Professional Credentials

• 1974-1987 Emergency Medical Technician and Ambulance Driver
• 1974-1979 Student Athletic Trainer for the University of Alabama Athletic Department
• Member of the 1978 National Championship football team for The University of Alabama as the head student trainer.
• Interim Athletic Trainer Samford University while attending Dental School
• Interim Athletic Trainer Briarwood High School while attending Dental School
• 1980-1984 Dental Laboratory Technician for the Chairman of Prosthodontics at The University of Alabama School of Dentistry
• 1982-1984 summer months employed by the Oral Surgery Department at UA School of Dentistry
• Member of American Dental Association
• Member Alabama Dental Association
• Member Birmingham District Dental Society
• Member of the Academy of General Dentistry
• Member Academy of Laser Dentistry
• Member Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation
• Member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
• Member of the Academy of Sports Dentistry
• Member L.D. Pankey Institute alumni association
• Member of The Crown Council.
• Branemark implant Certified among many others
• Associate Clinical Professor of Dentistry at The University of Alabama School of Dentistry in Birmingham Alabama 1986-1989
• Past member of the Peer review committee Birmingham District Dental Society
• Lectures Nationally and Internationally on Preventive, Cosmetic, Restorative, and Sports Dentistry as well as the use of Lasers in Dentistry
• Dr. Sanderson has written a number of articles for Dental Journals which help dentists understand the profound changes that Lasers can have on the practice of dentistry
• Past member of the Drug Task Force City of Vestavia Hills school system 1994-1997
• Past Chair of Administrative Board Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church
• Past Lay Leader Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church
• 1998 Member Restructure committee for The United Methodist Church
• Past member of the Alabama Emmaus Board of Directors
• Past Member Alabama Young Adult Chrysalis Board of Directors
• Member of the Birmingham Chapter FCA Board of Directors
• University of Alabama Athletic Department A-Club member
• Teaches small men's growth groups at The Church @ Brook Hills in Birmingham
• Director of Dental Services for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games
• 1998-2000 Member Greystone Residential Advisory Committee
• 1998-2000 Member Greystone Golf Club House Committee
• Founding member of Private Care Study Club of Alabama
• Dr. Sanderson is a Regional and International Consultant for the Dental Health Directory and Library. He routinely participates in the Ask The Dentist Forum providing answers and suggestions to perplexing dental needs
• Has most recently come back from his 2nd trip to Romania where he directed the set up of a dental office there that treats the poorest of the poor of Romania on a daily basis now. This was in partnership with the Richard Wurmbrand foundation in Romania and The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham

Education

• 1970-1974 Shades Valley High School - Advanced Academic Degree
• 1974-1976 UAB RTI Emergency Medical Technician degree. License obtained in the state of Alabama
• 1974-1979 Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Biology University of Alabama
• 1980-1984 University of Alabama School of Dentistry
• 1984 won the Joseph P. Lazensky Award in Oral Surgery
• 1984 won the Dentsply International Crown and Bridge Award
• Continuing education consists of 1000 + hours in relation to many different aspects of cosmetic and implant restorative dentistry as well as head and neck pain evaluation and management Practice
• Dr. Sanderson maintains a full time private practice in Birmingham Alabama now in his 19th year
• Dr. Sanderson was one of the first Dentists in Alabama to fully incorporate 3 different Lasers into his Dental Practice That has completely changed the way he is able to practice dentistry. Lasers are very precise and they many times allow dentistry to be performed without the need for anesthesia. (Or shots)