Elisa J Gordon PhD, MPH

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, Tennessee. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, received her PhD from Case Western Reserve University, completed a fellowship at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, and a Master of Public Health in Community Health at the University of Illinois. Dr. Gordon is a medical anthropologist and trained as a clinical ethicist. She has been conducting research on transplant ethics, chronic kidney disease, health disparities, and treatment decision-making for over 25 years and has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Gordon is the principal investigator for research funded primarily by the NIDDK, DOD, VA, and HRSA, and 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 and educational interventions to reduce health disparities and improve informed consent. She currently serves on national committees including the Health Equity Advisory Board of End-Stage Renal Disease of the ESRD National Coordinating Center, Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability (ACBTSA), as Chair of the American Society of Transplantation's Psychosocial and Ethics Community of Practice, and on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Transplantation.