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Blake Anderson

  • SOM: Medicine: Primary Care
    Assistant Professor
  • (404) 778-2700
  • blake.john.anderson@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Anderson is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine. He is a faculty member of the Emory Clinical Informatics Fellowship. He is the founder and CEO of a healthcare technology company called Switchboard, MD that seeks to reduce inefficiencies in the operational aspects of healthcare.

Leadership: Dr. Anderson was the Chief Health Informatics Officer at the Atlanta VA Medical Center from 2021-2024 and served as Senior Medical Advisor to the VHA Office of Integrated Veteran Care from 8/2023-5/2024.

Training: Dr. Anderson received his MD from Emory University Medical School (2011). Dr. Anderson completed internal medicine residency followed by Chief Resident for Quality and Patient Safety at Emory University before joining in 2016 as a full-time faculty member.

Research: Dr. Andersons research program focuses on optimizing the intersection between data and computer systems and clinicians. He has a particular focus on natural language processing and predictive models. He has funding from HHS and AHRQ.

Patient care: Dr. Anderson practices at the Emory at Peachtree Hills Clinic. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Emory University School of Medicine

Research

Publications

  • Measurement of circulating viral antigens post-SARS-CoV-2 infection in a multicohort study.
    Clin Microbiol Infect Volume: 30 Page(s): 1599 - 1605
    12/01/2024 Authors: Swank Z; Borberg E; Chen Y; Senussi Y; Chalise S; Manickas-Hill Z; Yu XG; Li JZ; Alter G; Henrich TJ
  • Favorable Antiviral Effect of Metformin on SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of COVID-19.
    Clin Infect Dis Volume: 79 Page(s): 354 - 363
    08/16/2024 Authors: Bramante CT; Beckman KB; Mehta T; Karger AB; Odde DJ; Tignanelli CJ; Buse JB; Johnson DM; Watson RHB; Daniel JJ
  • N-glycosylation of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein at Asn331 and Asn343 is involved in spike-ACE2 binding, virus entry, and regulation of IL-6.
    Microbiol Immunol Volume: 68 Page(s): 165 - 178
    05/01/2024 Authors: Das T; Luo S; Tang H; Fang J; Mao Y; Yen H-H; Dash S; Shajahan A; Pepi L; Huang S
  • Graph theoretic visualization of patient and health worker messaging in the EHR.
    Front Artif Intell Volume: 7 Page(s): 1422208
    01/01/2024 Authors: Zia Ul Haq M; Hornback A; Harzand A; Gutman DA; Gallaher B; Schoenberg ED; Zhu Y; Wang MD; Anderson B
  • Early and fair COVID-19 outcome risk assessment using robust feature selection.
    Sci Rep Volume: 13 Page(s): 18981
    11/03/2023 Authors: Giuste FO; He L; Lais P; Shi W; Zhu Y; Hornback A; Tsai C; Isgut M; Anderson B; Wang MD
  • Outpatient treatment of COVID-19 and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition over 10 months (COVID-OUT): a multicentre, randomised, quadruple-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 trial.
    Lancet Infect Dis Volume: 23 Page(s): 1119 - 1129
    10/01/2023 Authors: Bramante CT; Buse JB; Liebovitz DM; Nicklas JM; Puskarich MA; Cohen K; Belani HK; Anderson BJ; Huling JD; Tignanelli CJ
  • Use of Natural Language Processing of Patient-Initiated Electronic Health Record Messages to Identify Patients With COVID-19 Infection.
    JAMA Netw Open Volume: 6 Page(s): e2322299
    07/03/2023 Authors: Mermin-Bunnell K; Zhu Y; Hornback A; Damhorst G; Walker T; Robichaux C; Mathew L; Jaquemet N; Peters K; Johnson TM
  • Metformin reduces SARS-CoV-2 in a Phase 3 Randomized Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial.
    medRxiv
    06/07/2023 Authors: Bramante CT; Beckman KB; Mehta T; Karger AB; Odde DJ; Tignanelli CJ; Buse JB; Johnson DM; Watson RHB; Daniel JJ
  • Strategies used for the COVID-OUT decentralized trial of outpatient treatment of SARS-CoV-2.
    J Clin Transl Sci Volume: 7 Page(s): e242
    01/01/2023 Authors: Avula N; Kakach D; Tignanelli CJ; Liebovitz DM; Nicklas JM; Cohen K; Puskarich MA; Belani HK; Buse JB; Klatt NR
  • Outpatient treatment of Covid-19 with metformin, ivermectin, and fluvoxamine and the development of Long Covid over 10-month follow-up.
    medRxiv
    12/23/2022 Authors: Bramante CT; Buse JB; Liebovitz D; Nicklas J; Puskarich MA; Cohen K; Belani H; Anderson B; Huling JD; Tignanelli C
  • Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 387 Page(s): 599 - 610
    08/18/2022 Authors: Bramante CT; Huling JD; Tignanelli CJ; Buse JB; Liebovitz DM; Nicklas JM; Cohen K; Puskarich MA; Belani HK; Proper JL
  • Associations between remote patient monitoring programme responsiveness and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19.
    BMJ Open Qual Volume: 10
    09/01/2021 Authors: Steinberg R; Anderson B; Hu Z; Johnson TM; O'Keefe JB; Plantinga LC; Kamaleswaran R; Anderson B
  • Effect of Monoclonal Antibody Treatment on Clinical Outcomes in Ambulatory Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019.
    Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 8 Page(s): ofab315
    07/01/2021 Authors: Anderson B; Smith Z; Edupuganti S; Yan X; Masi CM; Wu HM
  • Adverse Outcomes Associated With Inpatient Administration of Beers List Medications Following Total Knee Replacement.
    Clin Ther Volume: 42 Page(s): 592 - 604.e1
    04/01/2020 Authors: Anderson BJ; Liu M; Cui X; Stevens M; Arensman MA
  • Improving follow up after reported falls in the ambulatory setting
    Volume: 66 Page(s): S49 - S50
    04/01/2018 Authors: Narukonda S; Anderson B; Mirk A
  • Improving Timeliness of Discharge Summaries at an Academic Affiliated Veterans Administration Hospital.
    Am J Med Qual Volume: 32 Page(s): 218
    01/01/2017 Authors: Anderson BJ; Johnson-Martinez K; Flink B; Gandhi J; Tomolo A
  • DETECTION OF SEVERE SEPSIS IN THE PRE-HOSPITAL SETTING: HOW ARE WE DOING?
    CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Volume: 42
    12/01/2014 Authors: Polito C; Isakov A; Yancey A; Martin G; Wilson D; Anderson B; Bloom I; Sevransky J
  • PRE-HOSPITAL IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS: DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL PREDICTION SCORE
    CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Volume: 42
    12/01/2014 Authors: Polito C; Isakov A; Yancey A; Martin G; Wilson D; Anderson B; Bloom I; Sevransky J
  • Patient factors associated with identification of sepsis in the ED.
    Am J Emerg Med Volume: 32 Page(s): 1280 - 1281
    10/01/2014 Authors: Wilson DK; Polito CC; Haber MJ; Yancey A; Martin GS; Isakov A; Anderson BJ; Kundel V; Sevransky JE
  • Brachial plexus injury: a descriptive study of American football.
    J Surg Orthop Adv Volume: 23 Page(s): 90 - 97
    01/01/2014 Authors: Starr HM; Anderson B; Courson R; Seiler JG
  • Inpatient enoxaparin and outpatient aspirin chemoprophylaxis regimen after primary hip and knee arthroplasty: a preliminary study.
    J Arthroplasty Volume: 27 Page(s): 1594 - 1598
    10/01/2012 Authors: Hamilton SC; Whang WW; Anderson BJ; Bradbury TL; Erens GA; Roberson JR
  • Studying visual behaviors from multiple eye tracking features across levels of information representation.
    AMIA Annu Symp Proc Volume: 2011 Page(s): 72 - 79
    01/01/2011 Authors: Anderson B; Shyu C-R
  • Flexor tendon reconstruction.
    J Hand Surg Am Volume: 35 Page(s): 1025 - 1030
    06/01/2010 Authors: Moore T; Anderson B; Seiler JG
  • Bioconjugated nanoparticle detection of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
    Int J Nanomedicine Volume: 2 Page(s): 117 - 124
    01/01/2007 Authors: Tripp RA; Alvarez R; Anderson B; Jones L; Weeks C; Chen W
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