Wayne Gordon
Biography
Wayne A. Gordon, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. /Cn, is the Jack Nash Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Vice Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is a board-certified neuropsychologist and is the director of the Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai. His recent research is focused on cognitive rehabilitation, screening for traumatic brain injury (TBI), developing and testing the utility of behavioral interventions to improve the function of individuals with TBI, and examining the long-term secondary conditions associated with TBI. He has received numerous awards from both professional and consumer organizations, including the Gold Key Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, the William Fields Caveness Award from the Brain Injury Association of America, the Robert L. Moody Prize for Distinguished Initiatives in Brain Injury Research and Rehabilitation and the Champion of Hope award from the Brain Injury Association of New York State. He has published more than 175 articles and book chapters and has presented nationally and internationally on his research. Dr. Gordon has been the project director on many federally funded grants from the NIH, CDC and NIDRR involving multiple research projects along with training and outreach. Dr. Gordon’s current research portfolio is funded by grants from NIH, NIDRR, CDC and the Brain Injury Association of America.
