Flash Gordon (physician)

Flash Gordon
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 is a contributing columnist for Motorcycle Consumer News magazine.

Education

Gordon was awarded a physics honors scholarship at the University of Miami before going on to study medicine.[1]

Career

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.

H.E.A.R.

Gordon is also a founder of H.E.A.R., a group devoted to protecting musicians' hearing.[6][7]

Interests

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.

Published work

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Inkwell: Authors and Artists". The Well. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Blood, Sweat & 2nd Gear - wBW Book Review, WebBikeWorld, retrieved 2010-02-26
  3. ↑ flash gordon, m.d. The Sound RIDER! Interview, Sound Rider, Fall 2007, retrieved 2010-02-23
  4. ↑ Flash Gordon M.D., Personal web page, retrieved 2010-02-23
  5. ↑ Shawn Bates (October 22, 1988), Doc of Rock, Image magazine, retrieved 2010-02-23
  6. ↑ H.E.A.R. story, H.E.A.R., retrieved 2010-02-23
  7. ↑ Ayanna V. Buckner (April 14, 2005), Hearing Loss: A Preventable Problem, ABC News, retrieved 2010-02-24
  8. ↑ "Doctors Ought to Care (DOC)". University of Wisconsin. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "Doctors Ought to Care". Retrieved 3 November 2010.

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