About Steven Anderson
Job title: Primary care sports medicine physician
Degrees: MD ’80, Res. ’83, Chief Res. ’84
Career stage: Retired
State of practice: Seattle, Washington
Current practice settings: Private practice, retired but still teaching, mentoring, supervising residents
Lived career experiences/transitions:
- Starting a private practice
- Retiring from practice
- Work/life balance
Graduation year from the UW School of Medicine: 1980, 1983, 1984
Residency: UW/Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Stanford
Specialty/subspecialty: Pediatrics/Sports medicine
Teaching roles: Clinical Professor
Research or other professional interests: Still teaching musculoskeletal medicine/sports medicine to medical students, residents, fellows, and practicing physicians. Also volunteering for UWSOM admissions committee
Steven’s Bio:
My interest in sports medicine started with an interest in adolescent medicine while in medical school. I started covering high school sports teams; attending sports medicine clinics; going to conferences and jumping at any opportunity to learn more and do more. I continued this process through medical school, residency, and chief residency–ultimately wondering if I had “maxed out” what I could learn informally. At this point, I sought more formal training in sports medicine (which wasn’t widely available for non-orthopedists). I was able to arrange a 2-year fellowship in sports medicine at Stanford and had an outstanding experience in learning to care for MS problems that were both surgical and non-surgical in nature as well as learn to understand rehabilitation, the requirements of team and event coverage, and how a sports medicine team optimally functions.
Over 40+ years of practice, I have been fortunate to have done medical coverage for NCAA championships, World Championships, Olympic Trials, Olympic Games, as well as numerous local high school and club sports. I have also worked extensively with professional ballet dancers and worked to develop model medical programs for ballet companies locally and across the nation and worked on national guidelines for performing artists during Covid-19. Since “retirement” in 3/25, I have continued to be a first assistant in orthopedic surgery; teach and supervise pediatric and family medicine residents; work with the UWSOM admissions committee; and be involved in mentoring–including the Healthcare Huskies program which provides mentoring and support for UW student athletes interested in pursuing healthcare.
I remain interested and available to work with fellow alumni looking to build a sports medicine practice; interested in youth sports–including establishing policy guidelines; those interested in teaching or mentoring, or anyone who is hoping to build a practice that may not be on the list of currently recognized specialties or subspecialties.