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Mr Mark Crowther
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
MBBS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Tr & Orth)
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I was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at North Bristol NHS Trust in 2005 with an elective and trauma practice sub-specialising in shoulder surgery.
Since September 2023, I have been the lead consultant for elective orthopaedics at North Bristol NHS Trust.
My undergraduate medical training was undertaken at St Mary's Hospital (Imperial College) in London (1988-1993). I spent six months as a World Orthopaedic Concern volunteer in rural South Africa during 1997-8 before undertaking higher surgical training on the South West (North) rotation based in Bristol (1999-2005). My advanced surgical fellowship training for 1 year (2004) was at the Melbourne Shoulder and Elbow Clinic in Australia and the Cape Shoulder Institute in Cape Town, South Africa.
In 2006, I was awarded the Postgraduate Certificate of Medical Education from the University of Bristol and in 2008 became the postgraduate tutor for orthopaedic registrar teaching. For over 5 years from 2012, I was the Training Programme Director for the 60 strong registrar training rotation for the Severn Deanery of Health Education England South West. Between 2015-2022, I was a member of the Selection Design Group for national recruitment of orthopaedic registrars chairing the group for the last 3 years. Between 2012 and 2019, I chaired the South West and South Wales Shoulder & Elbow Group for case discussions and peer review. In 2017 I was appointed to the Specialty Advisory Committee for Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery acting as the liaison member for the Republic of Ireland until 2022.
I am involved in regular audit and quality improvement projects as well as a variety of research projects leading to publication.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Mark Crowther at Spire include:
Orthopaedics - elbow and shoulder
- Rotator cuff repair
- Shoulder arthroscopy
- Shoulder replacement surgery
Orthopaedics
Other treatments
- Elbow surgery
- Shoulder surgery
- Sports injury
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Shoulder surgery
Sports injury
Special clinical interests: Painful shoulder, shoulder arthroscopy, shoulder stabilisation surgery, shoulder replacement surgery and acromioclavicular joint reconstruction.
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / University Of London / 1993
Bachelor of Surgery
FRCS (Eng) / England / 1997
Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
FRCS (Tr & Orth) / England / 2003
Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
PGCME / University Of Bristol / 2006
Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education
Professional memberships
British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS)
British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
Current NHS posts
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, North Bristol NHS Trust (Southmead Hospital).
Personal profile
I am married with 3 teenage children and live in Bristol. I have played many years of team sport including several seasons of local league rugby for North Bristol RFC where I was player of the season 1999-2000. Currently I play cricket for Stoke Bishop CC and am part of the juniors coaching team. I also swim, ski and play tennis, Padel and golf as time allows.
Contact information
| Website | https://markcrowthershoulders.co.uk / https://www.soc-bristol.co.uk |
| Private secretary | Lucy Hamblin |
| Private secretary telephone | 0117 317 1790 |
| Private secretary email | markcrowther.secretary@soc-bristol.co.uk |