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Dr. Warren Garner
Dr. Garner is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Garner is a burn/reconstructive surgery specialist, a specialist in wound care and management, and a researcher of skin healing and burn wounds.
He performed his undergraduate work and completed medical school at the University of Kansas, in Kansas City, Missouri after which he completed a general surgery residency at Ohio State University. Dr. Garner also completed a fellowship in Critical Care at Ohio State University. His Plastic Surgery training took place at the prestigious Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Garner is a staff member at several hospitals including 1) USC University Hospital, 2) Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, 3) Kenneth Norris Hospital, 4) Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, and 5) Kaiser Permanente Hospital. He is involved in burn injury, wound healing, fibrosis, cytokines, and inflammation research and is currently serving as the Director of the LAC + USC County Burn Unit. As an Associate Professor of Surgery and as Director of the Burn Unit, Dr. Garner heads the Burn Team and manages the 4 month Burn Surgery and Reconstruction training rotation of USC Plastic Surgery Residents.
Dr. Garner also is involved in numerous national organizations including the American Burn Association, the Wound Healing Society, the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, the International Society for Burn Injuries, the Plastic Surgery Research Council, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the Society for Investigative Dermatology. He has served on and chaired committees, as well as served in leadership positions within most of these organizations. He presently serves on the board of directors of the Wound Healing Society, a society aimed at advancing the science and practice of wound healing, as their Treasurer. In conjunction with his research and private practice, Dr. Garner has written and co-authored numerous articles, chapters, and abstracts for various medical journals. In 1990 he received the Outstanding Abstract Award from the American Burn Association.
Dr. Garner is an outdoorsman and during his leisure time, when he is not teaching, researching, seeing patients or performing surgery, he enjoys freshwater and saltwater fishing. He is an avid connoisseur of fine wine as well.
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