THE MILLENNIUM - TBI NETWORK
In July of 2016, Dina passed a very challenging exam to join a select group of MDs with the expertise to help patients with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injuries).
Her teacher is Dr. Mark Gordon, a specialist in dealing with individuals suffering from traumatic brain injuries and PTSD.
He wrote this testimonial for Dina in anticipation of us dealing with people with brain injuries.
“The Millennium-TBI Network is made up of healthcare professionals from all levels of the medical field.
We have Medical Doctors, Doctors of Osteopathy, Naturopathic Medical Doctors, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Chiropractors, and then we have Dina Khader MS, RD, CDN. All those letters interpret out into someone who has spent years, like a physician, learning about the body and its response to what we put into it in terms of nutrition.
One might not think that a person with these credentials would want to pursue the intricate and sometimes convoluted fields of endocrinology and neuroendocrinology, but she did.
Dina Khader attended our training program, read the book, and took the qualifying examination to become a certified healthcare practitioner in order to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI).
I am impressed with her grasp of highly technical medical material that is outside of her original nutritional training, but she wanted the knowledge, so she could provide the assessment and treatment for those suffering with Symptomatic TBI (aka PTSD).”
LECTURER & TRAINER
Mark L. Gordon M.D. Neuroendocrinology
Originally residency-trained and board certified in Family Medicine (1984), Dr. Mark L. Gordon continued his medical education in Clinical Orthopedics (1990), Cosmetic Dermatology (1993), and Sports Medicine (1995) prior to culminating in Interventional Endocrinology (1997) – a term which he coined in 2003. In 2005, Dr. Gordon received his Pharmacist license (EXC 16111) from the State of California. After 15 years as a general consultant to the Medical Board of California, he was enlisted as a consultant in Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, and Alternative medicine in 2015. Dr. Gordon has been a strong advocate of preventative medicine through the optimization of neuroactive steroids and neurosteroids.
He was instrumental in expanding the recognition of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as a cause of hormonal deficiency in the hallmarked presentation on ESPN’s Outside the Lines (2007). His first book, The Clinical Application of Interventional Endocrinology (2008), is recognized by his peers as a dissertation on the standards of care and assessment for Hormone Replacement Medicine. His academic standards and medical knowledge had been shared with medical students from USC Keck School of Medicine, where he held the position of Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor (1998-2015). As medical director of CBS studios (2001-date), he has participated in studio projects in addition to outside projects with HBO, CBS, ESPN, CNN, and FOX News, as well as a number of international news outlets.
In 2004, Dr. Gordon recognized the association between traumatic brain injury causing both hormonal imbalances and neurobehavioral conditions. In 2015, he was invited to give his TBI lecture at UCLA under the late Dr. Stephen L. Coles. Dr. Gordon is presently the Medical Director of the Millennium Health Centers, Inc., in Encino CA. In 2010 he became the Medical Director of Education for Access Medical Laboratories of Jupiter, FL, helping to promote the newest technologies in laboratory science and the understanding of the relationship between the numerical results of a lab test and its implication for the health of the patient.
In 2015, Dr. Gordon released his newest book, Traumatic Brain Injury – A Clinical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment, presenting the science of his experience treating all precipitating causes of traumatic brain injury in both active military, veterans, professional sports, and the civilian population. Presently, Dr. Gordon has joined with a few charitable organizations such as Warrior Angels Foundation and Task Force Dagger to provide services to members of the armed forces, both active duty and veterans. In November 2018, Dr. Mark L. Gordon was awarded the Alan Mintz Award by the Age Management Medical Group for his unrelenting work to help veterans with TBI.
