Jessica K. Gordon, MD
Dr. Jessica Gordon is an Assistant Attending in the Department of Rheumatology at Hospital for Special Surgery. She specializes in the treatment of various rheumatologic conditions including scleroderma, vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and many other conditions. Dr. Gordon is an investigator in several clinical trials and observational studies focusing on scleroderma. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including a Scleroderma Foundation New Investigator Grant, the Charles L. Christian Award for Excellence in Musculoskeletal Research, and the American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Fellow Award.
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Appointments
Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Specialty
Specialized Centers
Special Expertise
Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis and Localized Scleroderma)
Raynaud Phenomenon
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Inflammatory Myopathy
Inflammatory Arthritis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sjogren’s Syndrome
Vasculitis
Procedures
Intra-articular and intra-bursal aspirations and injections
Awards
Charles L. Christian Award for Excellence in Musculoskeletal Research, 2010
Department of Medicine Fellow Award - Finalist, 2010
American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Fellow Award, 2009
Certificate of Appreciation – Scleroderma Foundation – Tristate Chapter, 2009
Donald Knowlan Award, Georgetown University Hospital, Dept. of Internal Medicine, 2005
Janet Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, American Medical Women’s Society, 2002
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2001
Department of Medicine Fellow Award - Finalist, 2010
American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Fellow Award, 2009
Certificate of Appreciation – Scleroderma Foundation – Tristate Chapter, 2009
Donald Knowlan Award, Georgetown University Hospital, Dept. of Internal Medicine, 2005
Janet Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, American Medical Women’s Society, 2002
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2001
Affiliations
Member, American College of Rheumatology
Member, American Medical Association
Scleroderma Foundation Board
Member, American Medical Association
Scleroderma Foundation Board
Languages
Spoken by Office Staff: Spanish
Insurance Information
Aetna
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO HMO POS
Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathway
Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathway Enhanced
Cigna
Medicare
Oxford
Oxford Medicare
United Healthcare
Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage. You may still have coverage subject to the availability of 'out-of-network' benefits.
Education
MD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 2002
Internship
Internal Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Residency
Internal Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Fellowship
Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery
Certification
Rheumatology, 2008
Internal Medicine, 2005
State Licensure
NY
Patient Education by Dr. Gordon on HSS.edu
- Scleroderma and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc): An Overview
- Kellen Award Program Fosters Emerging Physician-Scientists
Selected Books/Chapters
- Gordon JK, Goldenberg D, Erkan D, Lockshin M. (2009) Difficult Situations in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Volume 10. Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases. (Eds. Ricard Cervera, Joan Carles Reverter and Munther Khamashta), 215 – 233.
Selected Publications
- Gordon JK, Spiera RF. Targeting tyrosine kinases: a novel therapeutic strategy for systemic sclerosis. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2010 Nov;22(6):690-5. PMID: 20827202
- Gordon JK, Magro CM, Lu T, Schneider R, Chiu A, Solomon G, Furman RR, Bass A, Erkan D. (2009) Overlap Between Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease: A Clinical Pathology Conference held by the Department of Rheumatology at Hospital for Special Surgery. HSS Journal. Sep;5(2):169-77. PMID: 19609622
- Gordon JK, Magid SK, Maki R, Fleischer M, Berman E. Elevations of Creatine Kinase in Patients Treated with Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec.) Leuk Res. 2010 Jun;34(6):827-9. PMID: 19963273
- Spiera RF, Gordon JK, Mersten JN, Magro CM, Mehta M, Wildman HF, Kloiber S, Kirou KA, Lyman S, Crow MK. Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec™) in the Treatment of Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Results of a One Year, Phase IIa, Single Arm, Open Label Clinical Trial. Submitted to Annals of Rheumatic Disease.
- Gordon JK and Spiera RF. Biomarkers Imatinib and the Treatment of Fibrosis: Recent Trials and Tribulations. Current Rheumatology Reports. (In press.)
- Gordon JK and Spiera RF. Drug Evaluations: Imatinib mesylate: an investigational anti-fibrotic agent for the treatment of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (in press)
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.
Selected Presentations
- Gordon JK, Spiera RF, Mersten JN, Wildman HF, Taime Z, Hackett, NR, Vukelic S, Kirou K, Crow MK. Does Treatment with Imatinib Modify Gene Expression in the Skin and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patient with Systemic Sclerosis? American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting (Atlanta, GA, 2010.)
- Gordon JK, Gomberg-Maitland M, Segal B, Domsic R, Shah A, Hummers L, Steen V, Horn E and the PHAROS Investigators. Difficulty Using World Health Organization Criteria to Categorize Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis. American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting (Atlanta, GA, 2010.)
- Spiera RF, Gordon JK, Mersten J, Magro CM, Mehta M, Wildman HF, Kloiber SA, Kirou KA, Lyman, S, Crow MK. Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) in the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis: Interim Results of a Phase IIa, One Year, Open Label Clinical Trial. American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting (Atlanta, GA, 2010.)
- Gordon JK, Vukelic S, Magro CM, Mersten J, Wildman HF, Crow MK, Kirou KA and Spiera RF. Histologic and Molecular Basis of Improved Skin Scores in Scleroderma Patients Treated with Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec.) Abstract 1727. American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting (Philadelphia, PA, 2009.)
- Gordon JK, Mersten J, Lyman S, Kloiber SA, Wildman HF, Crow MK, Kirou KA and Spiera RF. Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) in the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis: Interim Results of a Phase IIa, One Year, Open Label Clinical Trial. Presentation 606. American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting (Philadelphia, PA, 2009.)
- Taimeh Z, Gordon JK, MacDermott EJ, Barillas L, Mersten J, Duculan R, Spiera RF, Crow MK, Kirou KA. Elevated sVEGFR-1 Is a Candidate Biomarker for Pulmonary Dysfunction in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis. Abstract 466. American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting (Philadelphia, PA, 2009.)
- Spiera RF Gordon JK Mehta M Kirou KA Lyman S Kloiber SA Crow MK. (2008). Phase IIa Trial of Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) in the Treatment of Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis - An Interim Analysis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 58(10): S1222.
- Gordon JK, Magid S, Berman E. (2008). Elevations in Creatine Kinase Occur Frequently in Patients Treated with Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec.) Abstract F15/469, American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting (San Francisco, CA, 2008.)
- Gordon JK, Taimeh Z, Markopoulou A, Mersten J, Crow MK, Kirou KA. (2008). High Levels of Activated ERK in Monocytes of Patients with Scleroderma. Abstract F2/456, American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting (San Francisco, CA, 2008.)
- Gordon JK, Steen V. (2005). African American Scleroderma Patients Have Altered Body Image. Arthritis and Rheumatism 52(9): S585.
Research Interests
Scleroderma
Clinical Trials
- Scleroderma Registry and Repository (Old IRB #26069)
- Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of IL1-Trap, Rilonacept in Systemic Sclerosis-A Phase I/II Biomarker Trial (Old IRB #14115)
- The Myositis Registry and Repository - 2016
- VCRC Genetic Repository One Time DNA Protocol - 2016
- The Natural History and Outcome of Scleroderma Patients at High Risk or with Early Pulmonary Hypertension: a Multicenter Study Performed by from the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium (PHAROS)
- Prospective Registry of Early Systemic Sclerosis (PRESS)- Phenotypic, Serologic, and Biomarker/Genetic Characteristics of Early Diffuse Cutaneous Scleroderma
- A Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Oral Nintedanib Treatment for at Least 52 Weeks in Patients with “Systemic Sclerosis associated Interstitial Lung Disease” (SSc-ILD)
- Phase 3, Multi-Center, Multinational, Randomized, Double-Blind, Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Belimumab (HGS1006) in Combination with Azathioprine for the Maintenance of Remission in Wegener’s Granulomatosis and Microscopic Polyangiitis
- An International, Open Label, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Rituximab with Azathioprine as Maintenance Therapy in Relapsing ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
- The LOTUSS Trial: An Open-Label, Randomized, Phase 2 Study of the Safety and Tolerability of Pirfenidone When Administered to Patients With Systemic Sclerosis−Related Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) (LOTUSS)
- A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in Subjects with Giant Cell Arteritis
- Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of IL1-Trap, Rilonacept, in Systemic Sclerosis-A Phase I/II Biomarker Trial
- Natural History and Outcome of Scleroderma Patients at High Risk or with Early Pulmonary Hypertension
- ASCI: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase II Multicenter Trial of a Monoclonal Antibody to CD20 (Rituximab) for the Treatment of Systemic Scllerosis-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (SSc-PAH)
- Nilotinib in the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis
- Bellumimab for the Treatment of Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
- Prospective, Observational Safety Study Of Patients With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener’s) Or Microscopic Polyangiitis Treated With Rituximab
- Scleroderma Registry
- Phase II/III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab vs. Placebo in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
- Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Parallel group Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Macitentan in Patients with Ischemic Digital Ulcers Associated with Systemic Sclerosis
- Phase IIa Trial of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- The Myositis Registry and Repository - 2011
- Abatacept in Large Vessel Vasculitis
- VCRC Genetic Repository One Time DNA Protocol - 2013
Patient Registries
- Dr. Gordon is a principal investigator for these patient registries.