Dr Claudia Maizen

Dr Claudia Maizen is a Senior Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust in London, UK. She is an internationally renowned expert in the treatment of DDH and hip ultrasound screening, as well as a founding member of the International Interdisciplinary Consensus Committee for DDH Evaluation (ICODE), chair of the education committee, part of the audit and research committee, and a member of the BSCOS DDH steering group.

Dr Maizen treats all paediatric orthopaedic conditions including paediatric trauma, paediatric hips, paediatric and adolescent foot and ankle problems, and neuromuscular conditions requiring orthopaedic input.

Dr Maizen was born in Austria and attended medical school at the Karl Franzens University Graz. She completed her orthopaedic training in Austria and moved to the UK for further training in paediatric orthopaedics and foot and ankle conditions. She was then appointed as consultant at the Royal London Hospital in 2010, where she is currently the clinical lead for the paediatric neuromuscular and DDH service.

In her academic career, she has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, is PI for numerous multicentre studies, and reviewer and subspecialty editor for peer-reviewed journals. She has a passion for medical education and is also faculty on international courses and course organiser of the Graf Hip Ultrasound courses in London.

Dr Maizen is also involved in humanitarian projects and contributes to providing orthopaedic care to children in Africa and Mongolia, where she is also involved in teaching local surgeons.