GMA is the Premier West Coast clinic for treating Lyme Disease, tick-borne, and environmentally acquired illnesses.
Our expert team offers advanced care for MCAS, mold illness, autoimmune disorders, & CFS, helping patients regain their health and vitality At Gordon Medical Associates, we have decades of professional training and expertise, and we also continue to teach, write, and perform ongoing research. Our patients come not only from the North Bay, and the greater San Francisco area, but the entire country, and around the globe for individualized help with a wide range of problems, from chronic pain and hormone balancing to chronic fatigue and Lyme disease. We recognize you may feel your health concerns have been unheard in the past, but to us, your health presents real, complex, interrelated symptoms. Here you’ll find a wealth of information and resources to expand your understanding of how we assess and treat each individual patient, and the tools we use. A variety of medical papers authored by our clinicians provide comprehensive information for interested patients and professional colleagues. Find out more about us and our services: https://linktr.ee/gordonmedical
03/28/2026
The most reliable lab for tickborne disease testing depends on how long you have been sick. In the first year of illness, or right after a tick bite, classical antibody testing like Western blots and serology can work well. The immune system is still actively responding and those signals are detectable.
The longer someone is sick, the more complicated it becomes. Antibody signals may not be as reliable in chronic patients who have developed some level of immune dysregulation. In those cases, direct testing like PCR, DNA, RNA, or culture enhanced analysis may be needed to find the presence of an infection that standard tests miss.
If your Lyme test came back negative but you still have symptoms, timing and test type may be the issue.
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03/26/2026
There are multiple interventions being studied to prevent Long COVID, yet none of them have been shown to work across the board. Metformin has shown promise in some patients, early treatment with Paxlovid may help, and adequate vitamin D levels appear to be protective. There are many other interventions being explored, yet none of them work for everyone.
This is the challenge with Long COVID. It is not one condition with one cause, which means prevention strategies vary from person to person depending on their individual risk factors and immune status.
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03/25/2026
Practitioner Spotlight
Wayne Anderson, ND, is a foundational member of Gordon Medical Associates with more than 40 years of dedicated clinical work. Although he has retired from direct patient care, he remains actively involved with the team, offering his expertise in Live Blood Analysis and contributing to special projects.
Dr. Anderson's career has been defined by a deep commitment to understanding and treating chronic illness, particularly Lyme disease and other tickborne illnesses. Drawing on both conventional and integrative approaches, he developed a holistic and individualized model of care that became a hallmark of his practice.
With a background in education, Dr. Anderson has always valued teaching as central to healing. He has mentored medical students, residents, and interns for over two decades and is a respected speaker at conferences for ILADS, ACAM, Orthomolecular Health Medicine, and Lyme Induced Autism, as well as select private symposiums on CFIDS, Lyme, and Autism.
Dr. Anderson continues to support the mission of Gordon Medical through ongoing peer to peer consultations, research, and innovation.
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03/24/2026
For many patients, Long COVID is an autoimmune condition in the sense that the body is now producing elevated levels of autoantibodies to autonomic tissues. This can be measured in blood tests and helps explain why symptoms persist long after the initial infection.
In some cases, plasmapheresis can offer temporary relief by removing these autoantibodies from circulation. The challenge is that the response will be short-lived if the triggering elements are not also addressed. Identifying and removing what is driving the autoimmune response is essential for lasting improvement.
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03/23/2026
At Gordon Medical, we look at all the pieces of your health puzzle, not just your symptoms.
Your journey begins with a complimentary Discovery Call, where our New Patient Coordinators guide you through what to expect, answer your questions, and help determine which practitioner may be the best fit for your needs.
This first step is designed to make sure you feel informed, supported, and ready to begin a partnership that focuses on your whole story.
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03/20/2026
Happy First Day of Spring.
Nature has always been part of healing. As the season shifts, this is your reminder to step outside and let the green back in. Fresh air, sunlight, movement. These are not luxuries, they are part of life and needed for healing.
For patients navigating chronic illness, time outdoors can feel like one more thing on the list. But even a few minutes of sunlight and fresh air can shift the nervous system in ways that support everything else you are doing for your health. Spring is an invitation to prioritize that connection.
How are you welcoming spring today?
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03/19/2026
The pandemic created an unexpected environmental health challenge. With lockdowns forcing people to spend unprecedented amounts of time indoors, exposure to household mold became a more significant issue. Many people went from limited home exposure to constant exposure, increasing their vulnerability to mold related health problems at the same time their immune systems were dealing with a novel virus.
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03/18/2026
Long COVID treatment starts with understanding what is actually going on in your body. Is it persistent spike protein? Viral reservoirs hiding in the gut or another organ? Immune dysregulation from the initial COVID exposure? Microclots affecting blood flow? All of these need to be investigated before treatment can begin.
Each driver requires a different approach, and many patients have more than one. Treating Long COVID without knowing what is behind it often leads to treatments that do not work or even backfire.
Have you heard of these four drivers before?
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03/17/2026
COVID and mold exposure create a challenging situation for the immune system. Both mycotoxins and COVID suppress immune function, creating an environment where dormant viruses like Epstein-Barr and cytomegalovirus can reactivate.
COVID infection also triggers inflammation that releases free iron into the bloodstream, which serves as a nutrient source for fungi. The virus causes respiratory cells to express receptors that fungal organisms use to enter cells more easily. Mold exposure makes individuals more susceptible to COVID, while COVID creates conditions that promote fungal growth. The cycle continues.
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03/16/2026
Dr. Nafysa Parpia and Dr. Eric Gordon just returned from the MAPS Spring 2026 Conference in Charlotte, where they presented on heavy metal overload in the complex patient to a room of more than 600 physicians, covering how metals like mercury, lead, and aluminum drive immune dysregulation and mitochondrial dysfunction in patients who have gone without answers for far too long.
Thank you to for the invitation and for creating space where this level of clinical exchange can happen.
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03/13/2026
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Testimonials like DeEtte's reflect what patients experience after years of searching for answers without success. At Gordon Medical, patients find practitioners who understand complex chronic illness and provide the clinical expertise needed to move forward when other approaches have failed.
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03/11/2026
For many Long COVID patients, the virus clears but something stays behind. Research suggests that spike protein can remain lodged in nicotinic receptors long after the acute infection resolves, protected from the body's natural breakdown processes.
Ni****ne has a higher affinity for these same receptors than spike protein does. When administered, ni****ne may essentially bump the spike protein out of its lodged position, making it available for enzymatic digestion and elimination. Early studies show promising results, with patients experiencing significant improvement that held at six month follow ups.
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At Gordon Medical Associates, we have decades of professional training and expertise, and we also continue to teach, write, and perform ongoing research. Our patients come not only from the North Bay, and the greater San Francisco area, but the entire country, and around the globe for individualized help with a wide range of problems, from chronic pain and hormone balancing to chronic fatigue and Lyme disease. We now have offices in both Santa Rosa and in San Rafael in Marin county.
We recognize you may feel your health concerns have been unheard in the past, but to us, your health presents real, complex, interrelated symptoms. On our website you’ll find a wealth of information and resources to expand your understanding of how we assess and treat each individual patient, and the tools we use. A variety of medical papers authored by our clinicians provide comprehensive information for interested patients and professional colleagues.
Our staff brings extensive training and experience to the care provided. Many of our practitioners are prolific speakers and writers, and you can find links to talks and papers on their bio pages.
You will find a list of 10 categories of services, with over 80 detailed descriptions of individual services, including info on what is required to receive them. Take some time to browse and find out the wide range of possibilities for supporting your health offered at GMA by our practitioners and our tech staff.
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