Dr Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson is from a small town in the Pennine area of Yorkshire. He is currently a surgeon for the NHS and spends his spare time working as an expedition doctor. He holds a diploma in altitude and travel medicine, and has been on expeditions to the mountainous areas of Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda, with further trips planed to Kenya, arctic Norway and the Italian Alps. He is an active fell runner, open-water > swimmer (brrrr) and holds a private pilots’ license. Ross has worked as an expedition doctor on numerous trips and has recently appeared on TV with Ben Fogle on Extreme Dreams.
We first met Ross when he came on the Mountain & Outdoor course as a course member. Since then Ross has helped to develop our Overseas Medical Intervention course which is now available.


