Philip D Anderson, MD

Dr. Philip D. Anderson, MD, FACEP is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and the Director of International Collaborations for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston. He also serves as a Program Director for the Fellowship Program in Emergency Department Leadership and Administration at BWH.

Dr. Anderson is a Co-Founder and Program Director of the International Emergency Department Leadership Institute (IEDLI), based at the BWH. IEDLI has provided ED leadership and management training to hundreds of emergency department leaders from over 25 countries. He is a frequent lecturer at international emergency medicine scientific conferences on topics related to ED operations and management.

Dr. Anderson has published over 30 original articles, reviews, chapters and books on Emergency Medicine topics. His most recent textbook, “Emergency Department Leadership and Management: Best Principles and Practice” was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015.

He has advised governmental organizations, academic and private healthcare institutions on the development and optimization of emergency care delivery systems in over a dozen countries including Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Italy, Panama, Armenia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates. He has also served as an advisor to the United Nations Disaster Management Training Program and the World Health Organization.

Education & Training

• Residency: Boston City Hospital/Thorndike Memorial Lab, Emergency Medicine, 1997
• Internship: Newton-Wellesley Hospital***, Internal Medicine, 1994
• Medical Education: University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1993

Board Certifications

• Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Languages Spoken

• Danish
• English

Age Group Treated

• Pediatrics
• Teenagers
• Adults
• Geriatrics