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Dr. Kent E. Gardner, MD, FACS

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Gardner Facial Plastic Surgery

St. George, UT

Cosmetic Surgery

  • Double board-certified surgeon
  • Speaks Japanese
  • Financing available
126 results5 procedures

Dr. Kent E. Gardner is a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Gardner Facial Plastic Surgery in St. George. He is board-certified in otolaryngology and in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. His work includes cosmetic and functional rhinoplasty, facelift, blepharoplasty, otoplasty, Botox and injectable fillers, skin cancer surgery, microvascular surgery and scar revision. He also performs head and neck procedures, including nasal and sinus surgery, thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and pediatric ear tube and tonsil surgery.

He earned an undergraduate degree in physics with honors from the University of Utah and his medical degree there in 1993, then completed an otolaryngology–head and neck surgery residency at the University of Colorado from 1994 to 1998. His combined fellowship through Methodist Hospital and Indiana University covered head and neck surgery, microvascular surgery and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and he learned cosmetic surgery under Dr. Gregory Chernoff of Chernoff Cosmetic Surgery.

In 2007 he received the Jack R. Anderson Prize for Scholastic Excellence from the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, given each year to the surgeon with the highest combined score on the board’s written and oral exams. He has served in several leadership roles, including Chief of Surgery at Dixie Regional Medical Center. He speaks Japanese.

Credentials & affiliations

  • American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Member, American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

The team

  • BSN, RN · Aesthetic Nurse Injector

    Kaveri Stubbs, BSN, RN, is a nurse injector at Gardner Facial Plastics and its Radiance MedSpa in St. George. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Utah Tech University and began her career as a registered nurse in an intensive care unit, a critical care background she brings to her aesthetic work.