Education

• MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, 1977
• Internship, Northwestern University Hospitals, Chicago, IL, 1977-1978
• Residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1978-1982
• MS, Administrative Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1999

Professional Activities

Dr. Anderson is active in many administrative medicine activities including the following:

• Since 1998 he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation
• He is a member of the American College of Physician Executives
• He is a Certified Physician Executive
• He served as president and board chair for Physicians Plus Medical Group
• He served as co-Director of the University of Wisconsin Administrative Medicine Program

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Anderson is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. His clinical specialties include pediatrics, sinus disease, thyroid disease, and facial plastic surgery.

Dr. Anderson provides a wide range of services including Adenoidectomy, Adenoidectomy, Ear Wax Impaction Removal, Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), Intraoral Biopsy, Nasal Cautery, Needle Biopsy of Neck Mass, Parotidectomy, Placement of Myringotomy and Tympanostomy Tube, Removal of Nasal and Ear Foreign Bodies, Simple Cutaneous and Facial Biopsy, Sinus Evaluations and Cultures, Sinus Surgery, Snoreplasty, Thyroidectomy, Tonsillectomy, Tonsillectomy, Tracheostomy, Tracheostomy, and Tympanostomy (Ear) Tube Placement.

Research Interests

Recent Publications

• Editorial comments: tactical medical skill requirements for law enforcement officers: a 10-year analysis of line-of-duty deaths.
  Anderson AG
  Prehosp Disaster Med 2010 Jul-Aug; 25(4):353.
  [PubMed ID: 20845324]
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• Editorial comments-Canadian operational and emotional prehospital readiness for a tactical violence event.
  Anderson AG
  Prehosp Disaster Med 2010 Mar-Apr; 25(2):170.
  [PubMed ID: 20467998]
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• Microbiologic assessment of disposable sterile endoscopic sheaths to replace high-level disinfection in reprocessing: a prospective clinical trial with nasopharygoscopes.
  Alvarado CJ, Anderson AG, Maki DG
  Am J Infect Control 2009 Jun; 37(5):408-13.
  [PubMed ID: 19482219]
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• Endoscopic optic nerve decompression for the treatment of traumatic optic nerve neuropathy.
  Wang DH, Zheng CQ, Qian J, Barr JJ, Anderson AG
  ORL J. Otorhinolaryngol. Relat. Spec. 2008; 70(2):130-3.
  [PubMed ID: 18408412]
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• Tracheoesophageal puncture for speech rehabilitation after laryngectomy.
  Heatley DG, Anderson AG
  Laryngoscope 1992 May; 102(5):581-2.
  [PubMed ID: 1573956]
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