Matthew N. Anderson, MD

Matthew N. Anderson is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. He completed his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at Stanford University. While there, Matthew was president of the Stanford Black Pre-Medical Organization, an organization dedicated to increasing the number of African American doctors in medicine. He then attended University of Connecticut School of Medicine where he was co-president of the Student National Medical Association for two years. Throughout his academic career, Matthew has been interested in learning ways to increase diversity in medicine through various mentoring and pipeline programs. Matthew completed his neurosurgical residency at Brown University where he served as president and treasurer of the Brown Minority Housestaff Association. He also sat on the Graduate Medical Education Council, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Council and was the resident supervisor of the Neurosurgery Interest Group. Matthew’s primary clinical interest is in cerebrovascular neurosurgery, specifically the interventional treatment of ischemic stroke and pediatric vascular malformations. He enjoys reading, running, weightlifting, cycling, hiking, karaoke and traveling when outside of the hospital.