Hialeah
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Gordon Clinic
About The Clinic:
The Gordon Clinic is an independent practice with primary and some specialty features named after a Cuban physician who donated his fortune and life to the progress of medicine in Cuba. He was Dr. Antonio M. de Gordon Acosta (1847-1917). The late Dr. Gordon was closely related to 2 of the medical students who in 1871 were part of the group which ended up being killed at a Spanish firing squad for perhaps many reasons but innocent of the charges made.
He was president of the Havana Academy of Sciences during the 1890’s and donated several laboratories to the University of Havana. Presently there is a hall or ward at the University Hospital in Havana which bears the name of the late Gordon. He is also remembered as the founder of dispensaries for the care of children during the 1896-98 period of the war against the Spanish colonizers when the Independence War was cruelest.
The current facilities grew from the private practice of Dr. Gordon’s great grandson, Antonio M. Gordon. The practice was opened in 1978 and in 1987 began transforming into a community clinic. Outpatient facility caring for 2,500 visits per year.
The Gordon Clinic participates in medical education at the undergraduate level by providing exposure to medial students through the Internal Medicine Third year rotation from Nova-Southeastern University. Students have given the clinic and its staff very positive evaluations. Graduate students enrolled in the Medical Sciences Program for Physicians Assistants at Barry University also participate in clinic activities. Occasionally, premeds from local schools come into the office to "shadow" our doctors and get a feeling for what they do.
Original Clinical Observations are carried out and followed with academic research in order to identify the best treatments and evaluations for the subset of people for whom we provide medical care. Indeed, it has been a
necessity to adapt treatments in order to deal with various diseases which affect the Hispanics in the area. Among these illnesses is the HIV epidemic. HIV was a new disease which required organized observations in order to deal with it.
There are two areas of current interest in HIV Disease/AIDS: Epidemiology in Cuba and among Cubans in South Florida – including education of the community at large as a means of controlling the epidemic, and Metabolic and Nutritional Factors in HIV Disease.
Recently, observations on several patients who regularly receive care at the Clinic have led to an interest in developing a clinical diagnosis of endothelial injury. Other ongoing clinical interests include the recognition and therapy for hemochromatosis, cholesterol dyslipidemias, diabetes mellitus, incidence of obstructive sleep apnea and the prevention of its deadly complications, early diagnosis of dementias, and prostatic carcinoma in the Hispanic males.
The Clinic was involved in two community services that deserve to be mentioned. One involved performing immigration physicals for immigrants applying for resident status. The other involved providing vaccinations to children through HRS provided vaccines. These services created a very good rapport with the community and have served to establish the practice in the North Hialeah area.
Our services at present include full podiatric medicine and surgery, psychiatry, clinical (non-invasive) cardiology, diabetology, primary care, and general internal medicine.
The Gordon Clinic is an independent practice with primary and some specialty features named after a Cuban physician who donated his fortune and life to the progress of medicine in Cuba. He was Dr. Antonio M. de Gordon Acosta (1847-1917). The late Dr. Gordon was closely related to 2 of the medical students who in 1871 were part of the group which ended up being killed at a Spanish firing squad for perhaps many reasons but innocent of the charges made.
He was president of the Havana Academy of Sciences during the 1890’s and donated several laboratories to the University of Havana. Presently there is a hall or ward at the University Hospital in Havana which bears the name of the late Gordon. He is also remembered as the founder of dispensaries for the care of children during the 1896-98 period of the war against the Spanish colonizers when the Independence War was cruelest.
The current facilities grew from the private practice of Dr. Gordon’s great grandson, Antonio M. Gordon. The practice was opened in 1978 and in 1987 began transforming into a community clinic. Outpatient facility caring for 2,500 visits per year.
The Gordon Clinic participates in medical education at the undergraduate level by providing exposure to medial students through the Internal Medicine Third year rotation from Nova-Southeastern University. Students have given the clinic and its staff very positive evaluations. Graduate students enrolled in the Medical Sciences Program for Physicians Assistants at Barry University also participate in clinic activities. Occasionally, premeds from local schools come into the office to "shadow" our doctors and get a feeling for what they do.
Original Clinical Observations are carried out and followed with academic research in order to identify the best treatments and evaluations for the subset of people for whom we provide medical care. Indeed, it has been a
necessity to adapt treatments in order to deal with various diseases which affect the Hispanics in the area. Among these illnesses is the HIV epidemic. HIV was a new disease which required organized observations in order to deal with it.
There are two areas of current interest in HIV Disease/AIDS: Epidemiology in Cuba and among Cubans in South Florida – including education of the community at large as a means of controlling the epidemic, and Metabolic and Nutritional Factors in HIV Disease.
Recently, observations on several patients who regularly receive care at the Clinic have led to an interest in developing a clinical diagnosis of endothelial injury. Other ongoing clinical interests include the recognition and therapy for hemochromatosis, cholesterol dyslipidemias, diabetes mellitus, incidence of obstructive sleep apnea and the prevention of its deadly complications, early diagnosis of dementias, and prostatic carcinoma in the Hispanic males.
The Clinic was involved in two community services that deserve to be mentioned. One involved performing immigration physicals for immigrants applying for resident status. The other involved providing vaccinations to children through HRS provided vaccines. These services created a very good rapport with the community and have served to establish the practice in the North Hialeah area.
Our services at present include full podiatric medicine and surgery, psychiatry, clinical (non-invasive) cardiology, diabetology, primary care, and general internal medicine.