Areas of Treatment:

• Scars and Contractures
• Acute and Chronic Wounds
• Burn Injury
• Reconstruction of Traumatic Defects

Specialties:

• Plastic Surgery

Title:

• Professor of Surgery

Department:

• Department of Surgery

Locations:

• HCC I

Sub-specialties:

• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Background:

Dr. Garner is an internationally renowned expert in the treatment of wounds and the scars that result from them. He is the Director of the LAC+USC Burn Center. Dr. Garner and his team investigate wound healing and scar formation in the laboratory and have received numerous federal (NIH) and industrial grants to study why wounds heal, why they do not heal and treatments for them. He has been an officer, committee chair or Board member of the Wound Healing Society, American Society of Plastic Surgeons and Plastic Surgery Research Council.

Education:

• B.A. University of Kansas 1975
• M.D. University of Kansas 1978

Internships:

• Ohio State University Hospital - General Surgery, 1978 - 1979

Residencies:

• Ohio State University Hospital - General Surgery, 1979 - 1985
• Washington University School of Medicine - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1986 - 1989

Fellowships:

• Ohio State University - Critical Care 1985 - 1986

Board Certification:

• American Board of Surgery
• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• American Board of Surgical Critical Care

Professional Society Memberships:

• Association of Academic Surgery
• American Burn Association
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
• Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
• International Society for Burn Injuries
• Plastic Surgery Research Council
• The Wound Healing Society
• Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• The Society for Investigative Dermatology

Awards:

• Dr. Garner was voted a Top Doctor by Pasadena Magazine in 2011.
• American Burn Association - Outstanding Abstract, 1990
• First Prize, Ohio Chapter, American College of Surgeons Resident Essay Contest, 1982
• First prize, Midwest Section, American Society of Microbiology, 1981
• 2011 list of America's Top Doctors, compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

Languages:

• English