Barry Jordan

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Barry Jordan is an American neurologist. He currently serves as the assistant medical director at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, N.Y. [1] He is also the director of neurorehabilitation and director of the Memory Evaluation Treatment Service at Burke. Jordan is a board certified neurologist specializing in sports neurology, Alzheimer's disease, and traumatic brain injury. Jordan has been at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital since 1999. [1]

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Training

Jordan received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in neurophysiology in 1977. He obtained his medical degree, with a concentration in sports medicine, from Harvard Medical School in 1981. In 1997, he received his Masters in Public Health, with a concentration in general public health, from the Columbia University School of Public Health. [1]

Jordan completed an internship at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles in 1982. He did his residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and finished in 1985. He served as a clinical fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1986. He was a fellow at Cornell University Medical College and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City as well as a fellow at Reed Neurological Research Center at the UCLA School of Medicine. [2]

Sports neurology

Jordan joined the team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in 1999, first as an attending neurologist and then as the director of the Brain Injury Program. He was appointed Director of the Memory Evaluation and Treatment Services, which helps diagnose and treat memory-related issues in 2002. In 2013, he was appointed the Assistant Medical Director of the hospital and in June 2014 became the director of neurorehabilitation. [1] He has served as an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City since 2001. [3]

Jordan conducts clinical research in areas including traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease and dementia. [4]

He specializes in sports neurology and concussions. [5] For 32 years, Jordan has served as a team physician for U.S.A. Boxing. [6] He has served as the Chief Medical Officer of the New York State Athletic Commission, a position he has held since 2011. [7] He was the supervisor during the boxing match that led to the death of Beethaeven Scottland in 2001 [8] [9] and during the boxing match that led to the severe brain damage of Magomed Abdusalamov in 2013. [10]

He is one of the Medical Advisory Physicians for the National Football League (NFL) Player Benefits and is also member of the NFL Players' Association Mackey-White Health and Safety Committee. Jordan also serves on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Concussion Task Force and the Pop Warner Medical Advisory Committee. [11]

Jordan has also written and co-written four books on the topic of concussions and sports neurology:

He is the specialty chief editor for the sports neurology section of Frontiers in Neurology . [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Barry D. Jordan, M.D., M.P.H., Burke Rehab Physician, New York Doctor". Burke Rehabilitation Center. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  2. ↑ "Barry Jordan". British Journal of Sports Medicine. 41 (6): 374. 2007-06-01. ISSN   0306-3674. PMC   2465316 .
  3. ↑ "Jordan, Barry Donald". vivo.med.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  4. ↑ Michael Ferguson for MD News July 2014, Lower Hudson/Bronx Edition Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Emphasizes Individualized Patient Care, Specialized Teams and Research for Neurological Recovery Archived May 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Dr. Barry Jordan, Neurologist in White Plains, NY | US News Doctors". health.usnews.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  6. ↑ "Barry D. Jordan, MD, MPH | Sports Concussion Institute". www.concussiontreatment.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  7. ↑ "NYS Athletic Commission". www.dos.ny.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  8. ↑ Edward Wong for the New York Times. July 5, 2001 Medical Examiner Is Still Trying to Determine Exact Cause of Boxer's Death
  9. ↑ Staff, Neurology Today 1(3):21 September/October 2001. Q&A With Dr. Barry D. Jordan: Chief Medical Officer For The New York State Athletic Commission
  10. ↑ Dan Berry for the New York Times. Jan. 8, 2016 A Fighter's Hour of Need
  11. ↑ "Medical Advisory Committee". www.popwarner.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  12. ↑ "Elsevier: Medical Issues in Boxing, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine Varlotta & Jordan". elsevier.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  13. ↑ Jordan, Barry D.; Tsairis, Peter; Warren, Russell F. (1998-09-03). Sports Neurology (Second ed.). LWW. ISBN   9780397516292.
  14. ↑ Jordan, Barry (1992-11-23). Medical Aspects of Boxing (1 ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   9780849342813.
  15. ↑ Jordan, Barry D.; Tsairis, Peter (1989-11-01). Warren, Russell F. (ed.). Sports Neurology. Aspen Pub. ISBN   9780834200555.
  16. ↑ "Frontiers in Neurology - Sports Neurology". Frontiers Media. Archived from the original on 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
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