Mr Mark Forster

MB ChB FRCS FRCS (Orth)

Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon specialising in Knee Surgery

 

Honorary Lecturer, University of Wales, Cardiff

Private: Spire Cardiff Hospital

Special interests:

Arthroscopic surgery
Knee ligament reconstruction
Partial, total and revision knee replacements
Patella conditions / Anterior knee pain
Adolescent / Paediatric knee problems

Cartilage resurfacing techniques

 

Mark specialises in knee and trauma surgery performing over 500 knee operations per year. As a knee specialist, he receives many complex tertiary referrals and his practice covers all types of knee disorders over all ages.

 

He has received extensive specialist knee surgery training from 3 Knee Fellowships, 2 in the UK (Derby & Nottingham) and 1 in Adelaide, Australia. Whilst in Adelaide, I worked for 2 world leading surgeons who were active in knee replacements design and pioneering computer-assisted joint replacement.

His clinical research interests include arthroscopic surgery, knee ligament reconstruction, partial knee replacement, total knee replacement, revision knee replacement, patella disorders, adolescent knee problems, cartilage resurfacing techniques and treatment of knee arthritis in young and active patients.

He is heavily involved in research, with over 40 papers in peer reviewed journals and over 50 national and international presentations. He regularly reviews for "The Knee" journal – the official journal of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee. He regularly teaches undergraduate students from the University of Cardiff. He trains junior doctors on the Wales Orthopaedic Rotation 

 

 

 

Contact: Private Secretary (Cheryl): 07814 369133