Robert Sirkosky Gordon

Background

Gordon, Robert Sirkosky was born on March 26, 1926 in New York City. Son of Robert Sirkosky and Dorothy (Dodson) Gordon.

Education

AB, Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1949; MHS, Johns Hopkins University, 1976.

Career

Intern, then resident, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1949-1953; investigator, National Heart Institute, 1953-1964; chief clinical research, Pakistan-Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Cholera Laboratory, 1961-1964; technical consultant, Pakistan-Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Cholera Laboratory, 1964-1969; clinical director, National Institute Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1964-1973; director Clinical Center, National Institute Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1974-1975. Visiting professor U. Maryland. Medical School, 1975-1976.

Special assistant to director National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., from 1976.

Achievements

• Robert Sirkosky Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physiological Society, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Federation Clin.Rsch., Association American Physicians, American Gastroenterol. Association, Society Epidemiological Research, American Geriatrics Society, Society Clinical Trials (vice president 1979-1981, pres.1981-1983).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Wilkins Brown, June 30, 1951. Children: Hilary Ruth, Andrew Sirkosky, Peter Taylor, Dana Elizabeth.

Father:

Robert Sirkosky Gordon

Mother:

Dorothy (Dodson) Gordon

Spouse:

Elizabeth Wilkins Brown

child:

Andrew Sirkosky Gordon

child:

Peter Taylor Gordon

child:

Hilary Ruth Gordon

child:

Dana Elizabeth Gordon