Sara Gordon

Dr. Sara Gordon is Director of the Oral Pathology Biopsy Service at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, where she is a tenured Associate Professor who teaches Oral Pathology, General Pathology, and Oral Medicine, and a clinician in the Oral Medicine Clinic. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Pathology Department, College of Medicine, and serves on the University Senate.

Prior to joining the UIC faculty, Dr. Gordon had been on the dental faculty of the University of Detroit Mercy after stints at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) at London, Ontario and Dalhousie University at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She earned her BS in Biology from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax; her BA in English and her DDS from Dalhousie; and her MS in pathology from UWO. Earlier in her career, she had a full-time dental practice in Nova Scotia.

At the University of Detroit Mercy, she was instrumental in setting up a comprehensive tobacco dependence program at the dental school, and participated in the oral pathology biopsy service at St John Hospital. Her research interests currently center on the early detection of oral cancer, and women's health issues.

Dr. Gordon is immediate Past-President of the Canadian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Medicine, and Newsletter Editor for the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. She is a consultant to the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation, and also is on the American College of Prosthodontists' Oral Cancer Education/Screening Task Force. She has been on the executives of the American Dental Education Association’s Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Section and Tobacco-Free Initiatives Special Interest Group. Dr. Gordon is also active in the American Academy of Oral Medicine, and served on the Management and Executive Committees of the Nova Scotia Dental Association.

Dr. Gordon is a Fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (1995), a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (1999), a Fellow in Oral Pathology (1997) and Oral Medicine (1999) of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, a Fellow of the American College of Dentists (2007), and a member of OKU dental honor society (2004). She was made a Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in November 2010. She has received over 20 awards and honors, taught about 100 continuing education courses, and authored 70 papers and abstracts. She currently reviews for 8 national and international dental journals.

Before entering dentistry, she worked as Chief Advertising Writer for Simpsons Stores of Canada, Atlantic Division, and Communications Officer for Corporate Communications Limited of Halifax (now CCL Group), where she was the organization's first employee. She also worked in university journalism from 1973-1983, as a reporter and graphic designer at the Saint Mary's University Journal and Dalhousie Gazette. She was editor-in-chief of the Journal 1975-76.

Dr. Gordon also is an artist who paints in watercolors and acrylics, and is the daughter of Nova Scotian watercolor artist Marian Gordon.

External links

• University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry

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