Scott C Gardner

Highly skilled and NCCPA-certified Physician Assistant with extensive experience in trauma and critical care. Proven ability to manage high-acuity patients across the continuum of trauma care—from initial assessment and resuscitation in the emergency department to critical inpatient management. Proficient in performing advanced procedures such as central line placement, chest tube insertion, arterial line placement, and wound care. Experienced in responding to trauma activations, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and delivering evidence-based care in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. Dedicated to improving outcomes and providing compassionate, efficient care for critically injured patients.

• Distinguished Fellow: American Academy of Physician Assistants
• Fellow: Utah Academy of Physician Assistants
• Member: Chest Wall Injury Society

• 1996- : Physician Assistant - Certified, National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants
• 1997- : Licensure, Utah Department of Professional Licensing

• McKellar SH, Allred BD, Marks JD, Cowley CG, Classen DC, Gardner SC, Long JW. Treatment of Infected Left Ventricular Assist Device Using Antibiotic-impregnated Beads. Ann Thorac Surg 1999 Feb;67(2):554-5.
• Fox J, Clemmer TP, Orme JF, Gardner SC, Macfarlane JC, Lazarus HM, Ryser DK, Handrahan D, Stevens MH. A Five-Year Study of Traumatic Brain Injury at a Level One Trauma Center. Utah’s Health: An Annual Review 2005; X (1):40-47.
• Gardner SC, Majercik SD, VanBoerum D, Macfarlane JR. Man, 57, with dyspnea after chiropractic manipulation (Grand Rounds). Clinician Reviews. 2013; 23(4):23,24,27,28
• Patel DP, Redshaw JD, Breyer BN, Smith TG, Erickson BA, Majercik SD, Gaither TW, Craig JR, Gardner S, Presson AP, Zhang C, Hotaling JM, Brant WO, Myers JB. High-grade renal injuries are often isolated in sports-related trauma. Injury. 2015 Jul;46(7):1245-9.
• Chen J, Majercik S, Bledsoe J, Connor K, Morris B, Gardner S, Scully C, Wilson E, Dickerson J, White T, Dillon D. The prevalence and impact of defensive medicine in the radiographic workup of the trauma patient: a pilot study. Am J Surg. 2015 Sep;210(3):462-7.
• Majercik S, Vijayakumar S, Olsen G, Wilson E, Gardner S, Granger SR, Van Boerum DH, White TW. Surgical stabilization of severe rib fractures decreases incidence of retained hemothorax and empyema. Am J Surg. 2015 Sep 18.
• Majercik S, Wilson E, Gardner S, Granger S, VanBoerum DH, White TW. In-hospital outcomes and costs of surgical stabilization versus nonoperative management of severe rib fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Oct;79(4):533-9.
• Majercik S, Bledsoe J, Ryser D, Hopkins RO, Fair JE, Brock Frost R, MacDonald J, Barrett R, Horn S, Pisani D, Bigler ED, Gardner S, Stevens M, Larson MJ. Volumetric analysis of day of injury computed tomography is associated with rehabilitation outcomes,after traumatic brain injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Jan;82(1):80-92.
• Sarani B, Allen R, Pieracci FM, Doben AR, Eriksson E, Bauman ZM, Gupta P, Semon G, Greiffenstein P, Chapman AJ, Kim BD, Lottenberg L, Gardner S, Marasco S, White T. Characteristics of hardware failure in patients undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures: A Chest Wall Injury Society multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Dec;87(6):1277-1281.
• Gargur Assuncao A, Leasia K, White T, Majercik S, Gardner S, Mauffrey C, Parry J, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. Characterization of hardware failure in patients undergoing surgical stabilization of sub-scapular rib fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 Apr;31(3):429-434.
• Characteristics of hardware failure in patients undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures: A Chest Wall Injury Society multicenter study. Sarani B, Allen R, Pieracci FM, Doben AR, Eriksson E, Bauman ZM, Gupta P, Semon G, Greiffenstein P, Chapman AJ, Kim BD, Lottenberg L, Gardner S, Marasco S, White T. Characterization of hardware failure in patients undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures: A Chest Wall Injury Society multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Dec;87(6):1277-1281.
• Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in octogenarians and beyond-what are the outcomes? Pieracci FM, Leasia K, Hernandez MC, Kim B, Cantrell E, Bauman Z, Gardner S, Majercik S, White T, Dieffenbaugher S, Eriksson E, Barns M, Benjamin Christie D 3rd, Lasso ET, Schubl S, Sauaia A, Doben AR. Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in octogenarians and beyond-what are the outcomes? J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Jun 1;90(6):1014-1021.
• Readmission for pleural space complications after chest wall injury: Who is at risk? Kay AB, Morris DS, Gardner S, Majercik S, White TW. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Sep 16. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003408. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34538827
• Fox J, Lazarus HM, Clemmer TP, Orme JF, Gardner SC, Stevens, MH. A Five-year evaluation of Neurological Trauma at a Level One Trauma Center: Demographics, Severity, Co-morbidities, Complications, Therapy and Outcomes. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, October 2001, Abstract No. SE 315.
• Fox J, Clemmer T, Macfarlane JC, Gardner SC, Handrahan D, Lazarus HM. Outcome Effects of Guidelines for Management of Severe Brain Injury as a Clinical Protocol at a Level One Trauma Center. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, October 2004, Abstract No. SE 207.
• Stevens MH, Fox J, Clemmer T, Macfarlane JC, Gardner SC, Handrahan D, Lazarus HM. Outcome Effects of a Brain Injury Protocol Based on AANS Guidelines at a Community Level One Trauma Center. Western Trauma Association. March 2005, Abstract No 16.
• Fox J, Orme JF, Gardner SC, Handrahan D, Stevens MH, Lazarus HM. An Evaluation of the Proportion of Systems Injury Contributed to Head Injury as Related to Injury Severity Scores and Mortality. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, October 2005, Abstract No. SE 223.
• Hardee MJ, Stevens MH, Nirula R, Lowrance W, Brant WO, Gardner SC, Leishman B, Myers JB. High Grade Renal Injuries: Application of Parkland Hospital’s Predictors of Intervention for Renal Bleeding To a Large Series of Patients With Blunt Renal Trauma. Western Section, American Urologic Association, August 2011.
• Hardee MJ, Stevens MH, Raminder N, Lowrance W, Brant WO, Gardner SC, Leishman B, Myers JB. Evaluation of the Appropriate Utilization of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of High Grade Renal Injuries. Western Section, American Urologic Association, August 2011.
• White TW, Gardner SC, Fox J, Kuttler KG, Allen, TL. A Descriptive Study of Admission Vitamin D Levels in Trauma Patients Admitted to the ICU. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, October 2011, Abstract No. SE2011-14019

• Advanced Trauma Life Support: expires 05/2026
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support: current
• Basic Life Support: current
• Advanced Burn Life Support: expires 5/2016
• Advanced Wilderness Life Support: Completed 2007
• Advanced Disaster Life Support: expires 6/2016
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support: expired 1/2017

• The CABG Patch Trial (Internal defibrillators for primary mortality prevention after coronary bypass surgery) A national, multicenter study Dates: 1992 - 1998 Funding Sources: NIH, NHLBI Position: Subinvestigator, site coordinator
• The BEST Study (Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial in heart failure) A national, multicenter study Dates: 1993 - 2002 Funding Source: NIH, NHLBI Position: Subinvestigator, site coordinator
• BEST Substudy: “DNA bank for the evaluation of genetic polymorphisms” A national, multicenter study Dates: 1997 - 2002 Funding source: NIH, NHLBI Position: Site coordinator
• SCDHeFT (Sudden Cardiac Death Heart Failure Trial) A national, multicenter study Dates: 1998 Funding source: NIH, NHLBI Positions: Subinvestigator, site coordinator
• CV137-012-077 (Long-term hemodynamic effects and safety of the dual metalloprotease inhibitor (DMP-I) BMS 186716 in the treatment of heart failure) A national, multicenter study Dates: 1997 - 98 Funding sources: Bristol-Myers Squibb Positions: Subinvestigator, site coordinator