Dr Gardner in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Name: Vincent Gardner, MD
Last name: Gardner
Gender: male
Began aesthetic medicine in: 2010
Years experience: 13
Primary Specialty: General Surgeon

Website: https://www.southernsurgicalarts.com/

Business: Southern Surgical Arts
Address: 1405 Cowart St.
Address suite: Ste. 201
Phone: (423) 237-7254
International phone number: +14232377254
City: Chattanooga
State: Tennessee
Zip Code: 37408
Country: US
Statement: Dr. Gardner began performing cosmetic procedures while completing a fellowship in facial and body cosmetic surgery with Southern Surgical Arts. He moved his practice from Birmingham, Alabama to Chattanooga and since that time has devoted his practice to cosmetic surgery and advancing the modern treatment of venous disease. He lectures frequently on these topics.

By focusing on quality, compassionate care, and adherence to strict professional standards, Dr. Gardner has distinguished himself as a rising leader in Chattanooga’s medical community.

Dr. Gardner serves as a principal in The Vein Institute, the latest addition to our comprehensive portfolio of cutting edge patient services offered at our state-of-the-art surgical facility in Chattanooga’s Southside. Additionally, he serves as a faculty member of Southern Surgical Arts’ American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship Program, through which he trains talented surgeons from around the country every year. The surgeons who complete the fellowship program are eligible to become certified by the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery (ABCS). Dr. Gardner is an ABCS Board examiner, and is certified by the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery and the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and continues to adhere to their strict guidelines for ongoing education, high practice standards, and ethical conduct. His society memberships include the American College of Phlebology, the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, the Hamilton County Medical Society and the Tennessee chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Gardner received his B.S. in Biology from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. and his M.D. from the University of South Alabama, College of Medicine in Mobile, Ala. where he was elected into the AOA honor medical society. He did his surgical training at the Baptist Health System in Birmingham, Ala. During his chief resident year he was the Outstanding Resident in Surgery winning the Hugh Linder Award.

Dr. Gardner currently lives on Signal Mountain with his wife and their two children.

Consulting Fees: -1$
Has Sponsored Offer : No
Special Offers: 
Offer #1: 15% off Friends and Family
Special Offer Treatments: All treatments
End Time: all the time
Detail: If you refer a friend or family member that books and pays for their procedure, you both get 15% off of your total surgery quote.
Clinical Privileges: 
  • Southern Surgical Arts
Education: 
  • Undergraduate: BS, Biology, Rhodes College, 1992
  • Medical: MD, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, 1998
Postdoc Training: 
  • Residency: General Surgery, Baptist Health System, 2003
  • Fellowship: Southern Surgical Arts, 2010
GPS coordinates on map: 35.0384919,-85.3100789

Vincent Gardner, MD

Primary location: 
Location name: Chattanooga
State: TN
Country: US
Map point: 35.0636,-85.25479889
Treatments: 
  • Abdominal Etching
  • AccuLift
  • Accutane
  • AccuTite
  • Beard Transplant
  • Belotero
  • Body-Jet Liposuction
  • BodyTite
  • Botox
  • Botox for Hyperhidrosis
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Cellulaze
  • Chemical Peel
  • Chin Filler
  • Clear and Brilliant
  • CO2 Laser
  • CoolSculpting
  • Cyst Removal
  • Derma Roller
  • Dermabrasion
  • Dermal Fillers
  • Dermaplaning
  • Diastasis Recti Repair
  • Dysport
  • Emsculpt
  • Emsella
  • EVLT
  • Exilis
  • Facial
  • Forehead Reduction
  • Fractional Laser
  • Fraxel Laser
  • G-Shot
  • GentleLase
  • Glycolic Peel
  • Hair Transplant
  • Halo Laser
  • Hyaluronidase
  • IPL
  • Juvederm
  • Kybella
  • Laser Hair Removal
  • Laser Liposuction
  • Laser Peel
  • Laser Resurfacing
  • Latisse
  • Lip Fillers
  • Liposuction
  • Liquid Facelift
  • Mesotherapy
  • Microdermabrasion
  • Microneedling
  • Mole Removal
  • NeoGraft
  • Nonsurgical Facelift
  • O-Shot
  • Panniculectomy
  • Penis Enlargement
  • Penis Fillers
  • Phenol Peel
  • PicoSure
  • ProFractional Laser
  • PRP for Hair Loss
  • Radiesse
  • Renuvion
  • Restylane
  • Restylane Lyft
  • Restylane Silk
  • Scar Removal
  • Sclerotherapy
  • SculpSure
  • Sculptra
  • Skin Rejuvenation
  • Skin Tightening
  • Skintyte
  • SlimLipo
  • Smart Lipo
  • Tattoo Removal
  • TCA Peel
  • truFlex
  • truSculpt
  • Ultherapy
  • Umbilical Hernia Repair
  • Vaginal Rejuvenation
  • Vaser Liposuction
  • Voluma

RealSelf Info

Rating: 4.9
Profile views: 2045
Answer count: 44
Review count: 15
4 star count: 1
5 star count: 12
Total star count: 13
Star rating: 3.9492709992519
Photo count last three months: 29
Answer count last three months: 41
Photo and answer count last three months: 70
Lead count last three months: 1
Offer count: 1
Profile created: Feb 4, 2015
Profile modified: Oct 31, 2023
Profile photo modified: Sep 25, 2023
Profile promotion: No
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Performance
Tier: Pro
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified General Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: Yes
Doctor Designation Start Time: Feb 6, 2015
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • Chattanooga, TN, US. GPS coordinates: 35.0636,-85.25479889

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Breast Lift with Implants (Dec 2014) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Natrelle Breast Implants (Oct 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Smart Lipo (Jan 2013) – Overall rating: 4/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Tummy Tuck (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Revision (Feb 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Sclerotherapy (Dec 2016) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Mentor Breast Implants (Dec 2014) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2013) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Lift with Implants (Mar 2015) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Augmentation (Apr 2014) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Tummy Tuck (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Sclerotherapy (Dec 2016) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Smart Lipo (Jan 2013) – Overall rating: 4/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Mar 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5

Latest Prices

Breast Lift with Implants Prices

  • $6900 – Dec 29, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $7400 – Mar 11, 2015 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $7400 – Mar 11, 2015 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $6900 – Dec 29, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $6900 – Dec 29, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $6900 – Dec 29, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN

Breast Augmentation Prices

  • $4999 – Dec 16, 2016 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $6500 – Jun 6, 2013 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $4200 – Apr 30, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $5900 – Dec 2021
  • $5299 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $5900 – Mar 2021
  • $5900 – Mar 2021
  • $5299 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $5299 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $3710 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $5299 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $3710 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $3710 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $5299 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $5299 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $3709 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $5299 – Jun 16, 2020
  • $4999 – Dec 16, 2016 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $4999 – Dec 16, 2016 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $4999 – Dec 16, 2016 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $6500 – Jun 6, 2013 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $4800 – Dec 1, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $4200 – Apr 30, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN

Natrelle Breast Implants Prices

  • $5900 – Oct 1, 2021

Smart Lipo Prices

  • $6500 – Jan 7, 2013 – Tennessee, TN
  • $6500 – Jan 7, 2013 – Tennessee, TN
  • $6500 – Jan 7, 2013 – Tennessee, TN

Breast Implant Revision Prices

  • $3500 – Feb 19, 2020
  • $3500 – Feb 19, 2020

Mentor Breast Implants Prices

  • $4800 – Dec 1, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $4800 – Dec 1, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN

Breast Implants Prices

  • $4800 – Dec 1, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $4800 – Dec 1, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN

Other Prices

  • $4200 – Apr 30, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN
  • $4200 – Apr 30, 2014 – Chattanooga, TN

Practice Locations

Name & Website
Southern Surgical Arts – Chattanooga, https://www.southernsurgicalarts.com/
Address
1405 Cowart St.Ste. 201, Chattanooga, Tennessee, US, 37408 (GPS coordinates: 35.0384921,-85.310079)
Phone
+14232663331
Working Hours
Mon: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Tue: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Wed: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Thu: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Fri: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Created / Modified
Oct 19, 2016 / Sep 15, 2023
Name & Website
Southern Surgical Arts – Calhoun, https://www.southernsurgicalarts.com/
Address
120 Cornerstone Way#3, Calhoun, Tennessee, US, 30701 (GPS coordinates: 35.296462,-84.7479962)
Phone
+14232663331
Working Hours
Mon: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Tue: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Wed: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Thu: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Fri: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Created / Modified
Aug 30, 2023 / Sep 15, 2023

Special Offers

Heading
Start Time / End Time
Detail
Treatments
FREE BBL WITH MOMMY MAKEOVER
Sep 15, 2023 /
Oct 31, 2023
Any patient that books a mommy makeover by the end of October, get a free BBL or Facial Rejuvenation add on. Can not stack discounts.
Any treatment
15% off Friends and Family
Sep 15, 2023 /
May 17, 2033
If you refer a friend or family member that books and pays for their procedure, you both get 15% off of your total surgery quote.
Any treatment

Doctor's answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
Would liposuction improve the appearance of my excess stomach fat or would I need a tummy tuck? (Ph
I'd recommend an abdominoplasty
Sep 27, 2023
Hi emily58,Based on your photos and background information I think you would be best suited with an abdominoplasty with liposuction. As you mentioned I think you'd end up with excess skin if you did lipo alone. Now, nobody has a crystal ball and can predict the outcome of lipo alone but in my experience after having 2 children and having a BMI of 28 I think you would be better suited with lipo360 and an abdominoplasty. This procedure will address excess core fat(back, flanks, axilla,...
34 y/o mother of 2, can umbilical hernia repair remove loose skin around the navel and reverse outw
I think you need an abdominoplasty
Sep 27, 2023
Hi jo_toronto,Unfortunately, an umbilical hernia repair will not address the loose skin and stretchmarks. This problem is seen commonly after having several children. An abdominoplasty will address the problems you have....meaning we can fix the umbilical hernia, remove a lot of the stretch marks in the lower abdomen, repair the diastasis (or separated 6 pack muscles) and remove the excess lower abdominal skin. We also do quite a bit of liposuction if you need it. Again, think about what you...
I had a FDL tummy tuck 6 months ago. Is this muscle separation?
Don't be afraid
Sep 27, 2023
Hi ibetwelaugh,
Without seeing you and examining you it is hard to really weigh in on it....but if you have a bulge in the upper abdomen and your surgeon says you likely tore some of the sutures then you likely do have a recurrence of your DR. The good news is since you have a FDL vertical scar it can be opened and the muscles addressed directly instead of going through your horizontal incision and having to dissect all the way up to the upper abdomen. I would not be afraid...meaning if it...
Did my muscle repair fail? 9 months out and look pregnant
It appears so
Sep 26, 2023
Hi BH85,
Based on the 2 photos it does appear you have some abdominal wall laxity....however It is hard to say for sure without examining you and discussing your clinical course. A few questions I would want answered. How did it look initially after your procedure? Did it look flat and has it changed and now it protrudes? Have you been doing a lot of exercises that would put pressure on the repair and gradually cause it to fail? Over what time frame did it start to protrude? Again, hard to...
Is Diastasis Recti Surgery right for me? Had to remove a section of my colon.
Hernia vs Diastasis
Sep 26, 2023
Hi Exuberant928778,
Interesting question. I'll start by saying after having had a midline abdominal incision for colon cancer surgery you likely have a weakness in the form of a ventral hernia. That would be the most common problem. Unfortunately, after midline incisions is is very common to have a weakness/hernia that reveals itself down the road. This is clearly different than a diastasis which is a general laxity of the abdominal wall and not a hernia or hole in the abdominal wall. You...
Never pregnant - can I have diastasis recti?
Agree....sounds like a hernia
Sep 26, 2023
Hi 22Questions,
I agree with your assessment. Again, without seeing you doing a good history and physical exam it is hard to give you a lot of useful information....but the area that you are describing is more consistent with a hernia (inguinal or femoral). This "odd pressure" you feel may be a weakness in the abdominal wall and not a true hernia but over time could eventually become a hernia. Or it could be a pulled muscle, or ovarian pain, or.......Having said all that I recommend...
Is this diastasis? Does anyone know if these images indicate ab separation?
Images are not helpful
Sep 26, 2023
Hi Helpful5906,
I think you're looking for a radiologist. Having said that a CT scan may not be helpful in the determination of a diastasis or separation of your abdominal wall muscles. It is a great study and provides a wealth of information but it is performed while lying down so there is no pressure on the abdominal wall....so it could miss a subtle widening of the rectus (abdominal wall) muscles. Also, the images you included do not show the area in question but other images may be more...

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Last updated on 12/13/2023