Frank G. Anderson, M.D.
Professor, RetiredHumanities in Medicine
Education
Frank G. Anderson received his B.S. in Biology in 1950 from the Texas A&M University. He obtained his M.D. from the University of Texas, Galveston and completed his internship at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City from 1954-1955. His residency was at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (Ophthalmology) in 1958-1961. Frank Anderson practiced at the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Texas from 1961-1964 and had an independent practice in Bryan, Texas from 1964-1993.In addition to serving as a core investigator of the FDA intraocular lens study in 1978, a visiting opthalmologist at the King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from May - June 1983, and a visiting opthalmologist at the Good Sheperd Hospital in Kananga, Zaire during 1985 Dr. Anderson has held numerous offices.
- President of the Brazos-Robertson County Medical Society - 1978
- Attended as delegate for Ophthalmology in the TMA House of Delegates in 1989 (First year for specialty delegates-alternate delegate interspecialty committee for several years)
- President of the medical staff Saint Joseph Hospital Bryan - 1974
- President of the medical staff Humana Hospital, Bryan-College Station 1983-1984
- Chief of surgery at Saint Joseph Hospital, Bryan - 1968 and 1988
- Chief of surgery at Humana Hospital, Bryan-College Station 1978-1979 and 1982-1983
- Board of trustees at Humana Hospital 1976-1979 and 1983-1984
- President of the Friends of Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University 1987-1988 (first year of the organization).
- Diplomate-American Board of Ophthalmology
- Fellow - American College of Surgeons
- Fellow - American Academyof Ophthalmology
- Member - Brazos-Robertson County Medical Society
- Member - Texas Medical Association
- Member - American Medical Association
- Member - Texas Ophthalmological Association
Dr. Anderson has been Professor of Humanities in Medicine since 1997. He is the author of The History of Medicine in Brazos County which was published in 2001.
