Christian T. Andersen, MD

Specialties:

• Sports Medicine
• Prolotherapy
• Regenerative Medicine
• Orthobiologics
• Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP)
• Diagnostic ultrasound
• Nerve hydrodissection

Conditions Treated:

• Rotator Cuff Tears, Instability, AC Separations, Impingement, Arthritis, Labral tears
• Hip pain, Psoas tendinitis, Refractory Trochanteric Bursitis, Piriformis syndrome
• ACL tears, Meniscus tears, Patellar Dislocations, Osgood-Schlatter's
• Ankle Instability, Tibialis posterior dysfunction, Peroneal tendinitis, Achilles tendinitis, Plantar fasciitis
• Tennis Elbow, Golfer's Elbow, Arthritis

Medical Training/Experience:

• Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
• RMSK  credentialing in musculoskeletal ultrasound
• Certification from AIUM in diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound guided injection
• Medical Training at University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Completed Residency at the Letterman Army Medical Center
• One year of Pediatric Orthopedics at St Louis Shriner's Hospital
• Chief of Sports Medicine Division Landstuhl Regional Army Medical Center
• Rapid Response Team USArmy Germany - Armenian Earthquake, Ramstein Air Crash and others
• Team Physician US Ski Team 1987 - 1990
• Team Physician Saugus High School 1993 - 1995
• Chief of Orthopedics Department at DeWitt Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Chief of Orthopedics Department at Cutler Army Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
• Chief of Orthopedics Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Medford, Massachusetts
• Orthopedic Surgeon in US Army during the first Gulf War; Meritorious Service Medal and Dedication Award
• Graduate of Ripon College

Hospital Affiliations:

• Melrose Wakefield Hospital
• Lawrence Memorial Hospital
• Winchester Hospital
• Winchester ASC
• Shields Surgery Center, Medford