Flash Gordon 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 was a contributing columnist for Motorcycle Consumer News magazine, as well as San Francisco's monthly CityBike.
Flash Gordon (physician) | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York, NY |
| Nationality | U.S. Citizen |
| Occupation(s) | M.D., activist, humorist and author |
| Partner | none |
| Children | none |
Education
editGordon was awarded a physics honors scholarship at the University of Miami before going on to study medicine.[1]
Career
editFlash 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.
editGordon is a founder of H.E.A.R., a group devoted to protecting musicians' hearing.[6][7]
Interests
editAs 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
edit- Blood, Sweat & Gears: Ramblings on Motorcycling and Medicine (1995) ISBN 1-884313-03-5
- Blood, Sweat & 2nd Gear: More Medicine for Motorcyclists January 1, 2008 ISBN 1-884313-63-9
References
edit- ^ a b c "Inkwell: Authors and Artists". The Well. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ Blood, Sweat & 2nd Gear - wBW Book Review, WebBikeWorld, retrieved 2010-02-26
- ^ flash gordon, m.d. The Sound RIDER! Interview, Sound Rider, Fall 2007, archived from the original on 2009-12-26, retrieved 2010-02-23
- ^ Flash Gordon M.D., Personal web page, retrieved 2010-02-23
- ^ Shawn Bates (October 22, 1988), Doc of Rock, Image magazine, archived from the original on November 18, 2008, retrieved 2010-02-23
- ^ H.E.A.R. story, H.E.A.R., retrieved 2010-02-23
- ^ Ayanna V. Buckner (April 14, 2005), "Hearing Loss: A Preventable Problem", ABC News, retrieved 2010-02-24
- ^ "Doctors Ought to Care (DOC)". University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ "Doctors Ought to Care". Retrieved 3 November 2010.
