Dr. Barry D. Jordan, MD, MPH

Expert Publications

• Maternal head trauma.
• Prolonged effects of concussion in high school athletes.
• Association between recurrent concussion and late-life cognitive impairment in retired professional football players.
• Distribution of microstructural damage in the brains of professional boxers: a diffusion MRI study.
• Genetic influences on outcome following traumatic brain injury.
• Brain injury in boxing.
• Abnormal thiamine-dependent processes in Alzheimer's Disease. Lessons from diabetes.
• Consensus statement on concussion in sport--the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012.
• The clinical spectrum of sport-related traumatic brain injury.
• Consensus statement on concussion in sport--the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012.
• Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012.
• What is the evidence for chronic concussion-related changes in retired athletes: behavioural, pathological and clinical outcomes?
• Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012.
• Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport, Zurich, November 2012.
• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy and other long-term sequelae.

Media Releases

Get to know Neurologist Dr. Barry D. Jordan, who serves patients in Downey, California.

A board-certified neurologist, Dr. Jordan is the Chief Medical Officer at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey, California. He specializes in sports neurology, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury.

Pertaining to his educational pursuits, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neurophysiology from the University of Pennsylvania and earned his medical degree from the prestigious Harvard Medical School. He then went on to pursue a Masters of Public Health at Columbia University, before completing his internship in internal medicine at UCLA Medical Center, and his residency in neurology at the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center.

In order to further his training, Dr. Jordan pursued several specialized fellowships, including a fellowship in public health at Cornell University Medical College, a clinical neurology fellowship at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, a fellowship in sports neurology at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and a fellowship in behavioral neurology at UCLA Medical Center.

As a testament to his success, the doctor is board-certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The ABPN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to serving the professions of psychiatry and neurology.

Throughout his illustrious career, he served as the Assistant Medical Director and interim Chief Medical Officer of the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, was a team physician for USA Boxing, and held the position of Chief Medical Officer of the New York State Athletic Commission for two decades.

Extending his influence to the pinnacle of professional sports, Dr. Jordan served as a Medical Advisory Physician for the National Football League (NFL) Player Benefits and was a member of the NFL Players’ Association Mackey-White Health and Safety Committee. He also participated in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Concussion Task Force. 

Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Neurologists are licensed medical specialists who diagnose and treat disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles of patients. A child neurologist, or pediatric neurologist, is a doctor who treats children who have problems with their nervous system. Problems in the nervous system can start in the brain, spine, nerves, or muscles. These can lead to problems such as seizures, headaches, or developmental delays.

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