Gary received his Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors from Northwestern University in 1961 and his Doctor of Medicine Degree in 1965 at the University of California, San Francisco. On completion of active duty in the United States Navy during the Vietnam conflict, he trained as a Urological Surgeon at the Harvard Program of Urology, Longwood, MA. area. Since 1973 he has been on the staff of the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, and New England Baptist Hospital where he was Chief of Urology, President of the Medical Staff and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery. In 1999 Dr. Kearney retired as a Captain of the United States Naval Reserve, having served since 1961.
He is a retired Navy Captain flight surgeon and owns a Piper Meridian turboprop which he uses as a volunteer pilot for Angel Flight New England, transporting ambulatory patients for care. He is Life Trustee of the USS Constitution, where he served as Vice Chair. Other charitable activities include the Theodore Roosevelt Association, serving on the Executive Committee, as Chairman of Nominations and Awards.