Mr Maxim David Horwitz, Consultant Hand and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Personal treatment philosophy:
"I will always give you the best evidence based treatment and work with a brilliant team of therapists. "
Medical Qualifications
- MBChB University of Pretoria
- FRCS (Orth) Royal College of Surgeons
- Diploma Hand Surgery : British Society for Surgery of the Hand
Medical Experience
- Completed training in Orthopaedics and Trauma in London
- Travelled to a centre of global excellence in Sydney, Australia as the Pulvertaft Fellow of the British Society of Hand Surgery.
- Undertook a fellowship in children’s hand conditions at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London and AO fellowship in Trauma in Salzburg, Austria.
- Has been awarded the BSSH postgraduate diploma in hand surgery and is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association.
- Previously worked as a Consultant in the Major Trauma Centre at St Mary’s Hospital London and still consults to them regarding patients with Complex Injuries.
- Able to treat both adults and children and currently works as a Consultant Hand Surgeon in the Hand Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
- Treats privately at the Cromwell Hospital and the Wellington Hospital, London.
Area(s) of speciality / particular clinical interests
- Hand and upper limb trauma including fractures and tendon injury.
- Arthritis of the hand and wrist including ganglion management.
- Joint reconstruction, replacement and fusion Sports injuries.
- Tendon injury and dysfunction (triggering), Nerve surgery (including carpal tunnel syndrome), Congenital hand surgery, Dupuytren's surgery as well as medical/injection treatment of Dupuytrens disease (Xiapex) .
- The treatment of hands in people with cereberal palsy, brain and spinal cord injury