These areas are among Dr. Tanner's clinical interests: ovarian cancer, fibroids, and cervical cancer. After completing medical school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, he performed his residency at a hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. He has received the following distinctions: Excellence in Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Virginia K. Pearce Award for Best Poster, Society of Memorial Gynecologic Oncologists Annual Meeting. He is affiliated with Howard County General Hospital and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.