Barry Jordan is an American neurologist. He currently serves as the assistant medical director at
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in
White Plains, N.Y. 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
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ...
, and
traumatic brain injury
A traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as an intracranial injury, is an injury to the brain caused by an external force. TBI can be classified based on severity ranging from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI/concussion) to severe traumati ...
. Jordan has been at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital since 1999.
Training
Jordan received his bachelor of arts degree from the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
in neurophysiology in 1977. He obtained his medical degree, with a concentration in sports medicine, from
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...
in 1981. In 1997, he received his
Masters in Public Health, with a concentration in general public health, from the
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
School of Public Health.
Jordan completed an internship at
UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles in 1982. He did his residency at
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (abbreviated as NYP) is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City. It is the primary teaching hospital for Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The hospit ...
and finished in 1985. He served as a clinical fellow at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a oncology, cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. MSKCC is one of 72 National Cancer Institute–NCI-designated Cancer Center, designated Comprehen ...
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.
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.
He has served as an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at
Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City since 2001.
Jordan conducts clinical research in areas including traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
He specializes in sports neurology and concussions. For 32 years, Jordan has served as a team physician for U.S.A. Boxing. He has served as the Chief Medical Officer of the
New York State Athletic Commission
The New York State Athletic Commission or NYSAC, also known as the New York Athletic Commission, is a division of the New York State Department of State which regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat within the state of New York ...
, a position he has held since 2011. He was the supervisor during the boxing match that led to the death of
Beethaeven Scottland in 2001 and during the boxing match that led to the severe brain damage of
Magomed Abdusalamov in 2013.
He is one of the Medical Advisory Physicians for the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...
(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
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...
(NCAA) Concussion Task Force and the Pop Warner Medical Advisory Committee.
Jordan has also written and co-written four books on the topic of concussions and sports neurology:
* Jordan, B.D. & Varlotta, G.P. (2009).''Medical Issues in Boxing''. Philadelphia: Saunders.
* Jordan, B.D., Tsairis, P., & Warren, R.F. (1998). ''Sports Neurology'' (2nd Edition). Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven.
* Jordan, B.D. (1993). ''Medical Aspects of Boxing''. Boca Raton: CBC Press.
* Jordan, B.D., Tsairis P., & Warren, R.F. (1989). ''Sports Neurology''. Rockville: Aspen Press.
He is the specialty chief editor for the sports neurology section of ''
Frontiers in Neurology''.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American neurologists
Harvard Medical School alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health alumni