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Dr. Angela Gardner is president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and board liaison to the Report Card Task Force. She also is an assistant professor of emergency medicine/surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas. Dr. Gardner has served in many leadership roles at ACEP, including the Federal Government Affairs Committee and in the sections of American Association of Women Emergency Physicians, Emergency Medicine Practice Management and Health Policy, Wilderness Medicine and Wellness.

Dr. Gardner is a published author and a nationally known public speaker. She served as the president of the Texas College of Emergency Physicians from 2003 to 2004 and was a national spokesperson for Doctors for Medical Liability Reform. In addition, she hosts an emergency medicine blog at gardnersgate.blogspot.com.

Dr. Gardner attended Texas A&M University, and is a graduate of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. She completed a residency in emergency medicine at the Texas Tech Regional Academic Health Center in El Paso, Texas, and is board certified in emergency medicine.