Rachel J. Gordon, MD

Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
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Overview

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Bacterial Infection

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

Gender

  • Female

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180 Fort Washington Avenue
Suite 2-242
New York, NY 10032
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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • NYP Employee Plan
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

  • Medicaid Managed Care

AgeWell

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Special Needs

Amerigroup of New Jersey

  • New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)

Amida Care

  • Special Needs

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • PPO

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan

Fidelis Care

  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthfirst

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

MVP Health Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Quality Health Management

  • Quality Health Management

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Columbia University Employee Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

VNSNY CHOICE

  • SelectHealth

WellCare

  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • MPH, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
  • MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Infectious Disease

Honors & Awards

  • 2010   Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award from the P&S Class of 2012           
  • 2010   Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from the P&S Class of 2013
  • 2011  Ewig Award from the Ewig Clinical Education Fund for Outstanding Educators
  • 2012   Charles W. Bohmfalk Award for teaching in pre-clinical years
  • 2012   Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators

Research

Dr. Gordon's primary research interests are in the molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of staphylococcal disease and healthcare-associated infections.  Currently, she is studying ventricular-assist device (VAD, a heart pump) infections and the molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus epidermidis, the most common pathogen infecting these devices.   She is also interested in MRSA and staphylococcal infections affecting high risk populations.

Research Interests

  • Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcal colonization and disease
  • Staphylococcal pathogenesis

Selected Publications

  • Cespedes, C., B. Said-Salim, M. Miller, S.H. Lo, B.N. Kreiswirth, R.J. Gordon , P. Vavagiakis, R.S. Klein, and F.D. Lowy FD. The clonality of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage. J. Infect. Dis. 2005;191(3):444-52.
  • Gordon, R.J., B. Quagliarello, C. Cespedes, M. Chung, H. de Lencastre, P. Vavagiakis, M. Miller, B. Zeller, and F.D. Lowy. A Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of 2 Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Types Colonizing and Infecting Patients with AIDS. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2005;40:1028-1036.
  • Gordon, R.J. and F.D. Lowy. Bacterial Infections in Drug Users. NEJM 2005; 353:1945-54.
  • Gordon, R.J., B. Quagliarello, and F.D. Lowy. Ventricular assist device-related infections. Lancet Infect. Dis. 2006; 6:426-37.
  • Gordon, R.J. and F.D. Lowy. Pathogenesis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008; 46:S350-9.
  • Schulman AR, Martens TP, Russo MJ, Christos PJ, Gordon RJ, Lowy FD, Oz MC, Naka Y. Effect of left ventricular assist device infection on post-transplant outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Mar;28(3):237-42.
  • Gordon, Rachel J., N. Chez, H. Jia, B. Zeller, M. Sobieszczyk, C. Brennan, K. Hisert, Mei-Ho Lee, P. Vavagiakis, and Franklin D. Lowy. The NOSE Study (Nasal Ointment for Staphylococcus aureus Eradication): A Randomized Controlled Trial of Monthly Mupirocin in HIV-Infected Individuals. J of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2010 Sept;55(2).
  • Gordon, Rachel J., Maria Miragaia, Alan D. Weinberg, Caroline J Lee, Joana Rolo, Julie C. Giacolone, Mark S. Slaughter, Pat Pappas, Yoshifumi Naka, Alfred J. Tector, Herminia de Lencastre, Franklin D. Lowy. Staphylococcus epidermidis colonization is highly clonal across United States cardiac centers. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012 May 1;205(9):1391-8.
  • Rachel J Gordon, Alan D Weinberg, Francis D Pagani, Mark S Slaughter, Pat S Pappas, Yoshifumi Naka, Daniel J Goldstein, Walter P Dembitsky, Julie C Giacalone, Jennifer Ferrante, Deborah D Ascheim, Alan J Moskowitz, Eric A Rose, Annetine C Gelijns, Franklin D Lowy, and the VAD Infection Study Group. A prospective, multicenter study of ventricular assist device infections. Circulation, in press 2013

Abstracts

  • Jankolovits, R., B. Quagliarello, C. Cespedes, M. Miller, M. Chung, H. De Lencastre, B. Zeller, J. Justman, and F.D. Lowy. Two clonal types of Staphylococcus aureus dominate infection and nasal colonization in a NYC AIDS and drug treatment facility. Slide presentation at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), September, 2002.
  • Gordon, R. J., T. Martens, R. Wang, Y. Naka, B. Scully, E. Blumberg, and F. Lowy. Diagnostic Criteria for Diagnosing Ventricular Assist Device-Related Infections. Poster presentation at the 46th ICAAC, September, 2006.
  • R. Gordon, M. Bhat, C. Fairchild, J. Choe, U. Rawiel, D. Ascheim, M. Slaughter, Y. Naka, F. Lowy. Ventricular Assist Device Recipients Share Commensal S. epidermidis Clones and are Infected with Colonizing Strains. Poster presentation at the 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, October 2008.
  • R. Gordon, N. Chez, H. Jia, B. Zeller, M. Sobieszczyk, C. Brennan, K. Hisert, M. Lee, P. Vavagiakis, F. Lowy. Monthly mupirocin decreases S. aureus nasal colonization in HIV/AIDS patients. Poster presentation at the 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, October 2008.
  • Uhlemann-AC, Huard-R, Whittier-S, Della-Latta-P, Lowy-FD, Gordon-RJ. Clinical Vancomycin-Intermediate S. aureus (VISA) infection with a USA 300 strain. 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC., October 2008.
  • R. Gordon, M. Perlo, E. Hall. Innovative Teaching Methods: The Challenge of Effectively Training Faculty. Poster presentation at the NEGEA Annual Retreat at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, CT, March 2010.
  • R. Gordon, A. Weinberg, F. Pagani, F. Lowy, and the VAD Infection Study Group. Prospective, multicenter investigation of ventricular assist device infections. Late-breaker, 50th Annual ICAAC Meeting, Boston, September 2010.