Mark Farndon is an experienced Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon and lower limb specialist.

He was appointed as a consultant in 2010, has a busy NHS practice in Harrogate, has previously been both the Governance Lead and Clinical Lead for Trauma & Orthopaedics at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. He represented Harrogate on the Regional Surgical Training Committe for 10 years and is currently the Clinical Chair of The Duchy Hospital in Harrogate where he also leads the Medical Advisory Committee.

Mark undertook 2 specialist fellowships in both foot & ankle surgery and knee surgery during his training.

Mark specialises in all aspects of foot & ankle surgery – Sports injuries / Ankle joint replacement & 1st MTP joint Arthroplasty / Deformity correction / Arthroscopy & treatment of cartilage problems / Minimally invasive surgery / Arthrodesis & fusion surgery / Ligament & tendon repair / Nerve problems & neuroma treatment / Stress fractures / Revision surgery.

He has a secondary specialism in knee surgery – treating sports injuries and elective problems such as arthritis. He offers Arthroscopy and Joint Replacement surgery (both partial and total knee replacement).

Mark works closely with a variety of specialist surgical colleagues, physiotherapists, podiatrists, orthotists and allied health professionals.
He believes in providing the highest quality clinical information in an understandable manner. Excellent communication with thorough explanations of available options, allows informed choices to be made regarding treatment. Mark has a specialist interest in sports injuries and regularly advises and treats both keen amateurs and professionals / elite athletes (including adolescents as well as adults).

Mark’s research interests are varied and diverse with numerous publications and presentations on foot & ankle surgery and knee surgery. Research findings have been presented locally, nationally and internationally.

Previous projects on injection therapy for Mortons neuroma and early weight bearing after minimally bone graft for midfoot fusion surgery have been presented at national and international meetings.

Mark is a visiting Lecturer at the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds and has been involved with helping to supervise a number of PhD students and recently work directly with researchers on projects relating to ankle replacement and a wide variety of topics relating to cartilage surgery in the ankle. This work has been presented nationally and internationally at EFAS and AOFAS, with several research papers pending.

Mark has recently taught and lectured on national & European instructional courses covering plantar plate repair, ankle cartilage surgery, flat foot and ankle fusion surgery and minimally invasive techniques.