Dr. Garland Anderson, Executive Vice President and Provost,  dean of the UTMB School of Medicine and the Thomas N. and Gleaves T. James Distinguished Chair, previously served at UTMB for 17 years as the Jennie Sealy Smith Distinguished Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Anderson earned his medical degree from University of Tennessee College of Medicine and completed residency training at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. He came to UTMB from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, where he served as the director of resident education, as well as division chief of Maternal and Fetal Medicine and professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. This Fall Dr. Anderson was honored with the 2007 Outstanding Alumnus Award by the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Alumni Association. This prestigious award recognizes the extraordinary service he has given to his alma mater and the medical profession.

Dr. Anderson’s current research focuses on the adult consequences of fetal disease and on finding ways to reduce racial disparities in pregnancy outcomes. He worked to enhance the research environment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, increasing opportunities for basic and clinical studies. During his tenure as chairman, the department consistently increased its national research ranking—most recently to fourth—as measured by National Institutes of Health funding.

In addition to accomplishing significant gains in the research arena as chair of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Anderson spearheaded the expansion of a 12-clinic satellite program into the university’s highly successful Regional Maternal and Child Health Program (RMCHP). Today, this network of 30 clinic sites provides 347,000 patient visits annually to woman and children from more than 123 counties in medically underserved parts of South, Southeast and Deep East Texas.

This past Spring Dr. Anderson was presented with the Baden-Gibbs Lifetime Achievement Award at the 78th Annual Joint Meeting of the Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Houston. The award is presented annually to a member of the organization who has exhibited a lifelong commitment to foster and stimulate improvements in women’s health care within the specialty of obstetrics and gynecology, and who has exhibited outstanding leadership in medicine in Texas.

Named for the second year as a Texas Super Doc by Texas Monthly, Dr. Anderson has previously been recognized in The Best Doctors in America. He has also sponsored more than 20 visiting faculty and fellows, and is the author or co-author of more than 102 papers. In addition, from 1990 to 1994, he served as chair of UTMB’s Medical Service, Research and Development (MSRDP) Plan with responsibility for primary care clinics, University Hospital Clinics and Physicians Billing Service. Under his leadership, the plan more than doubled its collections. Dr. Anderson has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Nicholas and Katherine Leone Award for Administrative Excellence at UTMB and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Award for Research Excellence.

A strong advocate for women’s and children’s health, Dr. Anderson is active in his profession at the national level. He is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG), has served as board member and president of the Society of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, and he has served as the president of the Council of University Chairs in Obstetrics and Gynecology. From May 2003 to March 2006, he was steering committee chair of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Maternal-Fetal Units Network.

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