Andrew S. Garner, MD, PhD, FAAP, is a pediatrician with Partners in Pediatrics in Westlake, Ohio, and is a member of the UH Rainbow Care Network, the region’s largest coordinated group of medical professionals providing care to children.
Dr. Garner earned his bachelor’s degree in psychobiology from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. He earned a PhD in Neuroscience in 1996 followed by a Doctor of Medicine with distinction in neuroscience from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1997. He completed a residency in pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Garner is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), having served as the President of the Ohio Chapter and as a member of the AAP’s Leadership Workgroups on Poverty, Epigenetics, and Early Brain and Child Development. Dr. Garner has co-authored the AAP’s two policy statements (2012, 2021) on childhood toxic stress and a book (2018) entitled “Thinking Developmentally: Nurturing Wellness in Childhood to Promote Lifelong Health.”
A national expert on early brain development and the factors affecting it, Dr. Garner has been an invited lecturer at numerous national and international pediatric professional meetings and conferences, speaking on topics such as the impact of stress and trauma on the developing brain. He also has published extensively on early brain development in pediatric medical journals and neuroscience journals.
