Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

Guest Bio: Andrew S. Garner, MD, Ph.D., FAAP

Andrew S. Garner, MD, Ph.D., 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. He has admitting privileges at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and is the Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

He is board-certified in pediatrics and has been a member of the Rainbow Care Network since 2000.

Dr. Garner earned his bachelor’s degree in psychobiology from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. He earned a Ph.D. 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.

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. With grants from the Woodruff Foundation, a Cleveland-based foundation that supports quality mental health care services in Cuyahoga County, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Garner has worked to improve access to mental health services.

Dr. Garner is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a Past President of the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics He has been named a Cleveland Magazine “Best Doctor” every year since 2011.

In his leisure time Dr. Garner enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, canoeing, watching baseball and walking the family dog.