R. David Anderson

Dr. Anderson is an associate professor in the division of cardiovascular medicine in the UF College of Medicine’s department of medicine. He is director of interventional cardiology and director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. His clinical practice includes outpatient cardiology as well as cardiac catheterization. His research interests lie in clinical studies, stem cell therapy, coronary reactivity, and percutaneous valve therapy.

Dr. Anderson received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology, and a master’s in biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his medical degree at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland, serving as chief resident there before going on to a cardiology fellowship at Duke University. He is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, and interventional cardiology. Dr. Anderson has won four teaching excellence awards and a physician customer service recognition award from the department of internal medicine.