

Dr. Gerald Jordan
Urologist
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Dr. Gerald Jordan is a urologist in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dr. Jordan pioneered many surgical innovations in genitourinary reconstructive surgery and served as a professor and chairman of the department of urology at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
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Episode # 158 • 26 Mar 2024
The Genesis of Genitourinary Reconstruction Surgery (GURS)
This week on BackTable Urology, Dr. Ramon Virasoro, a reconstructive urologist in Eastern Colorado, interviews his mentor, Dr. Gerald Jordan, Professor Emeritus of Urology at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
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About
The urologic practice of Dr. Gerald Jordan was limited almost exclusively to adult and pediatric genitourinary reconstructive surgery. Dr. Jordan graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering. He then – went to US Army Airborne School, and was designated as US Army Airborne (Parachutist).Following that he went to US Naval Flight School, and was designated a United States Naval Aviator, and served immediately as a Naval Aviator. Following tours in Vietnam, he did pre-med training at U.S. International University Cal Western Campus. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He was a Designated Flight Surgeon in the United States Airforce, completed his internship and urological residency at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, and a fellowship in Pediatric and Adult reconstructive genitourinary surgery at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Jordan served as a Professor in the Department of Urology of the Eastern Virginia Medical School and became Chairman of that Department. Additionally he was the program director for the Devine Center for Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. On his retirement from active clinical practice, that center was renamed the Devine-Jordan Center for Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery and Pelvic Health.
He was board Certified in Urology in 1984 and recertified in 2008. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has served twice as a Governor of the ACS, first representing the Virginia Chapter of the ACS, and now representing the American Urological Association. He has served as a member of the Board of Chairman of the Societe’ Internationale d’Urologie and was elected as the President in 2014. He is now the immediate Past President of that organization, and sits on the Board of the Foundation for that organization.
He has wide and varied academic interests and is an innovative leader in the field of genitourinary reconstructive surgery. He is keenly motivated in the area of investigation and has made notable contributions to literature. He also participates in numerous national and international medical conferences and serves as a visiting professor at many centers throughout the world. Dr. Jordan has served as Executive Secretary of the American Board of Urology since February 1, 2012, following his six year term as Trustee.
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