Hello (again).
Tyler Douglas Anderson, MD, MPH
Father. Husband. Family Physician. Frequent Fool.
The story so far
At SMU I had trouble picking a major, so I picked four — political science, public policy, economics, and risk management — and minored in mathematics as a precaution. In retrospect, an early sign.
I spent the next seven years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the investment bank underwriting municipal bonds: water systems, school districts, highways, stadiums, airports, and hospitals. It was good work with good people, and somewhere along the line I noticed that my favorite part of every deal was the hours spent sitting across a table from another human being, figuring out what they actually needed. The spreadsheets, for their part, never asked how I was doing.
So I kept the day job and did pre-medical coursework on nights and weekends for about four years, then left finance for UT Southwestern, where I earned a Doctor of Medicine alongside a Master of Public Health. In 2024 I started family medicine residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, one of the most respected programs in the nation for our practice.
The doctoring
Family medicine is the specialty for people who refuse to pick just one thing, which — given the four majors — should surprise no one. I trained toward full-spectrum practice: clinic, hospital, procedures, kids, grandparents, and everything between.
Along the way I picked up convictions about food as medicine — in medical school I co-built a culinary medicine program with a community farm in Dallas, teaching hands-on cooking and nutrition — and a teaching habit I've never managed to shake, from adult high-school-equivalency classes to tutoring medical students for board exams. I think learning's fun, but gosh so is teaching.
The workshop
I've always had a hobby of programming things. At best I'm an amateur. Programming is both easier and more complex than it was when I started in 2006. Nevertheless, it remains a genuine pleasure to make something. I mostly build tools I wanted that didn't exist - made for myself, and occasionally set loose. Currently on the bench: a meal planner that takes most of the friction out of planning meals. When something in the workshop becomes useful to people who aren't me, it will appear here.
The rest
Away from the hospital I have a beautiful wife, a handsome son, two chaotic dogs, and two needy cats. I gardened as a hobby for about a decade (ask me about my tomatoes), but time proved too thin recently. I'd love to say that I run, bike, and cook and I do ... although infrequently. I hope to learn to play the piano at least adequately. And something I do quite well: lose video games with my friends on a regular schedule.
Reach me
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