Rachel J. Gordon, MD

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Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease

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Overview

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

Bacterial Infection

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Associate Professor of Epidemiology at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Gender

Female

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New and Existing Patients: (212) 305-8039

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CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
180 Fort Washington Avenue
Suite 2-242
New York, NY 10032

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

MPH, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Board Certifications

Internal Medicine
Infectious Disease

Honors & Awards

2010?? Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award from the P&S Class of 2012 ? ? ? ? ??
2010?? Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from the P&S Class of 2013
2011 ?Ewig Award from the Ewig Clinical Education Fund for Outstanding?Educators
2012? ?Charles W. Bohmfalk Award for teaching in pre-clinical years
2012?? Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators

Research

Dr. Gordon's primary research interests?are in the molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of staphylococcal disease and healthcare-associated infections.? Currently, she is studying ventricular-assist device (VAD, a heart pump) infections and the molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus epidermidis, the most common pathogen infecting these devices. ? She is also interested in MRSA and staphylococcal infections affecting high risk populations.

Research Interests

Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcal colonization and disease
Staphylococcal pathogenesis

Selected Publications

Cespedes, C., B. Said-Salim, M. Miller, S.H. Lo, B.N. Kreiswirth, R.J. Gordon , P. Vavagiakis, R.S. Klein, and F.D. Lowy FD. The clonality of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage. J. Infect. Dis. 2005;191(3):444-52.
Gordon, R.J., B. Quagliarello, C. Cespedes, M. Chung, H. de Lencastre, P. Vavagiakis, M. Miller, B. Zeller, and F.D. Lowy. A Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of 2 Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Types Colonizing and Infecting Patients with AIDS. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2005;40:1028-1036.
Gordon, R.J. and F.D. Lowy. Bacterial Infections in Drug Users. NEJM 2005; 353:1945-54.
Gordon, R.J., B. Quagliarello, and F.D. Lowy. Ventricular assist device-related infections. Lancet Infect. Dis. 2006; 6:426-37.
Gordon, R.J. and F.D. Lowy. Pathogenesis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008; 46:S350-9.
Schulman AR, Martens TP, Russo MJ, Christos PJ, Gordon RJ, Lowy FD, Oz MC, Naka Y. Effect of left ventricular assist device infection on post-transplant outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Mar;28(3):237-42.
Gordon, Rachel J., N. Chez, H. Jia, B. Zeller, M. Sobieszczyk, C. Brennan, K. Hisert, Mei-Ho Lee, P. Vavagiakis, and Franklin D. Lowy. The NOSE Study (Nasal Ointment for Staphylococcus aureus Eradication): A Randomized Controlled Trial of Monthly Mupirocin in HIV-Infected Individuals. J of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2010 Sept;55(2).
Gordon, Rachel J., Maria Miragaia, Alan D. Weinberg, Caroline J Lee, Joana Rolo, Julie C. Giacolone, Mark S. Slaughter, Pat Pappas, Yoshifumi Naka, Alfred J. Tector, Herminia de Lencastre, Franklin D. Lowy. Staphylococcus epidermidis colonization is highly clonal across United States cardiac centers. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012 May 1;205(9):1391-8.
Rachel J Gordon, Alan D Weinberg, Francis D Pagani, Mark S Slaughter, Pat S Pappas, Yoshifumi Naka, Daniel J Goldstein, Walter P Dembitsky, Julie C Giacalone, Jennifer Ferrante, Deborah D Ascheim, Alan J Moskowitz, Eric A Rose, Annetine C Gelijns, Franklin D Lowy, and the VAD Infection Study Group. A prospective, multicenter study of ventricular assist device infections. Circulation, in press 2013
Abstracts
Jankolovits, R., B. Quagliarello, C. Cespedes, M. Miller, M. Chung, H. De Lencastre, B. Zeller, J. Justman, and F.D. Lowy. Two clonal types of Staphylococcus aureus dominate infection and nasal colonization in a NYC AIDS and drug treatment facility. Slide presentation at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), September, 2002.
Gordon, R. J., T. Martens, R. Wang, Y. Naka, B. Scully, E. Blumberg, and F. Lowy. Diagnostic Criteria for Diagnosing Ventricular Assist Device-Related Infections. Poster presentation at the 46th ICAAC, September, 2006.
R. Gordon, M. Bhat, C. Fairchild, J. Choe, U. Rawiel, D. Ascheim, M. Slaughter, Y. Naka, F. Lowy. Ventricular Assist Device Recipients Share Commensal S. epidermidis Clones and are Infected with Colonizing Strains. Poster presentation at the 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, October 2008.
R. Gordon, N. Chez, H. Jia, B. Zeller, M. Sobieszczyk, C. Brennan, K. Hisert, M. Lee, P. Vavagiakis, F. Lowy. Monthly mupirocin decreases S. aureus nasal colonization in HIV/AIDS patients. Poster presentation at the 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, October 2008.
Uhlemann-AC, Huard-R, Whittier-S, Della-Latta-P, Lowy-FD, Gordon-RJ. Clinical Vancomycin-Intermediate S. aureus (VISA) infection with a USA 300 strain. 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC., October 2008.
R. Gordon, M. Perlo, E. Hall. Innovative Teaching Methods: The Challenge of Effectively Training Faculty. Poster presentation at the NEGEA Annual Retreat at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, CT, March 2010.
R. Gordon, A. Weinberg, F. Pagani, F. Lowy, and the VAD Infection Study Group. Prospective, multicenter investigation of ventricular assist device infections. Late-breaker, 50^th Annual ICAAC Meeting, Boston, September 2010.