Mark E. Anderson, MD

Back in 1996 I had major spinal surgery at Irvine Medical Center by Dr Mark Anderson. I did a lot of research on doctors before I had the surgery, 10 years. I was young and didn’t want to be subjected to limiting my active life style. Besides the fact that Dr Anderson was highly recommended I found him to be a no nonsense doctor. I knew that everything would be done to the best of his ability. I knew he would cover and he did cover all the huddles I would have to over come during my recovery, not just mine but my families. He went over long term situations that might come up as I go through the aging process. I’ve had no major problems and no long term pain. Most people can’t believe I’ve had spinal surgery and my scar was very clean and hardly noticeable. 25 years later I’m still not dealing with pain from that surgery. If your not going with Dr Anderson because he’s serious and at times doesn’t seem personable then you should reconsider because he is one of the best neurosurgeons in Southern California and I would and have recommended him. Thanks Dr Anderson for your years of dedication!

Doctor Anderson may not have the greatest bedside manners but he’s the best at what he does. I had two fractured vertebrae’s he fixed and every single doctor that’s looked at my X-Rays from my surgery back in 2008 can’t believe how straight and magnificent job he did. I was lucky my pain management doctor knew him because the waiting list was 3 yrs.. that says a lot about his skills as a surgeon in my book. He was a little intimidating at first but he was very professional. I understand many folks have bad experiences and a lot of doctors don’t know what they’re doing. It took me 13 doctors before I got to Doctor Anderson who looked at my MRI and gave me and answer in 5 min which no one else could do. My surgery was In 2008 and my neck is great to this day!

Dr. Anderson was my surgical neurologist for two surgeries I had. Both brain surgeries I felt in extremely competent hands. Dr. Anderson is a gifted doctor who made me feel extremely well cared for. I feel he made my recovery almost seamless. I went from being a bouncing 32 year old wife and mother of two to a brain surgery recipient and back in about 3 months time. I am a walking testimony of his excellence in surgical neurology if you ask me. ;) thank you good doctor. Thank you to his amazing staff/front office. I loved when I was recovering in the hospital how all of the nurses highly respected my doctor and came in to tell me how amazing he is. I'm thankful, very thankful, that I had the good fortune to have such a doctor aide me in my time of need. I had Arnold Chairi malformation and I also had a shunt placed for Hydrocephalus.