Gregory C. Gardner, M.D., FACP

 

The Bruce C. Gilliland, M.D.-Lucile T. Henderson
     Endowed Professor in Rheumatology
Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports
      Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine
Fellowship Program Director
Division of Rheumatology

 
1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356428
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-543-3414
Fax: 206-685-9397

 

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1984
• Internship in Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1984-85
• Residency in Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1985-87
• Fellowship in Rheumatology, University of California, San Diego, CA, 1987-89
• Teaching Scholar Fellowship, Department of Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1996-97

 

CURRENT EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Rheumatology fellowship program director
• Director, musculoskeletal rotation for primary care bound internal medicine residents
• Arthrocentesis and injection course director for internal medicine residents
• Co-director of rheumatology week mini fellowship for rural WWAMI physicians
• Member of the American College of Rheumatology National Meeting Planning Committee

 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Medical Education: Dr Gardner is currently involved in education research focusing on training primary care resident to do musculoskeletal procedures. He has several recent publications including an editorial in the Journal of Rheumatology on this topic. He has been invited to speak at several national meeting on this subject of teaching arthrocentesis and injection techniques including the American College of Rheumatology 2009 national meeting in Philadelphia.
• Clinical: Developing a rheumatology clinic for the Neah Bay Makah Tribal Health Clinic

 

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

 

Bakewell CJ, Gardner GC. A survey of arthrocentesis and soft-tissue injection procedures performed in primary care practice: effect of resident training and using data to shape curriculum. J Rheumatol. 2011 Sep;38(9):1986-9.

Bakewell, CB, Gardner, GC. Teaching Residents Arthrocentesis and Soft-Tissue Injection Procedures: Practice Outcomes for Internal Medicine Residents in Outpatient and Hospitalist Careers. Presented at the American College of Rheumatology National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2009.

Simkin PA, Gardner GC: Musculoskeletal System and Joint Physiology. In: Rheumatology. Hochberg M et al Ed, 4th Edition, London, Elsevier, 2008.

Gardner GC: Teaching Arthrocentesis and Injection Techniques: What Is the Best Way to Get Our Point Across? J Rheumatol 2007;34:1448-1450.

Ta K, Gardner GC. Evaluation of the activity of an academic rheumatology consult service over 10 years: using data to shape curriculum. J Rheumatol. 2007;34:563-6.

Howe CR, Gardner GC, Kadel NJ. Perioperative medication management for the patient with rheumatoid arthritis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2006;14:544-51.

Lynch JR, Gardner GC, Parsons RR, MD. Musculoskeletal workload versus musculoskeletal clinical confidence among primary care physicians in rural practice. Am J Orthopedics 2005;34:487-492.

Gardner, GC: Treatment of inflammatory arthritis in the age of the biologics. Clinical Applied Immunology Reviews 2005; 5:19-44.

Gardner GC, Hunter JC: Radiographic Healing of Osseous Sarcoidosis. Arthritis Rheum 2005; Arthritis Rheum 52:2225.

Gardner, GC, Kadel, N: Rheumatology for Orthopaedists: Ordering and Interpreting Rheumatologic Laboratory Test. JAAOS 2003;11:60-67.

Simkin PA, Gardner GC. Colchicine use in transplantation patients: how little is too much? J Rheumatol 2000, 27:1334-1337.

 

 

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