Larry Anderson Jr., M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of the Division of Hematology and Oncology.

A native of Hearn, Texas, Dr. Anderson received his undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences with honors from Texas A&M University in College Station, where he graduated magna cum laude. He earned his medical degree and a doctorate in immunology at The University of Texas-Houston and the UT-Houton Health Science Center. He completed internal medicine residency training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He then completed advanced training through a fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Washington Medical Center and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, where he also served as a research associate.