Leonid Gordin, MD

Cambridge

Education:

MD, First Leningrad Medical School, Leningrad, Russia, 1973-9;
Medical Acupuncture for Physicians Training Course, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA, 1993-94

Internship/Residency:

Intern in Internal Medicine, First Leningrad Medical School, Leningrad, Russia, 1979-80; Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Advanced Training Institute for Physicians, Leningrad, Russia, 1980-82; Intern in Internal Medicine, St. Lukes Hospital, Cleveland, OH, 1990-91; Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 1991-94

Fellowship:

Chronic Pain and Depression Management (Holistic and Conventional Approach), The Shealy Institute, Springfield, MO, 1995

Associations:

Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Holistic Medicine, Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Acupuncture, Diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management

Special Areas of Interest:

Food intolerence, Intestinal dysbiosis (alter-intestinal microbiota), Functional Hypothalmic Pituitary Adrenal Axis, Non pharmacalogical approach to persistent pain and tension, Medical acupuncture - both traditional corporal (body) and microsystems acupuncture (ear, scalp and hand), Injection of homeopathic preparations into acupuncture points and scars (biopuncture) and mind body medicine

Philosophy of Care:

“I feel that my Philosophy of Care is well represented by a quote from Plato…”
“The part cannot be well unless the whole is well.”