Background
Gordon, Robert Dana was born on January 25, 1945 in New York City. Son of Gerson George and Muriel Ruth Gordon.
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Robert Dana Gordon
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Bachelor, Amherst College, 1966; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1971.
Career
Intern in surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1971-1972;
resident in surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1972-1974, 77-78;
visiting scientist transplantation biology unit, Clinical Research Center, Harrow, United Kingdom, 1974-1976;
research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1974-1976;
clinical fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1977-1978;
assistant professor surgery, U. Colorado, Denver, 1979-1983;
assistant professor surgery, U. Pittsburgh, 1983-1988;
associate professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1988-1992;
professor surgery, chief liver transplant service, Emory University, School Medicine, Atlanta, 1992-1998;
medical director transplantation, Roche laboratories, Inc., Nutley, New Jersey, since 1999. Attending surgeon Egleston Children's Hospital, Atlanta, 1992-1998. Attending surgeon, co-director organ transplant services, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta,1992-1998.
Chairman foreign relations committee United Network Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia, 1987-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Pittsburgh chapter American Red Cross. Member Corporation of Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, since 1994. Fellow American College of Surgeons.
Member International Society Cardiovasc. Surgery, Control Surgical Association, Society University Surgeons, American Society Transplant Surgeons, American Society Transplant Physicians, Transplantation Society, International Liver Transplantation Society, American Association for Study Liver Diseases, Pan American Medical Association (pres.sect. organ transplantation 1992), Georgia Surgical Society, Pennsylvania Society biomedical Research (board directors 1991-1992).
Interests
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Avocations: computer science, skiing, hiking, cycling, organ music E-mail: [email protected].
Connections
Married Linda Susan Svirsky, July 9, 1970. Children: David Charles, Daniel Lawrence.
