Barry Gordon (neurologist)

Barry J. Gordon (born 1951) is an American behavioral neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is the inaugural holder of the therapeutic cognitive neuroscience endowed professorship and a professor of neurology with a joint appointment in cognitive science at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Life
Gordon was born in 1951. He completed a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University. He earned an M.D. from the Thomas Jefferson University in 1973. He conducted a medical internship at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. In 1977, Gordon completed a neurology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed a M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the Johns Hopkins University after joining the department of neurology faculty. His 1981 dissertation was titled, Lexical access and lexical decision: mechanisms of frequency sensitivity.

Gordon is the inaugural holder of the therapeutic cognitive neuroscience endowed professorship and a professor of neurology with a joint appointment in cognitive science at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After his son was diagnosed with non-verbal autism, Gordon researched late speech development and designed an intensive therapy program to help him learn to speak.

Gordon is a former president of the Behavioral Neurology Society. He is an elected member of the American Neurological Association and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Psychological Association. Gordon is the editor-in-chief of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology.