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Allan A. Anderson, MD

  • Medical Director of Geriatric Psychiatry, Shore Behavioral Health Services
  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • geripsych@verizon.net

Biography

Allan A. Anderson, MD is the System Medical Director of Geriatric Psychiatry for Shore Behavioral Services. He also serves as the Geriatric Psychiatric Consultant for William Hill Manor Retirement Community. He currently has admitting privileges with Dorchester General Hospital and Consulting Staff to Memorial Hospital at Easton.

He has published numerous articles and lectures regularly, locally and around the country. He received the Distinguished Fellow of the APA in 1997.

Education

  • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, B.S. in Biochemistry with Honors
  • University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Doctoral Candidate in Nutrition
  • UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, M.D. degree
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Phila., PA,
  • Psychiatry Residency, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
  • Training in Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Law and Psychiatry, Charlottesville, VA
  • Advanced Training in Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Law and Psychiatry, Charlottesville, VA
  • Training and Supervision in Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy

Research

  • 2007 - Sub Investigator Johns Hopkins University
    Depression in Alzheimer’s Disease-2 (DIADS-2)
    A Multi center, Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sertraline for the treatment of depression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
  • 2008 - Prinicpal Investigator Medivation, Inc
    A Global Phase 3, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Safety And Efficacy Study Of Oral Dimebon In Patients With Mild-To-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease
  • 2009 - Prinicipal Investigator Medivation, Inc
    CONNECTION PLUS: An Open-Label Extension of the CONNECTION Protocol (DIM14) Evaluating Oral Dimebon in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease