Dr. Theodore “Ted” Jordan joined the NSU sports medicine staff through NRMC Sports Medicine in August 2020.
He was raised a “military brat” growing up in many different states and countries. He came to call Texas “home”.
He graduated high school from Northern Burlington County High School in New Jerseyi in 1978. There he participated on the swim team through Fort Dix, eventually becoming the team captain. He also participated in baseball and tennis.
He then went to the University of Notre Dame where he graduated in 1982 with a double major in chemistry and biology.
Dr. Jordan attended medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), “the military medical school” and graduated in the top 10 percent in 1986. There he was on the school soccer and volleyball teams.
Dr. Jordan completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery in 1995 from Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. He remained in the Air Force through 2002
During his Air Force career, he became the Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Bitburg AFB in Germany, then at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi. He was the captain of a mobile trauma surgical team and which, in part, entailed accompanying President Clinton on overseas trips. He was also selected as the captain of a mobile field medical team that flew up to New Jersey on 9/11 to set up a field hospital to assist in the care of any casulaties.
After his Air Force career, he set up practice in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was the team physician for Gulfport High School as well as a pro hockey team in the ECHL, the Mississippi Seawolves, and a pro basketball team in the World Basketball Association, the Gulf Coast Bandits. He has also been the event physician for several WWE events as well as some boxing events.
Dr. Jordan moved to Natchitoches in August 2020 to begin his current adventure. He is here with his wife, Wendy. They have seven children who are all grown and living throughout the county.
