Robert E. Jordon
- For other people named Robert Jordan, see Robert Jordan (disambiguation).
Robert E. Jordon (born 1938) is Dermatologist who retired in January 2016 as a Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the
E. H. Beutner discovered that pemphigus is an autoimmune disease; a finding they subsequently published in 1964.[1] Jordon and Beutner were awarded the Dermatology Foundation's 2000 Discovery Award.[2]
He won many other awards over his career, including having his JAMA publication about pemphigus antibody cited by JAMA as one of its top 100 papers of all time. [JAMA 1987;257:52-59]
His clinical practice focused on treating patients with difficult autoimmune skin diseases and blistering diseases such as pemphigus and pemphigoid. Dr Jordon was a master at bringing out the best in faculty and trainees, allowing them to succeed, by mentoring by example rather than telling faculty and residents exactly in detail what they must do.
References
- S2CID 9443044.
- ^ "Dermatology Foundation: BEUTNER, JORDON SHARE 2000 DERMATOLOGY FOUNDATION DISCOVERY AWARD". Archived from the original on 2008-05-18.
External links
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston - Department of Dermatology - Robert E. Jordan
- MD Anderson Cancer Center - Department of Dermatology - Robert E. Jordan
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