Fred Garner graduated from medical school at the University of Arkansas in 1982 at the age of 24. He began his ENT residence in 1982 in the US Army. He finished his residency in 1987 and served as an attending physician at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso Texas from 1987 until 1991. He then went on to complete a Pediatric ENT fellowship at St Louis Children’s Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis from 1991 through 1992. Dr. Garner moved to Columbia,SC in 1992 and has been dedicated to improving ENT care to children in the Palmetto State since then. Dr. Garner participated in establishing the Cochlear Implant Program at the University of South Carolina, as well as participated in establishing the newborn hearing screening program for the of South Carolina. He earned his board certification in ENT in 1987 and Sleep Medicine in 2010