Dr. Brian Anderson is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the Coalition for Health AI
(CHAI) where he leads a national coalition in the development of technical standards and best
practices for MLOps, including governance, testing, evaluation and monitoring in Health AI
Assurance Labs.
Prior to CHAI, Dr. Anderson was the Chief Digital Health Physician at MITRE where he led
research and development efforts across major strategic initiatives in Digital Health, including
partnering with the United States Government and private sector organizations. He was
responsible for leading MITRE’s efforts in Advancing Clinical Trials at the Point of Care
(ACT@POC), an effort that develops digital tools and approaches to support more diverse and
efficient pragmatic clinical trials in Cancer and other diseases. He was also the co-PI on
MITRE’s largest Health R&D effort in Oncology, supporting the Biden Administration’s Cancer
Moonshot efforts.
Dr. Anderson is an internationally recognized expert and author in digital health and Health AI;
he is regularly engaged as a speaker on digital health innovation, Health AI assurance and best
practices, health standards development, clinical decision support systems, and interoperability.
Prior to MITRE, Dr. Anderson led the Informatics and Network Medicine Division at
Athenahealth where he launched a new approach to clinical decision support leveraging
machine learning models. He has also served on several national health information technology
committees in partnership with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC).
Dr. Anderson trained at Massachusetts General Hospital and also practiced at Greater
Lawrence Family Health Center. He received his MD with honors from Harvard Medical School,
and a BA in Social Anthropology, cum laude from Harvard College. Currently he lives in the
greater Boston area, with his wife and 3 children.