Hand & Upper Extremities

Dr. Horton received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego in Cellular Biology and Biochemistry. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine and completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego. Dr. Horton completed a Fellowship in Hand Upper Extremity Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and is Board-Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Horton has a very distinguished military background that includes rising to the level of Commander in the United States Navy, Medical Corps as well as time spent at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Naval Medical Center-San Diego, Naval Medical Center-Portsmouth, Tripler Army Medical Center-Hawaii and the Combined Joint Task Force/Horn of Africa Expeditionary Medical Force 13 – Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. Dr. Horton enjoys treating injuries of the hand and upper extremities.