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overview	Frederick A. Anderson, Jr., Ph.D. is Research Professor of Surgery and Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA. Beginning in 1973, Dr. Anderson was one of the principal developers (with H Brownell Wheeler) of the electrical impedance plethysmograph (IPG), one of the first noninvasive techniques for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). From 1986 through 1991, Dr. Anderson was Principal Investigator of the Worcester DVT Study, a five-year NIH-supported study of physician practices in the prevention and management of venous thromboembolism. From 1986 through 1993, he was a member of the board of directors of the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS), and served as ARDMS Chair in 1991-1992. Beginning in 1996, Dr. Anderson founded and directs the Center for Outcomes Research at UMMS, which serves as the scientific coordinating center for a variety of disease-focused, multinational observational studies, which include more than 1,000 hospitals in over 40 countries: 1. The Global Orthopaedic Registry (GLORY), a multinational registry of outcomes for hip and knee replacement surgery (1995-2005) 2. ALS Patient Care Database (ALS CARE), a North American registry of outcomes for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (1996-2004) www.alscare.org 3. Glioma Outcomes Program (GO Project), a North American multicenter study of the outcomes of brain tumor treatment (1997-2002) www.glioma.org 4. Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE), a multinational study of the outcomes of ACS (1999-2010) 5. International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism (IMPROVE), a multinational study of practices in the use of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients (2001-2006) 6. Epidemiologic International Day for the Evaluation of Patients at Risk for Venous Thromboembolism in the Acute Hospital Care Setting (ENDORSE) A multinational study of the risk of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients (2005-2007) 7. Studying the Treatment of Acute Hypertension (STAT) (2007-2008) 8. Studying the Treatment of Acute Hypertension in European Hospitals (Euro-STAT) (2008-2010) 9. Global Longitudinal Registry of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW): A multinational study of practices in the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in women (2005-2013) Additional information about these programs is available on the Internet at www.outcomes.org. In 2011, Dr. Anderson was appointed Director of Research in the UMMS Department of Surgery and has worked in collaboration with Heena Santry to develop a Surgical Scholars Program to mentor surgical residents in developing clinical research skills. Dr. Anderson has been an author on over 150 reports of original research published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as more than 20 book chapters. Dr. Anderson received bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and experimental psychology (1971) from Tufts University and masters (1975) and doctoral (1984) degrees in biomedical engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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Frederick A. Anderson, Jr., Ph.D. is Research Professor of Surgery and Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA.

Beginning in 1973, Dr. Anderson was one of the principal developers (with H Brownell Wheeler) of the electrical impedance plethysmograph (IPG), one of the first noninvasive techniques for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). From 1986 through 1991, Dr. Anderson was Principal Investigator of the Worcester DVT Study, a five-year NIH-supported study of physician practices in the prevention and management of venous thromboembolism. From 1986 through 1993, he was a member of the board of directors of the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS), and served as ARDMS Chair in 1991-1992.

Beginning in 1996, Dr. Anderson founded and directs the Center for Outcomes Research at UMMS, which serves as the scientific coordinating center for a variety of disease-focused, multinational observational studies, which include more than 1,000 hospitals in over 40 countries:

1.        The Global Orthopaedic Registry (GLORY), a multinational registry of outcomes for hip and knee replacement surgery (1995-2005)
2.        ALS Patient Care Database (ALS CARE), a North American registry of outcomes for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (1996-2004) www.alscare.org
3.        Glioma Outcomes Program (GO Project), a North American multicenter study of the outcomes of brain tumor treatment (1997-2002) www.glioma.org
4.        Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE), a multinational study of the outcomes of ACS (1999-2010)
5.        International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism (IMPROVE), a multinational study of practices in the use of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients (2001-2006)
6.        Epidemiologic International Day for the Evaluation of Patients at Risk for Venous Thromboembolism in the Acute Hospital Care Setting (ENDORSE) A multinational study of the risk of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients (2005-2007)
7.        Studying the Treatment of Acute Hypertension (STAT) (2007-2008)
8.        Studying the Treatment of Acute Hypertension in European Hospitals (Euro-STAT) (2008-2010)
9.        Global Longitudinal Registry of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW): A multinational study of practices in the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in women (2005-2013)

Additional information about these programs is available on the Internet at www.outcomes.org.

In 2011, Dr. Anderson was appointed Director of Research in the UMMS Department of Surgery and has worked in collaboration with Heena Santry to develop a Surgical Scholars Program to mentor surgical residents in developing clinical research skills.

Dr. Anderson has been an author on over 150 reports of original research published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as more than 20 book chapters.

Dr. Anderson received bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and experimental psychology (1971) from Tufts University and masters (1975) and doctoral (1984) degrees in biomedical engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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Item Type	Name
Academic Article	Anticoagulant therapy for deep vein thrombosis: its proper application.
Academic Article	A prospective study of the incidence of deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized children.
Academic Article	Hospital-based approach to the management of venous thromboembolism.
Academic Article	Physician practices in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis: the MassPRO DVT Study.
Academic Article	Prevention of venous thromboembolism.
Academic Article	The prevention of venous thromboembolism: a statewide evaluation of practices in Massachusetts.
Academic Article	Temporal trends in prevention of venous thromboembolism following primary total hip or knee arthroplasty 1996-2001: findings from the Hip and Knee Registry.
Academic Article	Key references: Age and the risk of venous thromboembolism.
Academic Article	Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Europe. The number of VTE events and associated morbidity and mortality.
Academic Article	Physician compliance with guidelines for deep-vein thrombosis prevention in total hip and knee arthroplasty.
Academic Article	Recent trends in clinical outcomes and resource utilization for pulmonary embolism in the United States: findings from the nationwide inpatient sample.
Academic Article	Prolonged prophylaxis in orthopedic surgery: insights from the United States.
Academic Article	Risk factors for venous thromboembolism.
Academic Article	Occult malignant neoplasm in patients with deep venous thrombosis.
Academic Article	Asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis in the trauma patient: is an aggressive screening protocol justified?
Academic Article	Diagnostic tests for deep vein thrombosis. Clinical usefulness depends on probability of disease.
Academic Article	The epidemiology of diagnosed pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis in the elderly.
Academic Article	A population-based perspective of the hospital incidence and case-fatality rates of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The Worcester DVT Study.
Academic Article	The Worcester Venous Thromboembolism study: a population-based study of the clinical epidemiology of venous thromboembolism.
Academic Article	Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients: findings from the International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism.
Academic Article	Estimated annual numbers of US acute-care hospital patients at risk for venous thromboembolism.
Academic Article	Venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients--are we doing enough to prevent it? Commentary to the ENDORSE trial.
Academic Article	Predictive and associative models to identify hospitalized medical patients at risk for VTE.
Academic Article	Suspected deep vein thrombosis. Management by impedance plethysmography.
Academic Article	Noninvasive detection of axillary and subclavian venous thrombosis by impedance plethysmography.
Academic Article	Diagnostic methods for deep vein thrombosis.
Concept	Venous Thrombosis
Concept	Thrombosis
Academic Article	Secular trends in occurrence of acute venous thromboembolism: the Worcester VTE study (1985-2009).
Academic Article	Declining Long-term Risk of Adverse Events after First-time Community-presenting Venous Thromboembolism: The Population-based Worcester VTE Study (1999 to 2009).
Academic Article	Diagnostic approaches for deep vein thrombosis.
Academic Article	Physician practices in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis: the masspro dvt study.

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