Personal Profile
Mr Andrews trained in Urology and was a research fellow at the Middlesex/UCLH Hospital. Between 1998 and 2003, he was a specialist register at the Northeast Thames Region.
- The rotations centred around St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was chief registrar for 2 years.
- Mr Andrews trained mainly in stone surgery, (Kidney Stones) including PCNLs (percutaneous nephrolithotomy) and endourology and stone lasers.
After mandatory training years in Urology, Mr Andrews took further training in L’IMM – L’institut Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris as a laparoscopic and robotic fellow.
The work in France involved learning to use robots in the treatment of prostate cancer, and also laparoscopy (keyhole) in treating kidney diseases including cancer.
Since becoming a consultant at Milton Keynes General NHS Trust, Mr Andrews has set up several such services as relevant to his specialist training, including saturation biopsies of the prostate, laparoscopy (keyhole) for kidney diseases and stone surgery services. A dedicated stone clinic is now up and running.
Mr Andrews other responsibilities include:
- training and appraisal of junior doctors
- examiner to the intercollegiate college of surgeons for the clinical aspect of the MRCS – membership of the royal college of surgeons.
- Mr Andrews continues to develop these new services at MKGH, and provide similar services privately at The Saxon Clinic.