Leslie Garner, M.D.

Biography

Leslie Garner, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in pediatric critical care and medical education.

Dr. Garner earned her medical degree at UT Southwestern, where she also completed a residency in general pediatrics and gained advanced training through a fellowship in pediatric critical care.

Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2003.

Dr. Garner is the Course Director for the Pediatric Critical Care Resident Rotation and the Pediatric Critical Care MSIV Acute Care Rotation at UT Southwestern and Children’s Medical Center Dallas. In addition, she is a liaison for the Parkland Hospital Burn ICU and a CPOE/Epic Champion for Pediatric Critical Care. Her clinical interests include balancing high-quality clinical care with education in an academic training facility and optimization of the electronic health record.

At UT Southwestern, Dr. Garner serves on the Program Evaluation Committee of the Division of Pediatric Clinical Care Fellowship and is a compliance liaison for the Department of Pediatrics. At Children’s Health, she is a member of the Medical Advisory Committee, a Physician Peer Supporter for the RISE Team, a voting member of the Information Technology Change Advisory Group, and a member of the Physician Advisory Council.

Dr. Garner has delivered countless lectures, contributed to several clinical practice guidelines, and developed numerous electronic order sets. Her nonclinical time is spent focusing on the education of future pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists, as well as improving the quality of delivered care within the Pediatric ICU and the Parkland Hospital Burn ICU.

She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Dallas County Medical Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the Texas Medical Association.

In 2020 and 2021, Dr. Garner was ranked a Best Pediatric Specialist by D Magazine.