CDR Kristi R. Anderson, HRSA
CDR Kristi R. Anderson, MD, MPH, FACOG
Medical Officer
Maternal Child Health Bureau
Health Resources Services Administration
61 Forsyth St NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Kanderson1@hrsa.gov
Biographical Summary
CDR Kristi Anderson, MD, MPH, FACOG, is a Medical Officer in the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS), Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA). In this role, she provides clinical consultation and technical assistance on priority issues and special maternal health projects across the bureau, including advisory guidance for the Alliance in Innovation for Maternal Health (AIM) and Women’s Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI) grants. She also serves as the bureau’s federal liaison to the US Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF).
CDR Anderson began her career in the Indian Health Service (IHS) in 2013 as an OB/GYN providing comprehensive care to the American Indian/Alaska Native community at Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC) in Shiprock, NM and implementing interventions to build healthy lifestyle behaviors in pregnant women. She then served as the Chief Medical Officer for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health from 2017-2023 where her responsibilities stretched broadly across healthcare administration and research activities, including leading the development of operational policies and procedures that utilize research findings of the 9/11 attack-related health impacts to optimize the clinical outcomes, medical treatment, and overall well-being of WTC Health Program members.
CDR Anderson received her medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in 2009 and completed her OB/GYN residency at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) in 2013. Board certified in OB/GYN, she completed a second board certification in Preventive Medicine in 2020 through the CDC’s Population Health Training in Place Program/Preventive Medicine Residency. She continues to enjoy direct patient care as an Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA.