Dr. Newton Gordon is the chief of Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. He specializes in dental implants, maxillofacial trauma and dentoalveolar, preprosthetic and reconstructive surgery. His research interest is pain mechanisms and management including analgesic synergy and the effect of gender in the treatment of dental postoperative pain.
Gordon earned a dental degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago and earned a graduate degree from the graduate college there for lab research during his residency. He is the recipient of several teaching, leadership and civic awards and honors. He was appointed diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and holds fellowships in the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, International College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Academy of Dentistry International and American College of Dentistry.
