Charles Christian ("Chris") Anderson, MD was born in Omaha, Nebraska and moved to Texas during his late childhood. He attended Texas A&M University where he received his B.A. in Biology. He then attended Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, receiving his M.D. in 1993. After completing a surgical internship in Houston, he spent a year on sabbatical, performing research in preclinical gene therapy studies and working in the emergency room. In that same year he married Dr. Seiko Miki, who he met in medical school.

In 1995 he started his Pediatrics training at Baylor College of Medicine affiliated hospitals, which he completed in 1998. He moved to Los Angeles and was trained in Pediatric Cardiology at the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA from 1998 to 2001. He then went on to further subspecialize in Pediatric Electrophysiology at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago from 2001 to 2002. Chris' clinical interests include arrhythmia management, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, congenital Long QT syndrome, and management of cardiomyopathy. Dr. Anderson is board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology. His extracurricular interests include skiing, hiking, mountain climbing, reading, movies, dining out, and spending time with his wife Seiko and children Alex and Luke.