Kate Gardner, MD Board-Certified Pulmonologist

About

Katherine Wonneberger Gardner, MD

Board-certified pulmonologist and internist. Clinician, educator, and independent consultant.

Biography

Dr. Gardner is a board-certified pulmonologist and internist with expertise in occupational and environmental lung disease, asthma, COPD, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary fibrosis, critical illness, sepsis, pneumonia, asbestos-related disease, pneumoconiosis, and COVID-19. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland and an attending physician at the Baltimore VA Medical Center.

She completed her pulmonary fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, internal medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and her medical degree at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, after graduating summa cum laude in biology from Villanova University. An experienced educator in pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology, she has taught at the Perelman School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Alongside her academic role, Dr. Gardner has maintained an independent practice and consulting business since 2024 — she is retained in both plaintiff and defense matters involving pulmonary and critical care medicine, hospital medicine, and occupational and environmental exposures, and consults for industry and biotechnology.

Portrait of Dr. Katherine Wonneberger Gardner

Education & training

  • Johns Hopkins University — Pulmonary Fellowship2017–2019
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — Internal Medicine Residency2013–2016
  • University of Connecticut School of Medicine — Doctor of Medicine2009–2013
  • Villanova University — B.S. in Biology, summa cum laude2005–2009

Current & prior positions

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine — University of Maryland2026–Present
  • Attending Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine — Baltimore VA Medical Center2026–Present
  • Independent Practice & Consulting2024–Present
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine — University of Georgia School of Medicine2025
  • Respiratory Medical Director — Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists of Piedmont Walton2025
  • Pool Pulmonologist — Kaiser Permanente Southeast Medical Group2024
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine — Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania2021–2025
  • Attending Physician, Pulmonary & Hospital Medicine — VA Medical Center, Philadelphia2019–2025
  • MICU Hospitalist — Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia2016–2017

Board certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine — Pulmonary MedicineBoard certified · 2019
  • American Board of Internal Medicine — Internal MedicineBoard certified · 2016

Licensure

  • Pennsylvania State Medical License2015–Current
  • Georgia State Medical License2024–Current
  • Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLCC) — active statesAZ, MD, MS, NV, NH, ND, TX, AL, DE, KY, LA, MT, OK, TN, WA, WI, IN, FL, NJ, MO, DC
  • ACLSCurrent

Curriculum vitae

A complete curriculum vitae — including education, appointments, publications, and teaching — is available on request, or can be downloaded below.

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