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