Children’s Orthopaedics
Mr Mark Latimer, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Target audience: Candidates preparing for the FRCS (Orth) examinations or equivalent, and trainees who are in their earlier years of training.
Organised jointly by Orthopaedic Research UK and the Orthopaedic Academy
Mr Mark Latimer, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Mr Latimer works as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at both Addenbrooke’s Hospital and at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals. He has a specialist interest in children’s orthopaedics, adult lower limb surgery and trauma surgery.
Before studying medicine he graduated from Oxford University with a master’s degree in engineering, economics and management. He studied pre-clinical medicine at Oxford and clinical medicine at Cambridge. He joined the East Anglian Orthopaedic Rotation in 2002.
He passed his FRCS (T&O) exams in 2007 and was selected for the prestigious Ingham Fellowship in paediatric orthopaedic surgery in Sydney.
Past and present posts include:
- Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
- Clinical Tutor in Orthopaedics
- Chair of the EoE Children’s Surgery Forum
- Advisor to the Cabinet Office
- Clinical Supervisor at Newnham, St John’s and King’s Colleges
Mr Latimer has published academic papers in numerous fields including cardiology, anaesthesia, plastic surgery, neurosurgery and of course orthopaedics!