J Andrews, MD

Clinical Associate Professor
Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

valerie.andrews@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. Andrews grew up in Atlanta, GA where she attended the Westminister Schools and went on to Vanderbilt University. Dr. Andrews graduated AOA from Vanderbilt Medical School in 1982. She did her general surgery and surgical oncology training at The Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School. During her fellowship, she did basic science research in the roles of novel cytokines in the cytotoxic response to solid malignancy. She served for 3 years in the United States Air Force at Wilford Hall Medical Center where she led the Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic and was a P.I. on the Multi-Center Laparascopic Colectomy trial. Since settling in Dallas, she has been on staff at Baylor University Medical Center and now, UTSWMC faculty. She is an active member of the Society of Surgical Oncology and The American Society of Breast Surgeons. Her clinical and applied research interests are in the area of breast cancer prevention and surgical care. Dr. Andrews has been married for 23 years to Tom Andrews, a cardiologist at Baylor University Medical Center. They have 3 daughters and are active in their community of Lakewood & Park Cities Presbyterian Church.

Education

Research FellowHarvard Medical School, Surgical Oncology (1993)
ResidencyBrigham & Women's Hospital, General Surgery (1991)
InternshipBrigham & Women's Hospital, General Surgery (1987)
Medical SchoolVanderbilt University School of Medicine (1986)

Research Interests

Breast cancer prevention/management of the high risk patient.
Collaboration/contribution to large clinical trials investigating the surgical, chemotherapeutic and radiation treatment of breast cancer.
Refining/better defining the use of the sentinal lympnode procedure.

Publications

Featured
Immunomodulatory effects of IL-12 on human tumor infiltrating lymphocytes.

Andrews JVR, Bertagnolli MM, Schoof DD, Eberlein TJ. , Presented at the Cancer Forum, Society of Surgical Oncology meeting, New York, NY , March 1992;

Featured
Detection of CD4+Th2 Helper Cells in Solid Human Malignancies.

Andrews JVR, Terashima Y, Peoples GP, Richie JP, Eberlein TJ, Schoof DD. , Presented at the Society of University Surgeons meeting. , February 1993;

Featured
Breast cytology results from serial fine needle aspiration (FNA) in a high risk population.

Andrews V, O’Shaughnessy, Grant M, Kuhn J, Pippen J, Pratt K, Hopkins F, Duncan A, Ethington G, Zalles C, Fabian C. , ASCO , 2000;

Featured
Immunoregulatory Effects of Interleukin-12 on Human Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes.

Andrews JVR, Schoof DDS, Bertagnolli MM, Peoples GE, Goedegebuure PS, Eberlein TJ , Journal of Immunotherapy , 1993; (14):1-10

Featured
Secondary Cytokine Production by Lymphoid Cells Used in Immunotherapy.

Schoof DD, Hunt P, Obando JA, Cusack JC, Andrews JVR, Terashima Y, Eberlein TJ , Surgical Oncology , 1992; (1):163-172

The significance of micrometastasis in the sentinal lymph node for breast cancer.

Ganaraj A, Kuhn JA, Jones RC, Grant MD, Andrews VR, Knox SM, Livingston SA, McCarty TM , Society of Surgical Oncology , 2001;

T Cell Receptor Vß3+ and Vß6+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Recognize Tumor - Associated Antigens Related to HER2/neu Expression in HLA-A2+ Ovarian Cancers.

Peoples GE, Yoshino I, Douville CC, Andrews JVR, Goedegebuure PS, Eberlein TJ , Journal of Immunology , 1994; (152):4993-4999

HLA-A2 Presents Shared Tumor-Associated Antigens Derived from Endogenous Proteins in Ovarian Cancer.

Peoples GE, Goedegebuure PS, Andrews JVR, Schoof DD, Eberlein TJ , Journal of Immunology , 1993; (151):5481-5491

CD4+ T Cell Clones Isolated from Human Renal Cell Carcinoma Possess the Functional Characteristics of Th2 Helper Cells.

Schoof DD, Terashima Y, Peoples GE, Goedegebuure PG, Andrews JVR, Richie JP, Eberlein TJ , Cellular Immunology , 1993; (150):114-123

T Cell Recognition of Ovarian Cancer.

Peoples GE, Schoof DD, Andrews JVR, Goedegebuure PS, Ebelein TJ , Surgery , 1993; (114):227-234

Honors/Awards

H. William Scott Society Prize in Surgery

American Medical Women’s Association Scholastic Achievement Citation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Commencement (1986)

Alpha Omega Alpha

(1985)

Justin Potter Scholar

Vanderbilt Medical School (1982)

Merit Scholarship

West Point Class of 1959 Merit Scholarship (1982)

Harold Sterling Vanderbilt Scholar

Vanderbilt University (1978)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association of Women Surgeons

American Society of Breast Surgeons

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Society of Surgical Oncology

Southwest Oncology Group