Flash Gordon is a practicing

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, who has been described as the premier physician and medical spokesperson for the

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community in the US. He has written two books on motorcycling medicine: ''Blood, Sweat & Gears'' (1995) and ''Blood, Sweat & 2nd Gear'' (2008), and was a contributing columnist for ''

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'' magazine, as well as San Francisco's monthly '' CityBike''.

Education

Gordon was awarded a

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honors scholarship at the

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before going on to study medicine.

Career

Flash Gordon was director of the medical section of

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in the late 1980s. He directed the

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residency at San Francisco General Hospital from 1978 until 1980. He currently is a

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physician seeing patients in

Greenbrae, California Greenbrae is a small unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located south-southeast of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 33 feet (10 m), located adjacent to U.S. Route 101 at the opening of the Ross Valley. Part of ...

H.E.A.R.

Gordon is a founder of H.E.A.R., a group devoted to protecting musicians' hearing.

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. Through DOC Gordon used humour to promote a ban on

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advertising. Gordon has commuted on motorcycles since 1961 and rides from

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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

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book for motorcyclists, in 1995. His second book, ''Blood, Sweat & 2nd Gear: More Medicine for Motorcyclists'' is a collection of his columns from ''

'' and was published in 2008.

Published work

* ''Blood, Sweat & Gears: Ramblings on Motorcycling and Medicine'' (1995) * ''Blood, Sweat & 2nd Gear: More Medicine for Motorcyclists'' January 1, 2008

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Flash Motorcycling writers Physicians from California Living people People from Greenbrae, California Year of birth missing (living people)