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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hand & Wrist
- Shoulder & Elbow
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Giuseppe Sforza studied medicine at the University of Bari, Italy, 1986-92. After his surgical training, he continued his higher orthopaedic training at the same University. In 1999 he was appointed shoulder surgery fellow at the Reading Shoulder Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital under Stephen Copeland and Professor Ofer Levy.
In 2000 after completion of his fellowship, he returned to Italy and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Matera, Italy as head of the shoulder and elbow unit and from 2006 at Policlinico di Bari at the University Hospital. Since 2001 he has been visiting clinician and has attended regularly the prestigious "teach the teachers" elbow course at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA with Mr Shawn O’Driscoll and Mr Bernard Morrey. He achieved a master degree in Hand and Wrist Surgery at the University of Milan between 2013 and 2014.
In 2004 he joined the Reading Shoulder Unit, and he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Redditch, Worcester Acute NHS Trust in 2007. From 2015 to 2017, he has held a contract with the Royal Berkshire Hospital for upper limb surgery. He has moved to full private practice from 2016.
He has published scientific papers and chapters to books on Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and lectures on several topics: Shoulder and Elbow arthroscopy, arthroplasty, sports injury, post-operative rehabilitation, wrist pathologies.
Areas of interest
Shoulder injection, shoulder pain, shoulder torn tendon, frozen shoulder, capsular release, MUA, shoulder ultrasound, subacromial impingement, AC joint Injuries, shoulder sport injuries, fracture of shoulder, rotator cuff repair, ligament repair, Shoulder stabilization, shoulder arthritis, Arthroplasty primary and revision surgery. Elbow arthroscopy, tennis elbow, golfers elbow, elbow stabilization, Ulnar nerve decompression, elbow arthritis, elbow fracture. Wrist surgery, Wrist pain and osteoarthritis, Wrist Arthroscopy, Carpal tunnel, Trigger Finger, Dequervain syndrome, Dupuytren Disease, Hand surgery.
Medical secretaries
- Julian Atgodina
- Fortius Clinic 66 Wigmore Street London W1U 2SB
- 020 3929 1044
- 020 3195 2442
- sforza@fortiusclinic.com
- Tania Sandham
- Spire Dunedin Hospital 16 Bath Road Reading RG1 6NS
- 07488 384479
- tania@readingshoulderunit.com
- Tania Sandham
- Berkshire Independent Hospital Swallowscroft Wensley Road Reading RG1 6UZ
- 07488 384479
- tania@readingshoulderunit.com
- Tania Sandham
- Circle Hospital 100 Drake Way Reading RG2 0NE
- 07488 384479
- tania@readingshoulderunit.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Clare M Skinner
Fee Assured
- Dr Jonathan Williams
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Patrick C Dill-Russell
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Carl S Waldmann
Not Fee Assured
- Dr James Collie
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Eoin Sherry
Fee Assured
- Dr Douglas G Barker
Fee Assured
- Dr Khalil Ahmed
Fee Assured
- Dr William Whiteley
Fee Assured
- Dr Ian Rechner
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Desire Onwochei
Fee Assured
- Dr Richard Barnes
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Ritchie Sama
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - (>50)
Circle Reading Hospital (>50) Fortius Clinic London (5-50) Ramsay Berkshire Independent Hospital (5-50)
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W5722
Excision reconstruction of small joint - (5-50)
Circle Reading Hospital (5-50) Fortius Clinic London (1-5) Ramsay Berkshire Independent Hospital (1-5)
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T7982
Arthroscopic subacromial decompression and rotator cuff repair (including arthroscopic procedures in glenohumeral joint) - (5-50)
Ramsay Berkshire Independent Hospital (5-50) Fortius Clinic London (1-5) Circle Reading Hospital (5-50)
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A6510
Carpal tunnel release (open) - (5-50)
Ramsay Berkshire Independent Hospital (5-50) Circle Reading Hospital (5-50) Fortius Clinic London (1-5)
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T5900
Excision of ganglion - (5-50)
Circle Reading Hospital (5-50)
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