Brett R. Anderson, MD MBA MS/POR, is a pediatric cardiologist and an NIH-funded outcomes researcher, who blends her medical, business, and statistical backgrounds to study quality and value associated with the management of pediatric heart disease. She has published multiple papers on the timing of surgical operations. Her current work focuses primarily on health equity and predictors of surgical quality and costs. She received her undergraduate degree Magna Cum Laude from Yale University. She then completed her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a Master's in Business Administration from The Wharton School, and a Master's in Patient Oriented Research/Biostatistics from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She completed her general pediatrics residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a fellowship in pediatric cardiology here at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, prior to joining our faculty as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC, in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology. She is board certified in both general pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. She is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health / National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (K23 HL133454).