Dr Sanders was born in England and educated at Oxford University where he obtained a physiology degree. His medical and radiology training were at Oxford Clinical Medical school. In 1970 he went to Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore on a one-year instructorship. A diagnostic ultrasound system had been presented to Johns Hopkins and Dr Sanders was asked to start using the bistable ultrasound system, the only one in Maryland. Ultrasound seemed such an exciting area Dr Sanders decided to stay and by 1973 devoted himself full time to ultrasound. He rose through the ranks to become professor of radiology urology and obstetric and gynecology at Johns Hopkins and director of ultrasound. In 1990 he left Johns Hopkins and founded the Ultrasound Institute of Baltimore ‚ a private clinic that sees referral ultrasound cases. At the same time he became Clinical professor of radiology and obstetrics and gynecology at University of Maryland. He is currently Research professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He is involved in world health organization sponsored scheme run through Thomas Jefferson to set up ultrasound teaching centers throughout the world. He is a board certified radiologist and the author of 15 books on ultrasound and 150 peer reviewed articles and numerous chapters. Obstetrics, gynecology and renal ultrasound are areas of particular interest. Recent well received books include "Clinical Sonography, a practical guide" third edition and "Structural fetal abnormalities, the total picture".

Dr Sanders enjoys messing with computers,skiing, hiking and amateur geology.