Curriculum Vitae
of Leonard Gordon, M.D.
Background
DR. LEONARD GORDON trained in hand surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He completed his orthopaedic residency at the University of California, San Francisco, and was an instructor in Anatomy at Stanford University.
After completing his training, he was Attending Surgeon in Microsurgery at Davies Medical Center in San Francisco, before becoming Chief of Hand Surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He held this position for twelve years before entering private practice in San Francisco.
He is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. He has written and taught extensively, both locally and nationally, and is active in providing surgical care in underserved areas of the world.
Education
1966-1971
University of the Witwatersrand Medical School—Johannesburg, South Africa
1970
General Surgery Elective, Westminster Hospital—London, England
1972
Intern, General Surgery, Johannesburg General Hospital/Professor D. J. DuPlessis—Johannesburg, South Africa
1972-1973
Intern, Rotating Surgery, University of Connecticut Medical Center—Farmington, Connecticut
1973-1974
Anatomy Instructor, Stanford University—Stanford, California
1975-1976
Fellow in Microsurgery, Davies Medical Center, University of California—San Francisco, California
1976-1979
Resident, Orthopedic Surgery, University of California—San Francisco, California
1980-1981
Fellow in Hand Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital—Boston, Massachusetts
Current Positions and Appointments
Since 1981
Director, Hand & Microsurgery Medical Group, Inc.—Offices in San Francisco and Petaluma, California
Since 1988
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California—San Francisco, California
Since 1991
Practicing Surgeon, Hand & Microsurgery Medical Group, Inc., Post Street Surgery Center, and California Pacific Medical Center—San Francisco and Petaluma, California
Since 1993
Adjunct Associate Professor and lecturer, Department of Anatomy, University of California—San Francisco, California
Past Positions and Appointments
1973-1974
Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Stanford University—Stanford, California
1981-1985
Co-Director and Attending Surgeon, Microsurgery Research Laboratory, Ralph K. Davies Medical Center—San Francisco, California
1982-1992
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California—San Francisco, California
- Associate Clinical Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
- Director, hand and Microsurgery Service
- Director and Attending Surgeon, Hand Surgery Clinic
- Director, Microsurgery Laboratory
- Lecturer in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy
- Consultant to the Surgeon General, Letterman Army Medical Center
Licenses and Certificates
- Primary Examination, Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1974)
- California Medical License (#A26770) (1976)
- California FLEX Examination (1976)
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery—Board Certified (1982)
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery—Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery (1989)
- Physician's Assistant Supervisor (#SA23214) (1994)
- X-ray Supervisor and Operator (#RHD143057) (1996)
- Qualified Medical Examiner, State of California (#907520) (1987)
Memberships
- LeRoy C. Abbott Orthopaedic Society (1979)
- American Medical Association (1982)
- San Francisco Medical Society (1982)
- California Medical Association (1982)
- Western Orthopaedic Association (1982)
- Massachusetts General Hospital Hand Club (1983)
- International Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (1984)
- American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery (#017936) (1985)
- American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (1985)
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand (1985)
- Western Orthopaedic Association, Northern California Chapter (1986)
- American Society for Peripheral Nerve (1991)
- California Society for Industrial Medicine (1991)
- American Association of Clinical Anatomists (1994)
- American Board of Forensic Examiners (1995)
Honors and Awards
- Henate Research Grant, UCSF (1975)
- Nomination, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching (1984)
- Department of Anatomy Student Award, Outstanding Lecture Series (1985)
- Honorable Mention, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching (1987)
- Drown Foundantion Research Grant (for the study of microsurgery) (1990-1992)
- Nomination, Outstanding Lecture Series (1990)
- Nomination, Outstanding Lecture (1990)
- Nomination, Outstanding Lecture Series (1991)
- Nomination, Outstanding Lecture (1991)
- Department of Anatomy Student Award, Outstanding Lecture Series (1992)
- Nomination, Outstanding Lecture Series (1994)
- Nomination, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching (1999)
- Nomination, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching (2000)
- Various teaching awards, UCSF School of Medicine
Service to Professional Organizations
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Microsurgery Committee
- Self-assessment Examination Committee
- Site-Selection Committee
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Program Committee
- Forward-Planning Committee
Service to Scholarly Journals and Publications
1991-1992
Editorial Board, Orthopaedic Update
1995
Consultant Reviewer, The Lancet
Since 1986
Editorial Board, Microsurgery
Since 1993
Consultant Reviewer, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery