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![]() Dan Gardner, MD treats psychiatric problems resulting from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). He consults with patients, their families, case managers, and brain injury rehabilitation programs. He reviews brain injury treatment plans, focusing on the appropriate use of psychotropic medications, psychotherapy, and brain injury rehabilitation. He also serves as an expert witness in TBI medical-legal cases. Dr. Gardner has been in the private practice of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis since 1977. He is currently Medical Director of Hidden Valley Ranch Rehabilitation Services, a brain injury residential program in Ramona, California. He also consults with Learning Services, a brain injury residential program in Escondido, California and with Paradigm Management Services, which provides solutions for complex medical management. Dr. Gardner was formerly Medical Director of NeuroCare's post-acute residential and community-based brain injury rehabilitation programs in Ramona and San Diego, California. He has also consulted with other brain injury rehabilitation and residential programs. He was Editor, Brain Injury Medication Update email newsletter and Associate Editor, Brain Injury Update newsletter. For many years, Dr. Gardner was a psychiatric consultant at Sharp Memorial Hospital and Sharp Rehabilitation Center, where he focused on the psychological aspects of acute and chronic physical illness, as well as physical disabilities including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury. Dr. Gardner was selected to the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University Medical School, where he graduated in 1973. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine; and Faculty and Board member, San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He was also selected by his physician peers as one of the Top Doctors in San Diego. Some brain injury articles by Dr. Gardner: The Protective Barrier in Head Injury Depression in Brain Injury Brain Injury Medications Dr. Gardner's Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment blog View articles about TBI: Research, Case Reports, Images, Systematic Reviews, Guidelines and Recommendations, Clinical Trials, and Review Articles. View articles about Diagnosis of TBI Sign up for TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY UPDATES: DIAGNOSIS, a monthly email newsletter. Get current, peer-reviewed medical journal article summaries on diagnosis of TBI. View articles about Treatment of TBI Sign up for TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY UPDATES: TREATMENT, a monthly email newsletter. Get current, peer-reviewed medical journal article summaries on treatment for TBI. View articles on Psychiatric and Psychological Treatment of TBI View articles on Cognitive Treatment of TBI DONATE Donate to San Diego Brain Injury Foundation |
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