At 122 15th St in Del Mar, CA 92014, Dr. Dan Gardner operates a psychiatry, psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis practice with decades of specialized experience in traumatic brain injury consultation. Dr. Gardner earned his M.D. through the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University Medical School, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his internal medicine internship at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco, followed by his psychiatry residency at UCSD School of Medicine, where he served as Chief Resident in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at University Hospital San Diego. He holds board certification from the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and carries the distinction of Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His physician peers selected him as one of San Diego's Physicians of Exceptional Excellence in San Diego Magazine across eight separate years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015. Beyond his private psychotherapy practice, Dr. Gardner serves as Medical Director of Hidden Valley Ranch Rehabilitation Services, a brain injury supported-living program in Ramona, and sits on the Professional Advisory Council of the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation. He previously held the role of Section Head of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Scripps Clinic San Diego and served as Medical Director of NeuroCare's post-acute brain injury rehabilitation programs. His published work includes articles on the protective barrier in traumatic brain injury and a biological-psychological-social framework for TBI treatment. He also serves as a voluntary Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD School of Medicine. The nonprofit FORBETTERBRAINS.ORG, also based in Del Mar, shares his commitment to advancing brain health research and advocacy. Dr. Gardner provides psychotherapy, psychoanalytic treatment, TBI consultation, communication coaching for healthcare professionals, and medical-legal expert witness services. All appointments are conducted via secure video conference or phone, and his practice currently serves existing patients only. Nearby along Camino Del Mar, Soul Filled Therapy offers complementary EMDR-based trauma counseling for adults seeking additional mental health support in the Del Mar community.