Wayne A Gordon | Mount Sinai

About Me

Dr. Gordon is the Jack Nash Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also Chief of the Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology service. Dr. Gordon is a Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology and a Fellow in the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.

He has published more than 100 articles and book chapters. He is the project director of the Mount Sinai Brain Injury Research Center (BIRC) and the .

Dr. Gordon has received several awards during his career including a recognition award in 1996 from the NYS Department of Health for "his visionary work" in TBI. He provides diagnostic (neuropsychological evaluation) and treatment (psychotherapy, cognitive remediation) for individuals who have sustained a brain injury from trauma, a medical event or exposure to toxic substances, such as mold.

In the News

Rehabilitation specialist Dr. Gordon discusses traumatic brain injuries in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up. View the PDF.

Language

English

Position

PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation and Human Performance, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Psychiatry

About Me

Dr. Gordon is the Jack Nash Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also Chief of the Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology service. Dr. Gordon is a Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology and a Fellow in the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.

He has published more than 100 articles and book chapters. He is the project director of the Mount Sinai Brain Injury Research Center (BIRC) and the .

Dr. Gordon has received several awards during his career including a recognition award in 1996 from the NYS Department of Health for "his visionary work" in TBI. He provides diagnostic (neuropsychological evaluation) and treatment (psychotherapy, cognitive remediation) for individuals who have sustained a brain injury from trauma, a medical event or exposure to toxic substances, such as mold.

In the News

Rehabilitation specialist Dr. Gordon discusses traumatic brain injuries in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up. View the PDF.

Language

English

Position

PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation and Human Performance, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Psychiatry

Clinical Focus

Anxiety
Brain Aneurysm
Brain Tumor And Brain Cancer
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Concussion
Dementia
Depression
Encephalitis
Insomnia

Research

Develop better rehabilitation interventions aimed at improved outcomes for individuals with TBI.

Develop approaches to better identify those individuals with mild TBI who are at risk of long-term disability.

Develop a method to identify the long-term needs of individuals with TBI, as the basis for documenting disablement and for prioritizing the elements of a secondary injury control agenda aimed at secondary prevention.

www.TBICentral.org