James A. Gordon
Associate Professor of Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
Director, Gilbert Program in Medical Simulation
Harvard Medical School
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Zero Emerson Place, Suite 3B
Boston, Massachusetts USA
Phone: 617-726-7622
Fax: 617-724-0917
Email: jgordon3@partners.org
Education and Professional Experience:
Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts, 1989 (Intellectual History and European Cultural Studies)
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 1993
University of Michigan School of Public Policy, Master of Public Administration, 1997
Resident in Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center (1993-96)
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of Michigan (1996-1998)
Lecturer, Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System (1996-99)
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School (1999-2003)
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (1999- )
Director, Gilbert Program in Medical Simulation, Harvard Medical School (2001-)
Scholar in the Academy, Harvard Medical School (2002- )
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2003-2007 )
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2007- )
Scholarly Interest:
As Director of the Gilbert Program in Medical Simulation at Harvard Medical School, I work to explore the value of immersive patient simulation in medical education. I also study the integration of social services and health care delivery in the hospital emergency department.
Personal Background:
I grew up in sunny Hollywood, Florida, near Ft. Lauderdale, where my parents still live. I enjoyed studying history at Princeton, writing my senior thesis on seventeenth-century English political thought. In college I became certified as an emergency medical technician, and my experience on the local rescue squad there led me to medical school. I was drawn to emergency medicine primarily because of the breadth of knowledge and acute practice environment, but also because of my interest in the “social role” of the emergency department. As a physician educator I am committed to helping students acquire not only medical expertise, but also an appreciation of the broader role of medicine in society.