About Us
People are important at Gordon Medical. Practitioners, staff, patients, we all are individuals with needs. We provide our patients with the best care possible, while treating our staff like family. Coming to Gordon Medical is like coming home, where you are seen as someone with something to say, where the problems you are facing are real, and where we work together to improve your health, and your life.
Our Services
Gordon Medical Associates is internationally recognized for helping patients who felt ill but had normal test results. Our initial success came with the management of complex pain problems, as well as fibromyalgia, heavy metal toxicity, Lyme disease, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
The word spread as we successfully tackled autoimmune diseases and environmentally and chemically triggered problems. We were early proponents of bio-identical hormone balancing, the treatment of toxic mold problems, and new approaches to working with autism. And we offer specialty services in prevention, wellness, and hormone balancing. In every instance, our clinicians tailor optimal treatments to your individual symptoms. We create a treatment plan designed specifically for you, drawing from a variety of approaches.
In addition to the methods used by the practitioners, GMA staff provides a wide range of supportive services to help you in your quest for health. Under the Services tab, we have provided information on some of our most commonly used techniques and tests, so you understand what purpose each service has in your health care. Be sure to go to the individual service page to get all the details, including whether or not it requires a prescription.
Many of the Body Technologies are available for self referral by GMA patients and the public.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) was once limited to supplements and herbs. Today, these approaches are part of a comprehensive system, including many disciplines.
What do we offer?
Our Vision
The clinic I envison is one where the patient is matched to the therapy that best suits their needs in order to heal effectively. Choosing the right therapy, at the right time, is a difficult art made harder when the patient has a chronic illness. Our goal is to develop methods and technologies to efficiently fit the treatments to the patient.
Eric Gordon, MD – Clinical Director – The Challenge of Diagnosing the Complex Chronic Patient
To us, your health issues present real, complex, interrelated symptoms.
We listen deeply, observe, and communicate with you about your unique challenges. Gordon Medical Associates is internationally recognized for helping patients who feel ill, but have normal test results, at least with the tests most commonly done.
Helping people heal is the focus of my life. Early in my career, I observed how people respond very differently to the same treatments. How people suffered for years because they didn’t connect with the therapy that their situation required. This observation led me to explore many approaches to healing.
Acute illness is generally about the initiating event; the fall, the lack of sleep, or the exposure to a bug. These are acute illnesses when they resolve within a few weeks, either with treatment or by the body’s own healing ability.
When they persist for more than 6 months we call them chronic conditions. At this point the illness is about your unique response to the triggering event, and the nature of the trigger is somewhat less important. The predominant paradigm in Western medicine is to focus on the trigger. We focus on you, and what makes you different.
We are pursuing our goals by exploring many modalities of treatment, and partnering with researchers at UCSD, Stanford University, and the Lyme Disease Biobank, along with several other groups working to improve collecting and processing patient history and outcome data.
I believe my patients. Their description of what is going on in their body is the most accurate way we have to assess what is going on with them. I interpret the information they present, and blend it with laboratory results and imaging and other tests to determine a protocol that is customized to their condition.
What People Are Saying About GMA
This IS the place to go for chronic illness. I've recommended GMA to many people.
Eric Gordon - 5 Stars!
Before I went to Gordon's Medical Associates, I was in a lot of pain and unable to walk well. After seeking diagnosis from six different medical doctors, with no answers or hope, I finally went to Gordon's. For the first time in years, I felt like I was taken seriously. I had someone, finally, put their hand on my shoulder and say, "You are going to be alright." And, she was right. I've been a patient now for over a year. I have been properly diagnosed and a getting the best treatment available in the world. I can finally do things again, that I thought I'd never do again. They saved my life. I'm so grateful.
A phenomenal innovative place with State of the Art Exceptional treatment. Dr. Eric Gordon has pitch perfect empathy and will go out of his way to find what is right for you, unique, exceptionally talented, modern and finely attuned. If you have a persnickity resistant illness and you are lucky enough to find Dr. Gordon- for instance lyme treatment- you will realize the qualitative difference from other more conventional practitioners.
Gordon Medical - 5 Stars!
Chronic diseases that were once rare are now plaguing children and adults alike in industrialized nations such as the United States. The patient case histories that Dr. Perro and Dr. Adams describe in What’s Making Our Children Sick? provide compelling evidence for advocating lifestyle changes, especially dietary medicine intervention, for overcoming these chronic ailments. And science increasingly provides explanations for such success. We now know that the balance of our gut bacteria (microbiome) is crucial to health and that imbalance, causing gut dysbiosis, is at least a contributing factor to a vast range of chronic illnesses, both physical and mental. Poor diet is no doubt a major contributory factor in causing gut dysbiosis. By eliminating pesticide and GMO-laden food from the diet and replacing it with organic wholefoods as part of her lifestyle medicine approach, Dr. Perro succeeds where standard pharmaceuticals fail. This should be enough for all to take note and follow suit.
I've been with Gordon Medical as a patient since 2008. At every appointment all staff members over the years have ALL EXCEEDED the norm of customer service. I travel 2.5 hours for my appointments. The information, care and cutting edge treatments over the years have kept me here when many times I was set to expire. I'm sure this is the most respectful, clean, and calm office from which to continue your life. And that is a rarity. My relationship with my Doctor there, as a single woman is paramount. I am heard. I have been forever helped and healed by him. I highly recommend this medical practice for the chronically ill that find health eluding. You will return. Holistic Health in an integrity filled office The people here including the Physicians are all devoted to healing. They have answers I have rarely been let down Do not wear fragrance to the office to respect other patients Wouldn't be here without my Dr. I get no kick backs. Not related. Just healing one year at a time with this solid office In good health... Alison
Having seen firsthand how Dr. Michelle Perro works miracles with children in her clinical practice, I am delighted to see that she and Vincanne Adams made her approach widely accessible in this groundbreaking book. It combines the latest research on gut health and the microbiome with concerning evidence about the dangers of genetically modified and industrial foods to elucidate the perfect storm that is damaging our children’s health today. Most importantly, it offers practical and actionable solutions for both parents and practitioners to help children recover their health.
Gordon Medical - 4 Stars!
Gordon Medical - Experts in functional/integrative medicine!
Great people who think out of the box and truly care for their patients.
Biosyntonie - Considering all, I decided that the easiest and most affordable way to incorporate the Biosyntonie on a daily basis was the Blue Egg, and began using the Blue Egg on April 21, 2015. Immediately, sleep happened without supplemental natural aids. It was easier both to go to sleep and stay asleep for longer periods of time. I am experiencing more healing light dreaming, and less nightmarish type dreaming and for longer periods of time during the early mornings.
I've been seeing Dr. Kunkle for over a year. I was living (well, more like suffering) from undiagnosed lyme disease and multiple co-infections for a very.long.time. Since my job in the medical field gave me a false sense of security that I have access to the best medical care - I feel very let down by my own field. I lost almost everything including my life because of so many misdiagnoses over the years which prevented me from treating the actual underlying cause of all of my suffering. I feel better now than I have in over 20 years. Why western medicine decides to let this pandemic fall thru the cracks is beyond me. These infections aren't new. The are causing other illnesses If I knew then what I know now I would have had lyme and coinfections testing done starting years ago. And not by outdated testing methods that have more than half false negative results. Dr. Kunkle knows which modern labs are able to test with better accuracy. Lyme disease isn't only from getting a tick bite - there are other vectors. And Lyme is found in California, in fact it's found in every state. And if you do get a tick bite there's a good chance if it is lyme there are other serious coinfections that often accompany lyme. This is my PSA - if you're reading my review you're probably sick and tired of being sick and tired. Invest in your health. You're worth it - and once you feel better you can be there for your loved ones again.
Gordon Medical - 5 Stars!
Metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome - This landmark ME/CFS research is the most important and groundbreaking study of ME/CFS to date. Extending recent indications of metabolic alterations in ME/CFS, this study provides the first comprehensive, quantitative demonstration of the metabolomic deficiencies that characterize the disease. They define a clear metabolic ‘signature’ that accurately distinguishes patients from healthy individuals. These findings are exciting news for both patients and researchers.
If you want to Feel Better- Profound remedies and results for scary illnesses. Eradicating Health problems to bring about incredibly healing. Dr Eric Gordon goes out of his way to find the most innovative, highly effective treatments to clear away illness. I highly recommend him- only problem is his practice is nearly full, if you can get an appointment!
Metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome - NAVIAUX’S METABOLISM PAPER IS ABOUT AS BIG AS YOU THINK - For those who are wondering at the results and their implications, Naviaux’s study in a nutshell states that the cells of ME patients are in a sort of protective hibernation, limiting their consumption of resources and engaging in a hypometabolic state as a response to infection or other stressors. By examining patients’ metabolites in detail, it was found that this degree of protective hibernation correlates directly to clinical severity. Naviaux also posits that cells in ME/CFS are cells under enormous stress, for which they create a series of defenses, metaphorically installing a superior lock and alarm system and hiding all the valuables. However, some pathogens know the code to get in, and when the resources are hidden, the host can’t use them, either. Both of these aspects of this mode of cellular defense have profound implications for symptomology.
Biosyntonie - During waking hours, my energy levels have increased; I'm able to get up earlier in the morning (before 11 am), also experiencing more endurance and faster recovery from any activity (everyday activities). Focus on work and personal projects has become easier and with increased productivity, allowing more time for those personal projects and fun. In addition, I've noticed a greater tolerance and flexibility to whatever comes my way, and easier emotional response to life in general. These aspects of healing have facilitated me to feel more positive about life and see more potential possibilities.
So far their excellent communication and I'm very interested in what you are doing that might help me. And folks and families that I'm close with. I have gone through many extensive and expensive treatments. Some just didn't take though others helped. I'm self treating and that seems to have also helped. And yes I do have all of my test results re: Lyme that IGenIX, helped me to finally get at the core of my disease(s). And am certainly looking forward to working with your team both as a part of the research test you are doing as well as explore possibilities of treatment(s). I have watched many videos and checked some of your Drs. out. And they all seem so kind, professional, and truly caring. and that makes a BIG difference when many of us are already challenged with self-esteem and so on.
My insights, were for the first time, listened to and explored by Dr. Parpia. She took a genuine interest in treating me as a whole person, not just a symptom, guiding and prescribing comprehensive health solutions. I feel Dr. Parpia recognizes that many things lead us down the road of wellness and offers wisdom, compassion and guidance to lead us there.
Our Research
``Metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome`` - Published August 2016!
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a multisystem disease that causes long-term pain and disability. It is difficult to diagnose because of its protean symptoms and the lack of a diagnostic laboratory test. We report that targeted, broad-spectrum metabolomics of plasma not only revealed a characteristic chemical signature but also revealed an unexpected underlying biology. Metabolomics showed that chronic fatigue syndrome is a highly concerted hypometabolic response to environmental stress that traces to mitochondria and was similar to the classically studied developmental state of dauer. This discovery opens a fresh path for the rational development of new therapeutics and identifies metabolomics as a powerful tool to identify the chemical differences that contribute to health and disease.
Read full paper - ``Metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome``See More on Our Current Research at GMRC
