Dr Anderson completed a degree in pharmacology and his medical degree at the University of Glasgow. He did his initial anaesthesia training in Scotland, anaesthesia residency in Oxford, and fellowship in regional anaesthesia and acute pain management at McGill. At the end of his training he did a research post with Professor Gavin Kenny obtaining a PhD. This work was on patient maintained sedation with propofol (patients controlling target controlled infusions to self administer propofol). He is currently a staff anesthesiologist at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary. His main clinical interests are regional anaesthesia, pain, difficult airway prediction and thoracic anaesthesia. He is married with 3 boys and has enjoyed many sports such as soccer, rugby, golf and skiing; but has excelled at none.