Dr. Maxim Horwitz
Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
United Kingdom
Areas of expertise
- Congenital hand surgery
- Treatment of hands in people with cerebral palsy
- Hand and upper limb trauma including fractures and tendon injury
- Nerve surgery (including carpal tunnel syndrome)
- Dupuytren's contracture surgery
- Tendon injury and dysfunction (triggering)
- Arthritis of the hand and wrist
About the expert
Doctor Maxim Horwitz is currently a Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon in the Hand Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where he leads the Paediatric hand surgery service. He is also an Honorary Consultant for the Trauma Unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) Stanmore and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College London.
Dr Maxim was educated and trained in South Africa and London and was appointed Consultant Hand Surgeon in the Hand Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in 2012 where he was the clinical Lead for 3 years. Mr Horwitz's Orthopaedics and Trauma training was undertaken in London; he then travelled to a centre of global hand surgery excellence in Sydney, Australia as the Fellow of the British Society of Hand Surgery. His expertise reaches 25 years.
On returning to London Mr Horwitz undertook a fellowship in children’s hand conditions at the world renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. He also undertook an AO fellowship in Trauma in Salzburg, Austria. During these fellowships he received training in advanced techniques including, the management of complex hand and upper limb trauma, wrist and hand arthritis as well as the treatment of congenital hand deformity, complex nerve injuries and microsurgery.
He has been awarded the BSSH postgraduate diploma in hand surgery and is a full member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and the British Orthopaedic Association.
He has published many book chapters and scientific papers related to hand surgery and is a regular collaborator with the department Orthopaedic Biomechanics in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London.
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Honorary Consultant for the Major Trauma Unit
2019 - TodayRoyal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) Stanmore
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Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon
2012 - TodayChelsea and Westminster Hospital
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Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Imperial College London
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Honorary Consultant for the Major Trauma Unit
2011 - 2012St Mary's Hospital
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Team Doctor
2007 - 2011Arsenal Ladies Football Clu
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Diploma in Hand Surgery
The British Society for Surgery of the Hand, UK
2011
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Fellowship in Congenital and Children’s Hand
Great Ormond Street Hospital, Londo
2011
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AO fellowship in Trauma
Salzburg, Austria
2010
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Fellowship in Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Royal North Shore and Westmead Children’s Hospital Sydney
2009
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Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons in Trauma and Orthopedics
Royal College of Surgeons of England
2008
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British Society for Surgery of the Hand
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Paediatric Hand International society of Surgeons
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British Orthopaedic Association
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Royal College of Surgeons of England (-1)
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