Dr. Andrews graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1963. He completed LSU School of Medicine in 1967 and completed his orthopaedic residency at Tulane Medical School in 1972. He had surgical fellowships in sports medicine at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine in 1972 with Dr. Frank McCue, III and at the University of Lyon, Lyon, France in 1972 with the late professor Albert Trillat, MD, who is known as the Father of European Knee Surgery.
He is Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, the University of Virginia, School of Medicine, the University of Kentucky Medical Center, and the University of South Carolina Medical School. He has been awarded a Doctor of Law degree from Livingston University and Doctor of Science degrees from Troy University and Louisiana State University.
Dr. Andrews currently serves as Medical Director for Intercollegiate Sports at Auburn University; Senior Orthopaedic Consultant at the University of Alabama; and orthopaedic consultant for the athletic teams at Troy University, University of West Alabama, Tuskegee University and Grambling University. Dr. Andrews serves on the Medical and Safety Advisory Committee of USA Baseball and on the Board of Little League Baseball, Inc.
Dr. Andrews is a senior consultant for the Washington Redskins; Medical Director for the Tampa Bay Rays; and team physician for the Birmingham Barons, (Double A Professional Baseball Team, of the Chicago White Sox.) Dr. Andrews is also the Medical Director of the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Dr. Andrews has garnered numerous other sports awards during his lifetime, including induction into the Alabama and Louisiana State Sports Hall of Fames and the LSU Alumni Hall of Distinction. In 2008, he received the LSU Cox Communication Academic Center for Student-
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