Flash Gordon is a practicing

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in Greenbrae,

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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

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from 1978 until 1980. He currently is a

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physician seeing patients in

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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)