University of Wisconsin–Madison

Catharine Garland

MD

Associate Professor - CHS

garland@surgery.wisc.edu

Education

  • MD, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 2008
  • Internship, General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, 2009
  • Residency, General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, 2011
  • Residency, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, 2015
  • Fellowship, Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2016

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Garland specializes in the treatment of infants and children including cleft lip and palate repair, craniosynostosis (skull shape abnormalities), speech disorders (hypernasal speech), ear abnormalities and vascular anomalies (birth marks). She has additional training in craniofacial surgery, maxillofacial trauma and orthognathic (jaw) surgery. She also performs a wide range of adult reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.

Research Interests

Dr. Garland’s research is focused on surgical outcomes in cleft and craniofacial patients. She is also interested in improving surgical education for students and residents.