Dr. Garrett Gerald Sutter M.D.

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Get to know Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Garrett G. Sutter, who serves patients in New Jersey

Dr. Sutter is a board-certified emergency medicine physician practicing through Capital Health Emergency Room Providers at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton and Pennington, New Jersey. Dr. Sutter serves as Chairman of Emergency Medicine and Administrator with Capital Health. He is licensed to practice in the states of North Carolina, New Jersey, and California. 

Dr. Sutter received his medical degree in 1997 at Jefferson Medical College, now the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. After an internship spent at the National Naval Medical Center, now Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Maryland, Dr. Sutter completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and  LAC+USC Medical Center (2001 – 2004). Prior to medical school, Dr. Sutter acquired a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology at  the University of California Davis in 1992.

Subsequent to his training, Dr. Sutter became board certified (2005) and recertified (2016) in emergency medicine with the American Board of Emergency Medicine. ABEM is one of 24 medical specialty certification boards recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. ABEM certifies emergency physicians who meet its educational, professional, and examination standards. 

Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians continuously learn to care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages.

On a more personal note, Dr. Sutter speaks Spanish in addition to English.

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