He is also the chair and founding member of social media subcommittees for both the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology and the American Society of Dermatopathology and is a deputy editor-in-chief of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, where he oversees social media strategy for the journal. Dr. Gardner obtained his MD from Tulane University, completed residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Houston Methodist Hospital, and completed fellowships in bone/soft tissue pathology and dermatopathology at Emory University.