Chairman’s Message

Steven M. Gordon, M.D.

The primary mission in our department is to provide the most technologically advanced, compassionate medical care for our patients.  We are committed to a “patients first” orientation and maintaining our well recognized excellence in patient care and medical education.  In addition, we want to capture the synergies of existing and emerging opportunities in the areas of clinical research and outcomes research to take advantage of the breadth of our clinical volume.

We are aligning resources to establish new programs in the areas of transplant infectious diseases, cardiothoracic infections, HIV/AIDS, healthcare epidemiology and prevention of healthcare associated infections, and the development and evaluation of innovative infectious disease diagnostics by partnering with colleagues from within and outside the institution.  In addition to our general infectious disease clinics, HIV/AIDS clinics, and international travel health clinics, we offer the following additional sub specialty clinics: 1) A transplant infectious disease clinic 2) An Infective endocarditis clinic, and 3) An infectious Granuloma clinic.  Initiatives for 2008 will focus on taking advantage of the CCF electronic health record and the internet to improve productivity and service in taking care of our patients.  Our department uses “My Chart” allowing patients to access portions of their clinical record via the internet.  We will continue to enhance our website to facilitate dissemination of information and the access for referrals and appointments by clinicians and patients.  We are viewing these challenges as opportunities for the continuing pursuit of excellence.

Steven M. Gordon, MD
Chairman
Infectious Diseases