroke therapies.He has a special interest in stroke patient outcomes research, EMS education, acute stroke management, secondary stroke prevention, hypercoagulable states, and cerebral vein thrombosis.He is most proud of his relationship with his wife Andrea and his two daughters Olivia and Alexis.
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