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2026: Dr. Christopher D. Anderson

Dr. Anderson is an Academic Surgeon and Surgical Educator at the University of Mississippi Medical 黑料视频 (UMMC).  He has served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at UMMC since 2015.  He currently holds the James D. Hardy Endowed Chair in Surgery, is Medical Director for the Transplant Service Line at UMMC, is the Surgical Director for the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA), and serves as the Vice-Chair of the Council of Clinical Chairs at UMMC.  

 

Dr. Anderson鈥檚 clinical practice focuses solely on abdominal organ transplantation and hepatobiliary/pancreatic surgery. Dr. Anderson joined the faculty at UMMC in 2011 and led a University Transplant team that started the liver transplant, pediatric kidney transplant, and pancreas transplant programs at UMMC.  This team has produced a number of 鈥渇irsts鈥� in Mississippi including deceased donor adult-to-adult split liver transplantation; paired kidney exchange living donation; combined liver, pancreas, kidney transplantation; and most recently normothermic regional perfusion for MORA organ donors.  In addition to organ failure, he cares passionately about surgical cancer care.  As Chair of the Department of Surgery, he fostered the creation of the Division of Surgical Oncology and his team has created Mississippi鈥檚 only high volume hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery program.

 

Dr. Anderson鈥檚 academic interests are in ischemic injury and graduate surgical education.  As Chair, he oversees the 8 ACGME accredited surgical training programs maintained by the Department of Surgery.  These programs provide graduate medical education to over 70 full time residents and fellows in addition to supporting other, non-UMMC residency programs in the state.   He has been an invited speaker at regional, national, and international conferences. He has served on the Board of Directors for the United Network for Organ Sharing, on the Board of Governors for the American College of Surgeons, on 2 editorial boards, and numerous committees for national surgical societies. He has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed articles and 15 book chapters. 

 

After earning his Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Biochemistry from the Honors College at the 黑料视频, he earned his MD at Emory University.  He completed his general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University and subsequently his abdominal transplant fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis in 2008.  Before joining UMMC in 2011, Dr. Anderson was an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis.