Dr. James F. Anderson earned his bachelor’s of science in biology from Christian Brothers College (now a university) in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1979. He then completed his Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree at Southern College of Optometry (SCO) in Memphis in 1984. He later received his Texas therapeutic optometry license in 1995 and obtained a TG certificate from the University of Houston College of Optometry in 2002, enabling him to treat and co-manage glaucoma in Texas.