Erik Sorem Anderson MD

Erik Sorem Anderson is an attending physician of the Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) at Alameda Health System and works clinically at Highland Hospital and San Leandro Hospital. He also works in the Substance Use Disorder Clinic at Highland Hospital. After receiving an MD from the University of Minnesota, he trained in emergency medicine at Highland Hospital and did a fellowship at Stanford University in Population Health and Social Emergency Medicine. Following residency, he worked for the Indian Health Service in Shiprock, New Mexico, and acted as the Chief of Emergency Medicine and Trauma Medical Director. Now back at Alameda Health System, he runs the HIV/HCV screening program at San Leandro Hospital and works with the Substance Use Disorder program. He is actively engaged with public health research and the intersection of the emergency department, substance use disorders, and blood-borne viral infections.