Sara Gordon
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Dr. Sara Gordon is an Associate Professor and Director of Oral Pathology Graduate Education for the Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.
Prior to joining the UIC faculty, Dr. Gordon had been on the faculty of the University of Detroit Mercy after stints at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) at London, Ontario and Dalhousie University at Halifax in Canada. She earned her BS in biology from St. Mary’s University in Halifax; her BA in English and her DDS from Dalhousie; and her MS in pathology from UWO. Earlier in her career, she had a full-time dental practice in Nova Scotia.
At the University of Detroit Mercy, she was instrumental in setting up a comprehensive tobacco cessation and prevention program at the dental school, and participated in one of the largest oral pathology biopsy services in the country. She also is a researcher in environmental pathology, and studies the influence of gender, socioeconomic status, and race on disease development. Her research interests also include oral diseases associated with menopause.
Dr. Gordon is President of the Canadian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Medicine, and also is on the National Council for the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, which she serves as newsletter editor. She is a consultant to the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation, and also is on the American College of Prosthodontists' Oral Cancer Education/Screening Task Force.
Dr. Gordon also is an artist who paints in watercolors and acrylics, and is the daughter of Nova Scotian artist Marian Gordon.
Dr. Gordon is married to Reg Fendick and the couple has a daughter, Grace.
