As an attending physician at the Boston Children's Hospital, Gordon started working on bone loss in women with
anorexia nervosa. Patients with anorexia often suffer from weak bones, and Gordon pioneered hormonal treatments to restore bone strength. making use of
peripheral quantitative computed tomography and
dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry to establish guidelines for densitometry measurements. In 2018, Gordon joined the Board of NEJM Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. She was appointed to the Council of the
American Pediatric Society in 2020. Gordon was appointed Pediatrician-in-Chief at the
Texas Children's Hospital and Chair of Pediatric Medicine at the
Baylor College of Medicine in 2021. She looked to form partnerships with middle and high schools around
Houston In May 2022, through Gordon’s perspective piece “Caught in the Middle: The Care of Transgender Youth in Texas”, the American Academy of Pediatrics exposed concerns regarding practicing pediatric endocrinology in Texas under Governor
Greg Abbott and Attorney General
Ken Paxton. Gordon was escorted out of her office and forced to resign from Texas Children’s Hospital shortly thereafter. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, Gordon highlighted the impact of the virus on the mental health of children and adolescents. In particular, she emphasized the need for parents to be aware of the signs of eating disorders in children. Whilst eating disorders primarily impact teenagers, Gordon identified that the disruption in routines and isolation during the pandemic had caused eating disorders in children under the age of ten. Gordon joined the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health in 2023. She serves as the Clinical Director of the Division of Intramural Research, and runs the Adolescent Bone & Body Composition Laboratory, which seeks to understand factors during adolescence that impact bone density and skeletal strength during the adult years. == Awards and honors ==