Dr. G received his undergraduate degree from James Madison University and received his Medical Degree from the prestigious University of Virginia School of Medicine, on a U.S. Navy Health Professions Scholarship.

Following surgical internship at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Dr. G was then selected for the U.S. Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute in Pensacola, Florida, where he completed training to become a Navy Flight Surgeon. Following his second tour of duty as a flight surgeon, he decided to leave the Navy to pursue his dream of becoming a plastic surgeon.

Dr. G then joined the staff at The University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics in Columbia, Missouri where he trained in general surgery, microsurgery, and plastic and reconstructive surgery with Dr. C. Lin Puckett, a Past Chairman of The American Board of Plastic Surgery and Past President of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

During his training Dr. G distinguished himself by achieving successive scores in the 99th percentile on the annual national in-service examination during each year of his plastic surgery residency.

Following his training at the University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics he returned to his alma mater, The University of Virginia, for his eighth year of postgraduate surgical training with Drs. Raymond Morgan and Frank McCue.

Dr G entered private practice in La Jolla in 1999, first as a solo practitioner, then joining the aesthetic surgery group at La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre in 2005. He proudly opened his own office in 2014, and is currently on the medical staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.

Dr. G is certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has active memberships in The American Society of Plastic Surgeons and The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

He has served as President of The San Diego Plastic Surgery Society.