Dr. Kent E. Gardner, MD, FACS established Gardner Facial Plastic Surgery in St. George in 1999 and has built one of the most credentialed independent surgical practices in Southern Utah in the two decades since. His training is double board-certified — American Board of Otolaryngology and American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery — with fellowship training in head and neck surgery, microvascular surgery, and facial plastic surgery through a combined Methodist Hospital and Indiana University program. His residency was completed at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; his undergraduate physics degree came from the University of Utah, with honors.
The peer recognition on his record is specific enough to be meaningful rather than promotional: he received the top score nationally on the Facial Plastic Surgery Board Exam and was awarded the Jack Anderson National Award for scholastic excellence in the field. He served as Chief of Surgery at Dixie Regional Medical Center, which is an elected institutional leadership position rather than a self-reported credential. More than twenty years of surgical practice across thousands of procedures is the operational baseline.
The practice's scope covers facelift, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, facial reconstruction, and non-surgical cosmetic procedures through the attached Radiance Med Spa. The office is at 617 E Riverside Drive, Suite 202 — the same Riverside corridor that anchors much of St. George's private specialty medicine.
**Verification notes** Website live; Dr. Gardner named as owner; double board certification confirmed on About page; 1999 founding confirmed via Yelp listing history and practice site; Chief of Surgery at Dixie Regional confirmed; address 617 E Riverside Dr Ste 202 consistent.