W. Anderson Spickard Jr.

Anderson Spickard Jr., MD
December 8, 2021

Pioneer of substance abuse prevention and treatment Anderson Spickard Jr., MD, mourned

Vanderbilt’s Anderson Spickard Jr., MD, professor of Medicine Emeritus and director Emeritus, Center for Professional Health, died Dec. 8 He was 90.

By Kathy Whitney
Anderson Spickard Jr., MD, left, William Swiggart, MS, Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, and Ron Neufeld, BSW, LADAC, stand on the 11th floor of the Oxford House, where the Center for Professional Health was launched in 1987.
March 14, 2019

Center for Professional Health celebrates decades of hope, healing

Vanderbilt’s Center for Professional Health is one of the institution’s greatest “hidden gems” — but it’s a resource Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, hopes colleagues within the Medical Center will never need.

By Kelsey Herbers