PERSONAL INFORMATION: Peter W. Gardner, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G.
Birthdate 12/22/53
Birthplace New York, New York
Citizenship U.S.A.

OFFICE: 166 West Broad Street
Suite 303
Stamford, CT 06902

TELEPHONE: Office (203) 967-2100

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

B.A. - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1971-75

M.D. - Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, D.C. 1975-79

Intern in Medicine, St.Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY 1979-80

Resident in Medicine, St.Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY 1980-81

Senior Resident in Medicine, St.Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY 1981-82

Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 1982-84

CERTIFICATION:

National Board of Medical Examiners (211424)
ABIM Diplomate in Internal Medicine (084740)
ABIM Diplomate in Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology) 084740)

APPOINTMENTS:

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 1983-1984

Attending Physician, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Consulting Privileges, Bridgeport, CT 1988-1991

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, New York, NY 1986-1999

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia Medical Center, New York, NY 1998-Present

Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT 1984-present

Visiting Staff, Department of Medicine, Greenwich Hospital 2006-present

Attending Physician, Department of Medicine St.Joseph's Medical Center, Stamford, CT (Hospital purchased by Stamford Hospital) 1984-1998

Visiting Staff, Department of Medicine, Greenwich Hospital 1998-2000

Chairman, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, The Stamford Hospital 1989-2000

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, The Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT 1994-2000

Chairman, Quality Improvement Committee, HealthNet (Formerly Physicians Health Services), Shelton, CT 1993-2005

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Medical Association
American College of Physicians
American College of Gastroenterology
American Gastroenterological Association
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
American Liver Foundation
American Medical Informatics Association
National Colitis and Ileitis Foundation
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Eta Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Delta
Sigma Xi

STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Connecticut State Medical Society, Gastroenterology Section
Fairfield County Medical Association
Stamford Medical Society

RESEARCH GRANTS:

Sigma Xi (Undergraduate Research in the Division of Neurology) "The Natural History of Adolescent Onset Seizures"

HONORS:

Fairfield County 101 Top Doctors 2008. Greenwich, New Canaan and Westport Magazines: January, 2008.
New York Metro Area Top Doctors 2007, 11th Edition.
New York Metro Area Top Doctors 2001, 5th Edition.
Best Doctors in America, 2000.
How to Find the Best Doctors: New York Metro Area, 1999.
Who’s Who in America Among Executives and Professionals. Who’s Who, 1997-2000.
Connecticut’s Top Doctors. Connecticut Magazine; July, 1996

PUBLICATIONS:

Gardner, P.W.: Monograph on Lateral Epicondylitis; UNC Press, 1974.

Gardner, P.W., Butler, T.P.: Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Patient with von Recklinghausen's Disease. NY Med Quart 2:39-40, 1981.

Morton, R.E., Gardner, P.W., Ball, M.F.: Pancreatic Ascites: An Unusual Complication of Hyperparathyroidism. South Med J 74:495-6, 1981.

Gardner, P.W., Whyte, T.R.: CT Complications of Crohn's Disease. In CT Clinical Application Series. Vol. 2, No. 5, 1983.

Gardner, P.W., Tomicic, T.K., and Hajjar, J.R.: The Effect of Ethanol on Choline Influx Across the Mucosal Border of the Rat Intestine. Abstract. American Gastroenterological Association Meeting, May 1984,New Orleans.

Hajjar, J.J., Baker, E.R., Renison, D.M., Gardner, P.W., Zirin, R., and Tomicic, T.K.: Effect of Ethanol on Choline Transport in Rat Jejunum. Am J Physiol 249 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 12): G177-G183, 1985.

Jacobson IM, Brown RS Jr, Freilich B, Afdhal N, Kwo PY, Santoro J, Becker S, Wakil AE, Pound D, Godofsky E, Strauss R, Bernstein D, Flamm S, Pauly MP, Mukhopadhyay P, Griffel LH, Brass CA; WIN-R Study Group: Peginterferon alfa-2b and weight-based or flat-dose ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients: a randomized trial. Hepatology. 2007 October: 46(4): 971-81.

Jacobson IM, Gonzalez SA, Lebovics E, Min AD, Bodenheimer Jr. HC , Esposito SP, Brown, Jr. RS,Brau N, Klion FM, Tobias H, Bini EJ, Brodsky N, Cerulli MA, Aytaman A, Gardner PW, Geders JM, Spivack JL, Rahmin MG, Berman DH, Ehrlich J, Russo MW, Chait M, Rovner D, Ahmed F, Edlin BR: A Randomized Trial of Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b plus Ribavirin in the Retreatment of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Unresponsive to Prior Therapy. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Nov;100(11):2453-62.

New York PEG Intron Study Group: PEG Interferon Alfa-2B Plus Ribavirin in Nonresponders to Interferon, and in Relapsers and Nonresponders to Combination Therapy (Abstract). Schering Hepatitis Investigators' Network. Orlando, Florida. Feb 8-11, 2001.

New York Presbyterian Medical Center, et al.: Daily vs. Thrice Weekly Interferon In Combination with Ribavirin for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Who Are Either Naïve to Treatment, Relapsed-Failed Prior Interferon Therapy, or Relapsed-Failed Prior Combination Therapy (Daily Interferon Only) (Abstract). Schering Hepatitis Investigators' Network. Orlando, Florida. Feb 8-11, 2001.

Shames, D.S., Gardner, P.W., Tucker, J.: Serum Amylase, Lipase, and the Lipase/Amylase Ratio in the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis. Poster Presentation, Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians, May, 1998.