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Mark was born and schooled in Glasgow, before he moved to Edinburgh for his Undergraduate Medical Education. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1998, and then spent the next 5 years completing his basic surgical training in Edinburgh. He became Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2001 after passing his general surgical exams.

The next 5 years were spent as a Specialist Registrar on the North of Scotland Trauma and Orthopaedic Rotation. In 2007 he passed the Intercollegiate Trauma and Orthopaedic Exam and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

In July 2008 he took up post as an Advanced Hand Trainee, appointed by the Interface Group in Hand Surgery, in Oxford working with internationally known hand surgeons Peter Burge, Henk Geile, Ian Mcnab, Paul Critchley and Chris Little.

From January 2009 to October 2009, he took a further Interface appointed Advanced Hand Training Post, at Wrightington Hospital, working with Internationally know surgeons Professor John Stanley, Ian Trail, Mike Hayton and Professor Raj Murali.

Mark is a member of BSSH (British Society for Surgery for the Hand), BESS (British Shoulder and Elbow Society) and BOA (British Orthopaedic Association)