Podcasts:
Authored Articles:
- Hip Arthroscopy: Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Hip
- Homes for the Troops: Building Homes for Our Injured Veterans
- Osgood Schlatter Syndrome - How to Manage Pain in the Growing Knee
- Ultrasound In Orthopedics: Using Technology to Help Patients
Get to know Dr. Andersen
Dr. Andersen is a Second Degree Black Belt in Shorin Ryu Karate and an Army Ranger.
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