Education and Background

Dr. Andersen has been practicing urology in Chester County since 1994.

He graduated cum laude from Vassar College where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society, and the Hobart Amory Hare honor medical society. While there he received the Merck clinical award in surgery and the E. Harold Hinman Prize in family medicine. He completed his residency in urology at the University of Virginia.

He has a special interest in prostate cancer diagnosis and management. He performs robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostate surgery along newer diagnostic procedures including transperineal prostate biopsies and MRI fusion guided prostate biopsies.

Specialties

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
• Bladder cancer
• Genitourinary symptoms
• Kidney stones
• MRI fusion-guided biopsy
• Prostate cancer
• Robotic prostatectomy
• Testicular cancer
• Transperineal prostate biopsy
• Urinary tract infections
• Vasectomy

Certifications, Memberships, Accomplishments

Dr. Andersen is certified by the American Board of Urology. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, American Urological Association, American Medical Association, and the Pennsylvania Medical Society. Dr. Andersen has been recognized as a “Top Doc” by Main Line Magazine and Philadelphia Magazine.