Ochsner Health and orthopedic surgeon James R. Andrews, MD announced a five-year partnership to create The Ochsner Andrews Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Institute. Building upon Ochsner’s sports medicine and orthopedic programs, Andrews will bring his expertise, research, and education platform, newly launched as Andrews Medicine.
The Ochsner Andrews Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Institute will work in consultation with Andrews to expand Ochsner’s accredited orthopedic sports medicine fellowship program and to enhance Ochsner’s physical therapy and sports performance protocols and offerings. Ochsner is home to three Andrews Institute fellowship-trained physicians: Nicholas Goyeneche, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist; Benjamin Guevara, MD, orthopedic surgeon and Ppysician Vice-lead, North Shore Region Orthopedics; and Karim Meijer, MD, orthopedic surgeon and head team physician for the New Orleans Saints.
Andrews is a founding member of the Andrews Institute, a trademark of Andrews Medicine, LLC, in Pensacola, Fla., and a co-founder of the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala., the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, and the Andrews Research and Education Foundation in Pensacola. He has mentored more than 650 orthopedic sports medicine fellows and more than 80 primary care sports medicine fellows during his career. Andrews earned a medical degree from LSU School of Medicine and completed a residency at Tulane Medical School. He completed fellowships in knee surgery and sports medicine at the University of Virginia and the University of Lyon in France.
“Throughout my career in healthcare, I’ve always admired Dr. Alton Ochsner and the organization he’s built for their commitment to excellence in healthcare,” said Andrews. “There are a lot of unique reasons for this partnership. However, the most important reason is the impact we can have on the lives of our patients in my home state. Combining the Ochsner and Andrews commitment to excellence in clinical care, the prevention of injury and disease, and the ongoing drive to innovate and discover new treatments and best practices is an exciting opportunity for all of us, especially the patients we will serve in the Gulf South Region and beyond.”