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Christopher L. Forthman, M.D.

Fellowship-Trained, Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon
Certificate of Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery

Christopher L. Forthman, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a certificate of added qualifications in hand surgery. Dr. Forthman earned his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He completed his general surgery internship at Massachusetts General Hospital and his orthopedic surgery residency at Harvard, where he served as a chief resident with an emphasis on complex shoulder, hand, and elbow surgery.

Dr. Forthman performed a hand and upper extremity fellowship at the Raymond M. Curtis National Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He has received numerous professional awards and honors, including:

  • The Leonard Marmor Award for Highest In-Training Scores in the Harvard Orthopedic Program
  • Outstanding Research in Orthopaedic Surgery by the International Board of Shoulder Surgery, Washington, DC
  • Baylor Outstanding Achievement in Orthopaedic Research
  • Michael E. DeBakey Scholar Award

Dr. Forthman serves on clinical operations, emergency services, and research committees at Curtis National Hand Center. He hosts a weekly indications conference with orthopedic and plastic surgeons to review the management of complex upper extremity disorders.

Dr. Forthman has authored various book chapters and his many research studies are published in prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals. He presents locally and nationally on problems of the shoulder, hand and elbow.

Dr. Forthman is distinguished as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and as an active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. He is also a member of the Maryland Orthopaedic Association.

Dr. Forthman speaks English and Spanish. He provides care at the following Greater Chesapeake Hand to Shoulder locations in Maryland:

  • LUTHERVILLE – Main office
  • WESTMINSTER
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LUTHERVILLE (Main office)
1400 Front Avenue, Suite 100
Lutherville, MD 21093

BEL AIR Office
12 MedStar Blvd., Suite 300
Bel Air, MD 21015

CLARKSVILLE Office
6100 Day Long Lane, Suite 203
Clarksville, MD 21029

ELDERSBURG Office
1380 Progress Way, Suite 103
Eldersburg, MD 21784

PASADENA Office
8028 Ritchie Highway, Suite 207
Pasadena, MD 21122

WESTMINSTER Office
844 Washington Road, Suite 102
Westminster, MD 21157

BALTIMORE Office
3333 N. Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

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Greater Chesapeake Hand to Shoulder has 7 locations throughout Maryland offering advanced upper extremity orthopedic care for conditions and injuries of the shoulder, arm, wrist, elbow, hand and fingers. Our orthopedic surgeons and plastic surgeons possess the sub-specialty as hand surgeons providing treatment for shoulder pain, arm pain, wrist pain, elbow pain, hand pain, sports injuries, work related injury, arthritis, hand nerve injury repair, carpal tunnel syndrome, bite injuries, wrist fractures (broken wrist), tennis elbow- lateral epicondylitis, pediatric orthopedics. Our hand surgeons also offer arthroscopy, joint replacement, on-site x-ray and are expert witnesses for court cases.

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