flash gordon, m.d.

i'ma primary care physician living in san francisco. i'm moving my private practice from 1300 south eliseo in greenbrae to 1000 south eliseo drive, suite 204, ingreenbrae, california. the move takes place at the beginning of december, 2010. my phone number at the office is 415.461.2262. for the time being, i’m accepting new teenage and adult primary care patients. self-paying patients are treated with respect for whatever financial contraints they may currently have.

i focus on several areas: reducing risk of cardiovascular disease; helping patients who need an extra nudge to make those lifestyle changes they know they want to make; providing insight into anxiety disorders, including those disorders that cause people to use unhealthy amounts of mood-altering drugs; and drawing on my years at the haight ashbury free clinic to help me stay connected to teens, young adults, and those who are going through their second childhood . . .

i'mproud to be the founder of HearingEducation and Awareness for Rockers (H.E.A.R.) along with Kathy Peck. 

i've been on the national board ofdirectors of Doctors Ought to Care (DOC). they've been working onbanning tobacco advertising for decades, and are a pioneer at using humor tofight the tobacco companies. 

in thepast i was director of the haightashbury free medical clinic's medical  section,where i spent a number of years telling folks about safe sex, among other things. 

i've also been involved in eventmedicine with the haight ashburyfree clinic's rock medicine section. 

in the past, i was active in emergency medicine, serving as director ofthe emergency medicine residency program at san franciscogeneral hospital. i did myemergency medicine training in downtown detroit, at henry ford hospital. 

i'vebeen writing a medical column in citybike magazine for anumberof years: my book blood,sweat, and gears: ramblings on motorcycling and medicine, was acollection of these columns. unfortunately, it's out of print at this time.

my new book is blood, sweat & 2nd gear: more medicine for motorcyclists. it's available
from whitehorse press or from amazon.

i've been writing a column in motorcycle consumer® news . it’s a lot of fun to write, and i’m always opento suggestions for topics to write about in new columns. my e-mail address is at the bottom of  this page.  

i've been online since 1980 or so, when i signed up for the source while living in boston. as far as i know, itdoesn't exist anymore (the source, not boston). 

since 1985, i've been active on the Well. I've hosted the medical conference, as wellas the jokes, and men on the well conferences. Ifounded and hosted the sailing,motorcycling, flying conferences, amongothers, too. click here to see my .plan file on thewell.

i joined the electronicfrontier foundation when it started: in fact, irecall e-mailing john perry barlow's piece about his visit from agent baxterthat he posted on the Well to my friend johngilmore when it first came out. john tells methat it helped him get hooked up with the other EFF founders: i'm proud of that. 

   some things of interest:

• here's a live view of san francisco.
• a picture of the next few day's west coast weather.
• good info on sinuses, sore throat, piriformis spasm, poison oak, neck pain,
  carpal tunnel syndrome, constipation, allergies, and phlegm.
• in no particular order, some of my favorite quotes.
• a picture of where you are, *right now!*
• an old hotlist of mine (from before there were good searchers). It’s a prime example of "link rot." %^)
• a fast way to get some laughs and a headache at the same time: Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.
• i'll bet you can't read this piece aloud correctly, no matter how good you are: english is tough stuff!
• i was very happy over the years when the late, wonderful Herb Caen used items i sent him. here are some favorites.