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Elisa J. Gordon, PHD, MPH

Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Oak Park, Illinois

Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH is Professor in the Department of Surgery, and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. Dr. Gordon is a medical anthropologist, and trained in clinical medical ethics and in Community Health. Dr. Gordon’s scholarship focuses on transplant ethics, health disparities, and treatment decision-making. She has published over 185 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Gordon is the Principal Investigator for research funded by the NIDDK, NIAID, DOD, VA, and HRSA, which has entailed multi-site studies and clinical trials involving qualitative and mixed-methods research and implementation science. Dr. Gordon has developed, implemented, and evaluated culturally targeted complex organizational, educational, and digital health interventions to reduce health disparities and improve informed consent for transplant candidates and living donors. She currently serves on national committees including the Health Equity Advisory Board of End-Stage Renal Disease of the ESRD National Coordinating Center, the federal Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability, and as former Chair of the American Society of Transplantation’s Psychosocial and Ethics Community of Practice. She is Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology and of the American Society of Transplantation.

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