Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
James Gardiner, MD
Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics)
Dr. James Gardiner is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon and a co-founder of Maryland Orthopedic Specialists, part of The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics. He has practiced in Montgomery County since 1995, with offices in Bethesda and Germantown.
Why patients choose Dr. Gardiner
Dr. Gardiner completed sports-medicine fellowship training and focuses on arthroscopic procedures of the knee and shoulder as well as partial and total knee replacement. Patients value his decades of local experience and his emphasis on returning athletes and active adults to full function.
Clinical focus
Sports medicine, arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery, and partial and total knee replacement.
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How Dr. Gardiner compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only provider we list offering knee replacement
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name knee replacement.
1 of 3 we list at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics)
We cover 3 providers at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics).
We list 4 orthopedics & sports medicine providers serving Bethesda.
Longest since qualifying of our 5 orthopedics & sports medicine providers
Qualified in 1988. The median for the 5 orthopedics & sports medicine providers whose year we record is 1999.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Gardiner sits by experience
Dr. Gardiner finished medical school in 1988, 38 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 25 finished earlier, 106 finished later, and 3 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–1984Dr. Gardiner1988
1985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 22 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 — Dr. Gardiner | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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