Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, PhD
After receiving an undergraduate degree at the University of Utah in Chemistry, Dr. Jeffrey L. Anderson attended medical school at Harvard and graduated with honors. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cardiology at Stanford University and joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 1980 after 2 years at the University of Michigan. Dr. Anderson attained the rank of Professor of Medicine, University of Utah, in 1989. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Clinical Electrophysiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association's Clinical Council. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and past governor for the Utah Chapter. He currently is president, Utah Chapter, American Heart Association.
Dr. Anderson has contributed to cardiovascular research over a broad area, including thrombolytic and antithrombotic therapy of acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina, antiarrhythmic therapy, trials in congestive heart failure, and, currently, research on genetic polymorphisms and other new risk factors for cardiovascular disease. He is an author or co-author on over 400 original or invited publications and 300 abstracts.
More recently, he has trained in Cardiac MRI, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, and is directing an advanced CMR service at LDS Hospital. Dr. Anderson is Associate Chief of Cardiology, LDS Hospital, where he also is Co-Director of Cardiac Research and Professor of Internal Medicine (with tenure), University of Utah. He regularly teaches medical and pre-medical students, housestaff, cardiology fellows, and physicians and has a busy cardiology clinical practice.
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