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Christopher Anderson, MD, Neurology, Boston, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital

ChristopherDavidAndersonMDMMSc, FAAN(He/Him)

Neurology • Boston, MA

Vascular Neurology, Neurocritical Care

Chief, Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Member, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

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Summary

  • I am a neurocritical care and stroke physician with research expertise in the medical genetics of complex diseases, specifically stroke and cerebral small vessel disease. My research lab in the Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Center for Genomic Medicine and Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Broad Institute is dedicated to using genetic and bioinformatic tools to explore the pathobiologic processes that underlie cerebrovascular disease, with the ultimate goal of identifying new drug targets and strategies to modify risk of, and recovery from, these debilitating diseases. I balance this research with clinical and administrative responsibilities as Chief of the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and teaching and mentorship responsibilities as Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Education & Training

  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolMMSc, Translational Investigation, 2012 - 2014
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 2010 - 2012
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Neurogenetics, 2009 - 2010
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 2006 - 2009
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2006
  • Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2009 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2020 - 2022
  • NH State Medical License
    NH State Medical License 2012 - 2022
  • OK State Medical License
    OK State Medical License 2017 - 2021
  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License 2012 - 2021
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • United Council of Neurological SubspecialtiesNeurocritical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Medical Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Medical Director, Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Director, Program for Data Neuroscience Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • A Warning Sign of a Major Problem
    A Warning Sign of a Major ProblemMay 28th, 2019
  • Bleeding Stroke Survivors at Higher Risk of Depression, Dementia
    Bleeding Stroke Survivors at Higher Risk of Depression, DementiaFebruary 22nd, 2017
  • Ministroke: A Warning Sign of a Major Problem
    Ministroke: A Warning Sign of a Major ProblemMay 21st, 2019

Grant Support

  • Center for Excellence in Brain Health for Hemorrhagic StrokeAmerican Heart Association2021–2025
  • ERICH-GENENIH-NINDS2020–2025
  • Strategically Focused Research Network in Atrial FibrillationAmerican Heart Association2018–2022
  • Sequencing Annotation and Functional Analysis of Risk in ICH (SAFARI-ICH)NIH-NINDS2017–2022
  • Genetics of Lipids in Cerebral Small Vessel DiseaseNIH-NINDS2014–2019

Committees

  • Member, Faculty Development Committee, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2021 - Present
  • Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cabinet Member 2021 - Present
  • International Stroke Genetics Consortium, Translational Research Working Group Chair 2013 - Present
  • International Stroke Genetics Consortium, Steering Committee 2015 - 2018

Research History

  • Director, Program for Data Neuroscience, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Associate Member, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute
  • Faculty, McCance Center for Brain Health, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Faculty, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Industry Relationships

  • Co-Principal Investigator (Sponsored Research), BayerBayer Lighthouse initiative sponsoring machine learning research uniting teams at Bayer and the Broad Institute Data Sciences Platform2018 - 2020
  • Research Fellow, Experimental Medicine, BiogenTranslational Research Fellowship co-sponsored by Biogen and the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology2012 - 2014

External Links

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