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 where he is the clinical lead for paediatrics. Mr Horwitz’s Orthopaedics and Trauma training was undertaken in London; he then travelled 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 (BSSH) and the British Orthopaedic Association and is a previous member of the the BSSH Council and currently sits on the research committee. He has published many book chapters and scientific papers related to hand surgery (see CV below this link). He is married and has 2 boys and a dog. When not working he enjoys keeping fit, hiking, amateur photography, supporting Saracens and South Africa rugby teams and sunny holidays with his family.
Maxim Horwitz works with top teams and athletes to help recover from injury and return to peak performance as soon as possible – from Olympic athletes to Premiership footballers, International cricketers, boxers, rugby players and many others. He also works with many professional musicians.
All private clinics are run in association with other specialists – Hand Therapists, Neurophysiologists, Radiologists, Rheumatologists, Anaesthetists, and fellow Surgeons – to ensure that patients have the best and broadest expertise available to help them.