Benjamin O. Anderson, M.D.

Patient Services:

Breast Health Clinic, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
(breast clinical diagnosis, breast surgery)
Info and patient scheduling:
Phone: (206) 288-6487

Breast Cancer Specialty Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
(multidisciplinary breast cancer treatment, oncoplastic surgery)
Info and patient scheduling: (206) 288-2166

Academic Office:

Phone: (206) 543-6352

E-mail: banderso@u.washington.edu

Fax: (206) 543-8136

Address:
Benjamin O. Anderson, M.D.
University of Washington
Department of Surgery
Box 356410
Seattle, WA 98195-6410

Professor
Director, Breast Health Clinic
University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Chair and Director
Breast Health Global Initiative
Full Member, Division of Public Health Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Faculty Appointments:

University of Washington, Professor, 2004 - present.

University of Washington, Associate Professor, 1998 - 2004.

University of Washington, Assistant Professor, 1994-98.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Full Member, 2006 - present.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Joint Associate Member, 2003-06.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Joint Assistant Member, 1998-2003.

Education:

Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Surgical Oncology, 1992-94.

Residency: University of Colorado, 1985-92.

M.D. Degree: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1985.

Board Certified: General Surgery, 1994; recertified 2002.

Clinical Interests:

International breast health care; oncoplastic breast surgery; minimally invasive breast cancer diagnosis; locally advanced breast cancer.

Research Interests:

LCIS and invasive lobular carcinoma; sentinel node mapping; surgical approach to heightened breast cancer risk; surgical considerations for neoadjuvant chemotherapy; pregnancy and breast cancer.

download Annual Research Report

Selected Publications:

Anderson BO, Shyyan R, Eniu AE, Smith RA, Yip CH, Bese NS, Chow LWC, Masood S, Ramsey S, Carlson RW. Breast cancer in limited-resource countries: An overview of the Breast Health Global Initiative 2005 Guidelines. Breast J, 12(s1):s3-s15, 2006.

Anderson BO, Yip CH, Ramsey S, Bengoa R, Braun S, Fitch M, Groot MT, Sancho-Garnier H, Tsu VD: Breast cancer in limited-resource countries: Health care systems and public policy. Breast J, 12(s1):s54-s69, 2006.

Anderson BO, Masetti R, Silverstein MJ: Oncoplastic approaches to the partial mastectomy: an overview of volume displacement techniques. Lancet Oncol, 6(3):145-157, 2005.

Anderson, BO, Li CI, Lawton TJ, Rinn K, Moe RE: Clinical management of lobular carcinoma in situ. In: Advanced therapy of breast disease, Singletary SE, Robb GL, Hortobagyi GN, eds., 2nd edition. B.C. Decker: Hamilton, Ontario, pp. 269-280, 2004.

Anderson BO, Lawton TJ, Lehman CD, Roe RE. Phyllodes tumors. In: Diseases of the Breast, Harris JR, Lippman ME, Morrow M, Osborne CK, eds., 3rd edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins: Philadelphia, pp. 991-1006, 2004.

reviewed 4/08