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Mr Alex Magnussen

Consultant Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon

MBBS, BSc (Hons), FRCS, (Tr&Orth)

Practises at: Syon Clinic

Mr Alex Magnussen

Professional Profile

Mr Magnussen is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at London North West University NHS Trust which includes Northwick Park, Central Middlesex, and Ealing Hospitals/ He has a sub-specialist practice in shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand conditions including broken bones, arthritis, and sports injuries. 

He received his medical degree from Imperial College London, qualifying with a Distinction in Clinical Practice. His specialist training was in the North-West Thames Rotation in London. 

He has completed several prestigious international fellowships. He was appointed Senior International Fellow at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney Australia, an Orthoplastics Hand Unit; an additional Upper Limb and Hand Fellowshop at Maquarie University, Sydney. As well as obtaining major and complex trauma upper limb experience at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. 

He has an active interest in research with multiple publications and has presented his work nationally and internationally. He holds professional memberships of the British Society of Surgery of the Hand and the British Elbow and Shoulder Society, ensuring he remains up to date with current advances in practice. He aims to achieve an evidence-based standard of excellence with all his patient care.

He actively engages in medical education, lecturing, and mentoring Imperial College Medical Students and North West Thames Specialist Orthopaedic Registrars. 

He prides himself on his approachability and reliability, both with his patients and his clinical colleagues and is proud to receive regular feedback supporting this. 

Clinical Interests

  • Hand and Wrist Surgery
  • Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
  • Sports Injuries of the Upper Limb
  • Arthritis of the Upper Limb
  • Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist

Professional Memberships

  • British Society for Surgery of the Hand 
  • British Shoulder and Elbow Society
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