| Flash Gordon | |
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| Born | New York, NY |
| Residence | San Francisco, California |
| Occupation | M.D. and Author |
Flash Gordon M.D. (also spelled flash gordon m.d.) is a practicing primary care physician in Greenbrae, California,[1] who has been described as the premier physician and medical spokesperson for the motorcyclist community in the US.[2] He has written two books on motorcycling medicine: Blood, Sweat & Gears (1995) and Blood, Sweat & 2nd Gear (2008),[3] and as of 2010[update] is a contributing columnist for Motorcycle Consumer News magazine.
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Gordon was awarded a physics honors scholarship at the University of Miami before going on to study medicine.[1]
Flash Gordon was director of the medical section of Haight Ashbury Free Clinics in the late 1980s.[4][5] He directed the emergency medicine residency at San Francisco General Hospital from 1978 until 1980. He currently is a primary care physician seeing patients in Greenbrae, California.
Gordon is also a founder of H.E.A.R., a group devoted to protecting musicians' hearing.[6][7]
As a member of the national board of directors of Doctors Ought to Care (DOC), which is a nationwide organization of physicians and medical students who work with young people to promote healthy lifestyles.[8] Through DOC Gordon used humour to promote a ban on tobacco advertising.[9]
Gordon has commuted on motorcycles since 1961 and rides from San Francisco to Greenbrae, California almost daily. A regular medical columnist in San Francisco's CityBike magazine, Gordon published a collection of his articles as Blood, Sweat, and Gears: Ramblings on Motorcycling and Medicine, a first aid book for motorcyclists, in 1995.[1] His second book, Blood, Sweat & 2nd Gear: More Medicine for Motorcyclists is a collection of his columns from Motorcycle Consumer News and was published in 2008.