Mr James Horwood
Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal and General Surgeon
MB BS, FRCS, Msc, Dip Med ed
Specialises in
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I graduated from University College Hospital, London and subsequently undertook surgical training in South West England, Southampton, Edinburgh, Wales and Australia. I obtained sub specialty training in colorectal surgery from Cardiff and was appointed as the overseas minimally invasive colorectal fellow at the Royal Brisbane Hospital Queensland in 2012-13. I have been a consultant colorectal surgeon at University Hospital of Wales since 2013. I hold a postgraduate qualification in medical education and enjoy training junior doctors in the art of surgery and encouraging and developing technological surgical advances.
My clinical interests are in all aspects of coloproctology, minimal access surgery, surgery for colorectal cancer, diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel diseases.
I am clinical lecturer to Cardiff University School of Medicine.
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr James Horwood at Spire include:
General surgery
Other treatments
Spire Cardiff Hospital is only able to provide Covid-19 tests to patients undergoing surgery at our hospital. Covid-19 testing or antibody tests are not available as a standalone service.
MB BS / University College Hospital, London / 2003
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
FRCS / Royal College of Surgeons of England / 2010
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of England
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Clinical Lecturer, University of Cardiff School of Medicine.
I enjoy mountaineering, having acted as an expedition doctor on three summit trips to Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. I live in Cardiff with my wife and enjoy the fantastic quality of life in South Wales.
Telephone | 029 2073 6011 |