Edward M. Gardner, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Phone:         303-436-7269
E-mail:         Edward.Gardner@Dhha.org
Address:     Denver Public Health
                       605 Bannock St., MC 2600
                       Denver, CO 80204

Medical School
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency
University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
Fellowship
University of Colorado Denver
Research Interests
Dr. Gardner's main focus of research is adherence to antiretroviral therapy for which he is funded by a National Institutes of Health Career Development Award (K01). His other areas of research interest include cost-effectiveness analysis, the impact of symptoms and adverse events on health outcomes in HIV infected patients, and the diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection. His clinical interests include treatment and complications of HIV infection and other infectious diseases with a special interest in the care of persons in correctional facilities.

Selected Publications

  1. Gardner E, Burman W, De Groote M, Hildred G, Pace N. Increasing Rate of Initial Macrolide-Resistance in Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;41:1041 - 1044.
  2. Gardner E, Burman W, Davidson A, Maravi M. Selective Drug Taking during Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in an Unselected Clinic Population. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005;40:294 - 300.
  3. Jenkins T, Gardner E, Thrun M, Cohn D, Burman W. Risk-based HIV testing fails to detect the majority of HIV-infected persons in medical care settings. Sex Transm Dis. 2006;33:329-33.
  4. Steiner J, Gardner E. Assessing medication adherence from pharmacy records. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2006;15:575-77.
  5. Gardner E, Burman W, Davidson A, Maravi M. Durability of adherence to antiretroviral therapy on initial and subsequent regimens. AIDS Patient Care & STDs. 2006;20:628-36.
  6. Mannheimer S, Thackeray T, Huppler Hullsiek K, Chesney M, Gardner E, Wu A, Telzak E, Lawrence J, Baxter J, Friedland G. A Randomized Comparison of Two Instruments for Measuring Self-Reported Antiretroviral Adherence. AIDS Care. 2007. (in press)