Maxim D. Horwitz - Consultant Hand & Orthopaedic Surgeon
About Maxim D. Horwitz - Consultant Hand & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Maxim Horwitz is a Consultant Hand & Orthopaedic Surgeon at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. He consults privately in London for both adults + children.
Maxim D. Horwitz - Consultant Hand & Orthopaedic Surgeon Description
Mr Maxim Horwitz is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with subspecialty fellowship training in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery. He has a sub specialty in paediatric (babies to teenagers) hand surgery and treats congenital and neuromuscular conditions - one of only a few surgeons in London with this focus.
Mr Horwitz works in the London Hand and Wrist Unit and the Cromwell Hospital where his practice focuses hand and upper limb trauma management, tendon injury, carpal tunnel surgery, fracture fixation as well as the very latest techniques Xiapex for Dupuytren's Disease.
Other doctors in south east England frequently refer him patients to correct complications from failed surgeries.
Mr Horwitz was born in 1976 in Johannesburg. He 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.
Mr Horwitz's Orthopaedics and Trauma training was undertaken in London; he then traveled to a centre of global excellence in Sydney, Australia as the Pulvertaft Fellow of the British Society of Hand Surgery. On returning to London he 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
He is married and has 2 boys and a dog. When not working he enjoys keeping fit and hiking amateur photography, supporting Saracens and South Africa rugby teams and sunny holidays with his family.
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Another great talk from @tedwelman combining his passion for rowing 🚣♂️ with clinical research on triggering
8 weeks after Screw Fixation intercondylar PIP fracture. This Professional Ballet Dancer is ready to return to the stage ( video consented) Well done therapy team and a hard working patient
Dog owners be careful https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-4838257 0
Hands sore hands ? Use a garden tool with a ratchet. Follow me all week for Garden related tips ❤️the Chelsea Flower show
Coolest splint ever. This kid arrived with a broken wrist and left with an Infinity Gauntlet
WalantSurgery , BSSHand today we made a stiff finger bend, all with the patient awake listening to her choice of @IronMaiden , pain free and watching her finger move. Images with consent
Listen to your Hand Therapist @BAHTHandtherapy @IFSHandTherapy @HandSociety @BSSHand
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#HandSurgery I met recently with international colleagues dedicated to the care of people with Spasticity of the upper limb, great learning and comaraderie https://twitter.com/maximhorwitz/status/1 114537223360327680
lets avoid those opiates and here is the #evidence https://twitter.com/JHandSurg/status/1124 006638149496832
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This is my patient 10 weeks after Fixation complex wrist fracture. Amazing patient and therapists @BSSHand @HandSociety @BAHTHandtherapy (Video consented)
This is my patient 10 weeks after Fixation complex wrist fracture. Amazing patient and therapists @BSSHand @HandSociety @BAHTHandtherapy (Video consented)
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Inspiring https://twitter.com/Thecookingdoc/status/ 1124414092381511681
Even though its only March, I'm already looking forward to the summer http://www.healthmonitor.com/…/have-you r-healthiest-summer-…
Part of my weekly routine includes the plank http://www.healthmonitor.com/…/w…/str engthen-your-core-plank