James R. Andrews MD

Dr. James R. Andrews is one of the founding members of Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also co- founder of the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) a non-profit institute dedicated to injury prevention, education and research in orthopedic and sports medicine. Dr. Andrews continues to serve as Chairman of the Board and Medical Director of ASMI. Dr. Andrews is also a founding partner and Medical Director of the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

He is President and Chairman of the Board of the Andrews Research and Education Foundation also dedicated to prevention, education and research at the Andrews Institute. He has mentored more than 314 orthopedic/sports medicine Fellows and more than 84 primary care sports medicine Fellows who have trained under him through these Sports Medicine Fellowship Programs. Children’s Health partnered with Dr. Andrews to create the Children’s Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, the first pediatric-focused orthopedic institute of its kind in North Texas.