Dr. Timothy Anderson is a primary care physician and health services researcher whose primary research interests are identifying strategies to improve the quality and equity of care delivered to older adults with chronic conditions and to optimize medication use for patients in the hospital and at home. He joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 2023, after completing an internal medicine residency and a chief medical residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a primary care research fellowship at the University of California San Francisco, and four years on faculty at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
Education & Training
- BA, Economics & Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 2008
- MA, Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, 2008
- MD, Case Western Reserve University, 2012
- Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2015
- Chief Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2016
- MOTH, Clinical Research, University of California San Francisco, 2018
- Primary Care Research Fellowship, University of California San Francisco, 2019
Representative Publications
Anderson TS, Jing B, Auerbach A, Wray CM, Lee S, Boscardin WJ, Fung K, Ngo S, Silvestrini M, Steinman MA. Clinical Outcomes After Intensifying Antihypertensive Medication Regimens Among Older Adults at Hospital Discharge. JAMA Intern Med. 2019, 179(11):1528-1536.
Anderson TS, Jing B, Wray CM, Ngo S, Xu E, Fung K, Steinman MA. Comparison of Pharmacy Database Methods for Determining Prevalent Chronic Medication Use. Med Care. 2019, 57(10):836-842.
Anderson TS, Marcantonio ER, McCarthy EP, Herzig SJ. National Trends in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations of Older Adults with Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020, 68(10):2240-2248.
Anderson TS, Ayanian JZ, Souza J, Landon BE. Representativeness of Participants Eligible to Be Enrolled in Clinical Trials of Aducanumab for Alzheimer Disease Compared With Medicare Beneficiaries With Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. JAMA. 2021, 326(16):1627-1629.
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Research Interests
- Prescribing & deprescribing of older adults' chronic medications
- The impact of hospitalization on patients' chronic disease trajectories
- Care delivery for medically complex populations