Benjamin O. Anderson

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
ProfessorAppointed: 2004
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Public Health Sciences
Joint Associate MemberAppointed: 2003
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Mailing Address

Box 356410
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-6410
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 543-6352
Fax: (206) 543-8136
banderso@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Surgical Oncology, 1994.
Residency, University of Colorado, General Surgery, 1992.
M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1985.

Expertise and Research Interests

Research Interests:
International breast health care
Lobular carcinoma in situ and invasive lobular carcinoma
Phyllodes tumors of the breast

Clinical Interests:
Guideline development for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
Oncoplastic surgery for breast conservation
Sentinel node mapping

Other Expertise

Board Certified:General Surgery, 1994, Recertified 2002Director, Breast Cancer Specialty Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 1998-2003

Clinical Medical Director, Breast Care and Cancer Research Program, University of Washington / Seattle Cancer CareAlliance, 2000-2003

Director, Breast Health Center, Roosevelt Clinic, 1996-Present

Future Research

Guideline development for breast cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment in countries with limited health care resources.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Breast Cancer, Breast Health, Cancer Or Carcinogenesis, Clinical Research Or Studies, Health Care, International Health, Oncology, Public Health, Surgery, Tumors.

Additional Terms:

Cancer, International Breast Health Care, Oncology, Oncoplastic Surgery, Specific Cancers, Tumor Biology.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American College of Surgeons
American Society of Breast Disease
Association for Academic Surgery
Society of Surgical Oncology

Honors and Awards

2005-2007, President, American Society of Breast Disease
2003-2004, 'Best Doctors in America' award, Best Doctors, Inc.
2002, 'Seattle Area's Best Doctors' Award, Seattle Magazine
2001, 'Best Doctors in America' Award, Best Doctors, Inc.
2001, Outstanding CME Course Chair, Continue Medical Education, University of Washington
1997, Award of Appreciation, Project LEAD Teacher/Scientist, National Breast Cancer Coalition
1997, Best Scientific Paper by a Fellow, Society of Surgical Oncology
1997, Outstanding Proffered Paper, American Society of Breast Disease
1996, First Prize for Resident Research, Department of Surgery, University of Washington
1995, Career Development Award, American Cancer Society
1995, MARIANGELA MANCINI, M.D., RESEARCH FELLOW (1994-1997), Young Investigators Travel Grant Award, American Association of Cancer Research
1994, Best Clinical Paper by a Surgical Oncology Fellow, Society of Surgical Oncology
1993, Clinical Oncology Fellowship Award, American Cancer Society
1991, Ben Eiseman Basic Science Research Award, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado
1991, Second Place, National Residents' Competition, Basic Science Papers on Trauma panel, American College of Surgeons
1991, Ben Eiseman Clinical Research Award, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado
1991, First Place, Region VIII Residents' Competition, Scientific Papers on Trauma panel, American College of Surgeons
1990, John Gramlich Traveling Surgical Scholar, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado
1986, Presidential Gold Star for Academic Excellence, Denver Medical Society
1985, Distinction in Research on Alzheimer's Disease, graduation honors, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1980, Pi Mu Epsilon, mathematics honors society, Pomona College
1977-1978, Pomona College Scholar, Dean's list, Pomona College

Previous Positions

1998-2003, Joint Assistant Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research
1998-2004, Associate Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Surgery, Surgical Oncology
1994-1998, Affiliate Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research
1994-1998, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Surgery, Surgical Oncology

Funding Received

  • Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation: Breast Health Global Initiative, $50,000, 2002 to 2003.
  • Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program: Role of Melatonin in Prevention of Breast Cancer, Consultant, 1999 to 2002.
  • Windy Hill Technology: I.D. of intraductal breast pathology in high risk women, Local PI, 1999 to 2000.
  • : Ukraine Breast Cancer Assistance Program Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Consultant, 1997 to 2000.
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Mammography Tumor Registry, Consultant, 1997 to 2000.
  • Seattle Breast Cancer Research Program, FHCRC: Breast cancer proliferation markers, P.I.: $9,900, 1996 to 1997.
  • American Cancer Society: Career Development Award, P.I.: $90,000 salary, 1995 to 1998.
  • University of Washington School of Medicine: Breast Cancer Fresh Tissue Bank and Database, $30,000, 1995 to 1996.
  • University of Washington School of Medicine: Breast Cancer Fresh Tissue Bank and Database, Co-P.I.: $100,000, 1995 to 1997.
  • Seattle Breast Cancer Research Program, FHCRC: Breast Cancer Fresh Tissue Bank and Database, $30,000, 1995 to 1996.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Differentiation and Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Seattle Breast Cancer Research Program, FHCRC, $9,000, 1994 to 1995.
  • Clinical Oncology Fellowship Award: American Cancer Society, Award #93-163-1, 1993 to 1994.
  • Foundation for Gerontologic Medical Education: Gerontology Research Fellowship, 1984 to .
  • Joyce Metz-Gilmore Foundation: Research Stipend for Alzheimer's Disease, 1984 to 1984.
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Department of Psychiatry Research Stipend, 1982 to .

Publications

  • Anderson BO, Global Summit Consensus Conference on International Breast Health Care: guidelines for countries with limited resources, The Breast Journal, 9 Suppl 2, S40-1, 2003 Abstract
  • Yen TW, Mann GN, Lawton TJ, Livingston RB, Anderson BO, An axillary recurrence of breast cancer following a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy, The Breast Journal, 9(3), 234-6, 2003 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Braun S, Lim S, Smith RA, Taplin S, Thomas DB, Global Summit Early Detection Panel, Early detection of breast cancer in countries with limited resources, The Breast Journal, 9 Suppl 2, S51-9, 2003 Abstract
  • Vargas HI, Anderson BO, Chopra R, Lehman CD, Ibarra JA, Masood S, Vass L, Global Summit Diagnosis Panel, Diagnosis of breast cancer in countries with limited resources, The Breast Journal, 9 Suppl 2, S60-6, 2003 Abstract
  • Carlson RW, Anderson BO, Chopra R, Eniu AE, Jakesz R, Love RR, Masetti R, Schwartsmann G, Global Summit Treatment Panel, Treatment of breast cancer in countries with limited resources, The Breast Journal, 9 Suppl 2, S67-74, 2003 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Braun S, Carlson RW, Gralow JR, Lagios MD, Lehman C, Schwartsmann G, Vargas HI, Overview of breast health care guidelines for countries with limited resources, The Breast Journal, 9 Suppl 2, S42-50, 2003 Abstract
  • Li CI, Anderson BO, Daling JR, Moe RE, Trends in incidence rates of invasive lobular and ductal breast carcinoma, Jama : the Journal of the American Medical Association, 289(11), 1421-4, March 2003 Abstract
  • Anderson, B.O., Pathologic response to preoperative systemic therapy: the new biological paradigm for predicting outcome and planning therapy, Ann. Surg. Oncol., 10(7), 713-715, 2003
  • Li CI, Anderson BO, Daling JR, Moe RE, Changing incidence of lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 75(3), 259-68, October 2002 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, What outcomes matter to patients: a surgeon's perspective, Medical Care, 40(6 Suppl), III28-30, June 2002 Abstract
  • Daling JR, Malone KE, Doody DR, Anderson BO, Porter PL, The relation of reproductive factors to mortality from breast cancer, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology., 11(3), 235-41, March 2002 Abstract
  • O'Shaughnessy JA, Ljung BM, Dooley WC, Chang J, Kuerer HM, Hung DT, Grant MD, Khan SA, Phillips RF, Duvall K, Euhus DM, King BL, Anderson BO, Troyan SL, Kim J, Veronesi U, Cazzaniga M, Ductal lavage and the clinical management of women at high risk for breast carcinoma: a commentary, Cancer, 94(2), 292-8, January 2002 Abstract
  • Anderson, B.O., Lawton, T.J., Moe, R.M., LCIS and its relationships to DCIS and invasive lobular carcinoma: challenging concepts in breast cancer biology, Breast Diseases: A Yearbook Quarterly, 13(2), 123-127, 2002
  • Dooley WC, Ljung BM, Veronesi U, ..., Anderson BO, Troyan SL, Arias RD, Quiring JN, Love SM, Page DL, King EB, Ductal lavage for detection of cellular atypia in women at high risk for breast cancer, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 93(21), 1624-32, November 2001 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Prophylactic surgery to reduce breast cancer risk: a brief literature review, The Breast Journal, 7(5), 321-30, 2001 Abstract
  • Moskovitz AH, Anderson BO, Yeung RS, Byrd DR, Lawton TJ, Moe RE, Axillary web syndrome after axillary dissection, American Journal of Surgery, 181(5), 434-9, May 2001 Abstract
  • Byrd DR, Dunnwald LK, Mankoff DA, Anderson BO, Moe RE, Yeung RS, Schubert EK, Eary JF, Internal mammary lymph node drainage patterns in patients with breast cancer documented by breast lymphoscintigraphy, Annals of Surgical Oncology : the Official Journal of the Society of Surgical Oncology., 8(3), 234-40, April 2001 Abstract
  • Li CI, Anderson BO, Porter P, Holt SK, Daling JR, Moe RE, Changing incidence rate of invasive lobular breast carcinoma among older women, Cancer, 88(11), 2561-9, June 2000 Abstract
  • Arya J, Finlayson CA, Shames BD, Harken AH, Anderson BO, Stimulated apoptosis as an anti-neoplastic strategy, Surgery, 127(4), 366-9, April 2000 Abstract
  • Eary JF, Mankoff DA, Dunnwald LK, Byrd DR, Anderson BO, Yeung RS, Moe RE, Sentinel lymph node mapping for breast cancer: analysis in a diverse patient group, Radiology, 213(2), 526-9, November 1999 Abstract
  • Dunnwald LK, Mankoff DA, Byrd DR, Anderson BO, Moe RE, Yeung RS, Eary JF, Technical aspects of sentinel node lymphoscintigraphy for breast cancer., Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 27(2), 106-11, June 1999 Abstract
  • Knowlton K, Mancini M, Creason S, Morales C, Hockenbery D, Anderson B O, Bcl-2 slows in vitro breast cancer growth despite its antiapoptotic effect., Journal of Surgical Research, 76(1), 22-6, April 1998 Abstract
  • Mancini M, Sedghinasab M, Knowlton K, Tam A, Hockenbery D, Anderson B O, Flow cytometric measurement of mitochondrial mass and function: a novel method for assessing chemoresistance., Annals of Surgical Oncology, 5(3), 287-95, April 1998 Abstract
  • Mancini M, Anderson B O, Caldwell E, Sedghinasab M, Paty P B, Hockenbery D M, Mitochondrial proliferation and paradoxical membrane depolarization during terminal differentiation and apoptosis in a human colon carcinoma cell line., Journal of Cell Biology, 138(2), 449-69, 28 Jul 1997 Abstract
  • Lehr H A, Skelly M, Buhler K, Anderson B, Delisser H M, Gown A M, Microvascular endothelium of human tumor xenografts expresses mouse (= host) CD31., International Journal of Microcirculation: Clinical and Experimental, 17(3), 138-42, May 1997 Abstract
  • Anderson B O, Petrek J A, Byrd D R, Senie R T, Borgen P I, Pregnancy influences breast cancer stage at diagnosis in women 30 years of age and younger., Annals of Surgical Oncology, 3(2), 204-11, March 1996 Abstract
  • Anderson B O, Pregnancy-associated breast cancer., Western Journal of Medicine, 164(2), 162, February 1996 Abstract
  • Rand R P, Byrd D R, Anderson B O, Moe R, Skin-sparing mastectomy with immediate tissue reconstruction., Western Journal of Medicine, 164(2), 166, February 1996 Abstract
  • Anderson B O, Senie R T, Vetto J T, Wong G Y, McCormick B, Borgen P I, Improved survival in young women with breast cancer., Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2(5), 407-15, September 1995 Abstract
  • Poggetti RS, Moore EE, Moore FA, Koike K, Tuder R, Anderson BO, Banerjee A, Quantifying oxidative injury in the liver, American Journal of Physiology, 268(3 Pt 1), G471-9, March 1995 Abstract
  • Anderson B O, Burt M E, Chest wall neoplasms and their management., Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 58(6), 1774-81, December 1994 Abstract
  • Anderson B O, Hann L E, Enker W E, Dershaw D D, Guillem J G, Cohen A M, Transrectal ultrasonography and operative selection for early carcinoma of the rectum., Journal of The American College of Surgeons, 179(5), 513-7, November 1994 Abstract
  • Westra W H, Anderson B O, Klimstra D S, Carcinosarcoma of the spleen. An extragenital malignant mixed mullerian tumor?, American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 18(3), 309-15, March 1994 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Moore EE, Banerjee A, Phospholipase A2 regulates critical inflammatory mediators of multiple organ failure, The Journal of Surgical Research, 56(2), 199-205, February 1994 Abstract
  • Leff JA, Burton LK, Berger EM, Anderson BO, Wilke CP, Repine JE, Increased serum catalase activity in rats subjected to thermal skin injury, Inflammation, 17(2), 199-204, April 1993 Abstract
  • Bensard DD, Anderson BO, Banerjee A, Nelson DW, Poggetti RS, Berens RL, Harken AH, Platelet activating factor alters receptor-coupled function in the isolated perfused rat heart, The Journal of Surgical Research, 53(4), 321-5, October 1992 Abstract
  • Terada LS, Dormish JJ, Shanley PF, Leff JA, Anderson BO, Repine JE, Circulating xanthine oxidase mediates lung neutrophil sequestration after intestinal ischemia-reperfusion, The American Journal of Physiology, 263(3 Pt 1), L394-401, September 1992 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Harken AH, Carl John Wiggers' visionary views on vivisection, Annals of Surgery, 216(1), 80-6, July 1992 Abstract
  • Brown JM, Anderson BO, Repine JE, Shanley PF, White CW, Grosso MA, Banerjee A, Bensard DD, Harken AH, Neutrophils contribute to TNF induced myocardial tolerance to ischaemia, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 24(5), 485-95, May 1992 Abstract
  • Poggetti RS, Moore FA, Moore EE, Bensard DD, Anderson BO, Banerjee A, Liver injury is a reversible neutrophil-mediated event following gut ischemia, Archives of Surgery (chicago, Ill. : 1960), 127(2), 175-9, February 1992 Abstract
  • Poggetti RS, Moore EE, Moore FA, Bensard DD, Parsons P, Anderson BO, Banerjee A, Gut and liver coordinated metabolic response following major torso injury, The Journal of Surgical Research, 52(1), 27-33, January 1992 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Moore EE, Moore FA, Leff JA, Terada LS, Harken AH, Repine JE, Hypovolemic shock promotes neutrophil sequestration in lungs by a xanthine oxidase-related mechanism, Journal of Applied Physiology (bethesda, Md. : 1985), 71(5), 1862-5, November 1991 Abstract
  • Pitman JM 3rd, Thurman GW, Anderson BO, Ketch LL, Hartford CE, Harken AH, Ambruso DR, WEB2170, a specific platelet-activating factor antagonist, attenuates neutrophil priming by human serum after clinical burn injury: the 1991 Moyer Award, Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, 12(5), 411-9, 1991 Abstract
  • Nelson DW, Brown JM, Banerjee A, Bensard DD, Rogers KB, Locke-Winter CR, Anderson BO, Harken AH, Pretreatment with a nontoxic derivative of endotoxin induces functional protection against cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury, Surgery, 110(2), 365-9, August 1991 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Poggetti RS, Shanley PF, Bensard DD, Pitman JM, Nelson DW, Whitman GJ, Banerjee A, Harken AH, Primed neutrophils injure rat lung through a platelet-activating factor-dependent mechanism, The Journal of Surgical Research, 50(5), 510-4, May 1991 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Bensard DD, Brown JM, Repine JE, Shanley PF, Leff JA, Terada LS, Banerjee A, Harken AH, FNLP injures endotoxin-primed rat lung by neutrophil-dependent and -independent mechanisms, The American Journal of Physiology, 260(2 Pt 2), R413-20, February 1991 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Brown JM, Shanley PF, Bensard DD, Harken AH, Marginating neutrophils are reversibly adherent to normal lung endothelium, Surgery, 109(1), 51-61, January 1991 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Harken AH, Multiple organ failure: inflammatory priming and activation sequences promote autologous tissue injury, The Journal of Trauma, 30(12 Suppl), S44-9, December 1990 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Brown JM, Bensard DD, Grosso MA, Banerjee A, Patt A, Whitman GJ, Harken AH, Reversible lung neutrophil accumulation can cause lung injury by elastase-mediated mechanisms, Surgery, 108(2), 262-7; discussion 26, August 1990 Abstract
  • Bensard DD, Brown JM, Anderson BO, Banerjee A, Shanley PF, Grosso MA, Whitman GJ, Harken AH, Induction of endogenous tissue antioxidant enzyme activity attenuates myocardial reperfusion injury, The Journal of Surgical Research, 49(2), 126-31, August 1990 Abstract
  • Rutherford RB, Anderson BO, Diagnosis of congenital vascular malformations of the extremities: new perspectives, International Angiology : a Journal of the International Union of Angiology., 9(3), 162-7, 1990 Abstract
  • Waintrub ML, Terada LS, Beehler CJ, Anderson BO, Leff JA, Repine JE, Xanthine oxidase is increased and contributes to paraquat-induced acute lung injury, Journal of Applied Physiology (bethesda, Md. : 1985), 68(4), 1755-7, April 1990 Abstract
  • Anderson BO, Sun JH, Moore EE, Thompson LL, Harkin AH, Bartle EJ, The development and evaluation of a clinical test of surgical resident proficiency, Surgery, 106(2), 347-52; discussion 3, August 1989 Abstract

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