Barry Gordon MD

Dr. Barry Gordon even began hearing the words “endocannabinoid system.” Now Dr. Barry, as he is affectionately known, is at the forefront of the medical cannabis movement. For more than three decades, Dr. Gordon built a career working on the front lines of the American health care system, spending years in in Ohio emergency rooms. Opportunity came knocking when he took an early retirement from Alliance Community Hospital in 2015 and relocated to Florida with his wife Patty. He created Florida Vacation Telehealth P.A., which eventually gave birth to the Compassionate Cannabis Clinic. No longer tethered to a large healthcare organization, Dr. Gordon made the decision upon overwhelming passage of the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Amendment on November 8, 2016, to begin seeing and treating patients with chronic illnesses using cannabis therapy. Today, Florida is just one of 30 states that recognize the medicinal value of marijuana for the relief of symptoms associated from everything from neurological illness to chemotherapy. Dr. Barry has utilized his undergraduate degree in communications from The Ohio State University to advocate for patients before becoming the owner of the largest medical marijuana practice in Florida.