Dr. Gardikas completed her undergraduate degree at University of California, San Diego, Revelle College. She graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, in 1987 before receiving her surgical training from UCSF, Fresno, and has been in practice in the Central Valley for over 30 years. She is board certified in surgery as a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Dr. Gardikas has served as the surgical director for the Marjorie E. Radin Breast Care Center for more than a decade. Although retired from the active practice of surgery, her current interests are benign breast disease, including patients at high risk for breast cancer.

When she is not practicing medicine, Dr. Gardikas enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with her family.