Gordon Medical Associates
Gordon Medical Associates is a multi-provider integrative medicine clinic in San Rafael, California, founded by Dr. Eric D. Gordon, MD. The practice describes itself as the West Coast’s leading clinic for Lyme disease, tick-borne, and environmentally acquired illness, taking a systems-based approach that considers structure, inflammation, and the nervous system together. The clinical team includes Dr. Gordon (40+ years in clinical practice, co-author with Dr. Robert Naviaux of a landmark PNAS study on the metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome), Dr. Nafysa Parpia, ND, Director of Naturopathic Medicine; Dr. Steven Harris, MD; Dr. Jamie Kunkle, ND; Dr. Jennifer Sugden, ND; Dr. Jenny Nelson, ND; Jonathan Gavzer, LAc, AFMC; Dr. Alex Egerter, DO; and Yvonne Sorenson, PA-C.
Dedicated condition categories include Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS), Mold, Mycotoxins, Environmentally Acquired Illness, Environmental Toxicity, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), and Heavy Metal Toxicity, alongside Lyme and tick-borne illness, mast cell activation syndrome, and ME/CFS. The practice explains that many patients have profound immune reactions to a wide range of stimuli including drugs, food, sounds, and vibration, often after failing to heal with prior treatments, and frames its approach to detox as personalized, including a Pre-Tox Protocol designed to prepare the body’s detox pathways before beginning deeper detoxification work. Dr. Harris incorporates conventional, functional, and complementary medicine strategies specifically for CIRS and mold and mycotoxin illness, while Dr. Kunkle’s practice spans environmental medicine, low dose immunotherapy and antigen therapy for allergies, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Services include systems biology assessment, personalized pre-tox and detox therapies, genetic and biochemical individuality testing, neuroplasticity and nervous system retraining, and plasmapheresis. Free downloadable resources are available on topics including the Pre-Tox Protocol, mast cell activation syndrome, the ME/CFS long-haul connection, the cell danger response, heavy metal toxicity, and chronic Lyme disease. A complimentary discovery call is offered to prospective new patients to begin the process of becoming a patient. All care is provided in person at the San Rafael office, Monday through Friday. The website does not mention telehealth availability, insurance acceptance, or HSA/FSA eligibility.