Herb von Schroeder

Phone

(437) 219-2552

Fax

(416) 603-5813

Affiliated Hospital(s)

Toronto Western Hospital (UHN)

Practice Location

399 Bathurst St., Hand Clinic, 2 East
Toronto, ON  M5T 2S8

Assistant

Liz Doherty

Biography

In 1982, Dr. von Schroeder completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours) followed by a MD in 1986, both at University of British Columbia. He has completed research fellowships at the University of California, San Diego and at the University of Toronto in skeletal and cell research. Dr. von Schroeder finished his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Toronto, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Canada) in September 1996.

In 1996 and 1997, Dr. von Schroeder completed two clinical fellowships, obtaining highly specialized training in hand, wrist and microsurgery. These fellowships were at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, and C.M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Louisville, KY.

Dr. von Schroeder is an Associate Professor in the Divisions of Plastic and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto. He is on staff at the Toronto Western Hospital and University Health Network. He is the Medical Director of the Hand and Wrist Program at Altum Health. Dr. von Schroeder is a Research Scientist at the Faculty of Dentistry where his major basic science research interest in bone and tendon biology.

Dr. von Schroeder’s clinical practice as a Hand Surgeon centers on the diseases and trauma that affect the hands. Carpal instability, avascular necrosis of bone and fracture non-unions are frequent conditions of the hand and a focus of his clinical research.

Areas of Specialty and Research Interests

Hand and Wrist Surgery

Dr. von Schroeder has particular clinical interest in the following types of surgical procedures:
• Reconstructive wrist surgery for carpal instability
• Scaphoid fracture surgery
• Scaphoid pseudarthrosis reconstruction
• Vascularized bone graft procedures in the wrist
• Wrist and small joint arthroplasty in the hand
• Wrist arthroscopy