Rebecca K. Anderson, Ph.D. was appointed Assistant Director of the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System on April 24, 2022.  Prior to this appointment, she served as the Assistant Chief Engineer at the Bay Pines VA Health Care System.  She began her career in 2007 at the VA North Texas Health Care System in Dallas, TX as the Chief Biomedical Engineer and transferred to the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System as the Chief Engineer in 2017. 

A native of Florida, she earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Florida and B.S. degrees in Biology and Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida.  She is a graduate of the VISN 17 Leadership Development Institute (LDI) and a graduate of the Health Care Leadership Development Program (HCLDP).  She is a member of the American College of Health Care Executives