Professor Lyndon Mason

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Liverpool Foot & Ankle Clinic (present)
• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Foot & Ankle Lead, Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (present)
• Locum Consultant and Foot & Ankle Surgeon Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool (2014)
• Foot and Ankle Fellow, Orthopaedic Department, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool (2014)
• Specialist Trainee 8 Orthopaedic Department, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport (2013) 
• Specialist Trainee 7 Orthopaedic Department, Royal Glamorgan Hospital (2012)
• Specialist Trainee 6 Orthopaedic Department, Morriston Hospital, Swansea (2011) 
• Specialist Trainee 5 Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (2010)
• Specialist Trainee 4 Orthopaedic Department, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport (2009) 
• Specialist Trainee 3 Orthopaedic Department, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny (2008) 
• Specialist Trainee 2 Orthopaedic Department, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham (2007) 

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 Sub-specialties

• Heel pain
• Foot and ankle injuries
• Foot and ankle arthritis
• Syndesmosis Injury
• Talar fractures
• Calcaneal fractures
• Midfoot (chopart and lisfranc) fracture dislocation
• Forefoot fractures
• Turf toe
• Achilles tendon rupture

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 Positions in public associations

• Clincal Practice Committee Chair, British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
• AO Advanced Foot and Ankle Trauma Course Faculty Member
• Clinical Practice Committee Liasion with NHS Digi tal on Implant Registry
• 58 Society President
• Liverpool Orthopaedic and Trauma Department Research Committee Member
• Outcome Committee Member (OutComm), British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (2017 - 2021)
• ORIGiN Consultant Lead, North West Trainee Research Collaborative (2018 - 2021)
• Foot and Ankle representative, Trauma Working Group (2015 - 2019)
• Foot and Ankle Trauma Lead, Aintree University Hospital (2015 - 2022)

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 Teaching posts

• Honorary Associate Professor, University of Liverpool
• Musculoskeletal System Lead, Orthopaedic Specialty Lead, University of Liverpool
• Awarded Senior Fellowship, University Liverpool Teaching Recognition and Accreditation (2024) 
• Faculty Member, Oswestry Foot and Ankle Course
• Faculty Member, BOA Instructional Course
• Faculty Member, BOFAS Lectures of Distinction Webinar Series
• Faculty Member, Joint AOFAS/ BOFAS Webinar Series (2022)
• Faculty Member, BOA Cadaveric Boot Camp (2019 - 2022)
• Faculty Member, BOFAS Principles Course (2019)
• Faculty Member, SICOT (2021)
• Faculty Member, Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium (2021)
• Faculty Member, Post Graduate Orthopaedics Course (2018 - present)
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool University (2015 - 2018)

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 Education

• Preclinical Studies, Cardiff University (2001) 
• MB BCh, University of Wales (2003)
• MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of England (2007)
• FRCS, (Trauma and Orthopaedics) Royal College of Surgeons of England  (2013)
• Senior Fellowship of Higher Education as per application through the University of Liverpool, Advanced HE (2024)

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 Publications and conferences

• G Heyes, E Debuka, LW Mason Foot and Ankle SBAs for the FRCS (Tr&Orth) Examination: A Companion to Postgraduate Orthopaedics . 2nd Edition Candidate’s Guide. Cambridge (2023)
• A Molloy, LW Mason, M Myerson Chapter 112 – Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures Using Allograft Reconstruction. Operative techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery (3 rd Edition) . Lippincott Williams and Wilkins: Philadelphia (2021)
• H Tanaka, LW Mason Talar Fractures Essentials of Foot and Ankle Surgery. CRC Press (2021)
• G Heyes, LW Mason Foot and Ankle SBAs for the FRCS (Tr&Orth) Examination: A Companion to Postgraduate Orthopaedics Candidates Guide.Cambridge (2020)
• J Widnall, C McCauley , LW Mason Drawings for the FRCS (Tr&Orth) Postgraduate Orthopaedics: Viva Guide for the FRCS (Tr&Orth) Examination (2nd Edition) Cambridge (2019)
• B Hickey, LW Mason , A Perera Conditions of the forefoot. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Principles and Practice (4th Edition). Saunders (2019)
• E Swanton, LW Mason , A Molloy Lateral Ligament Reconstruction . Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Principles and Practice (4th Edition). Saunders (2019)
• LW Mason , A Molloy Chapter 10 – Scarf Foot and Ankle Surgery: Tricks of the Trade. Thieme (2019)
• A Molloy, LW Mason, M Myerson Chapter 112 – Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures Using Allograft Reconstruction. Operative techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery (2nd Edition) . Lippincott Williams and Wilkins: Philadelphia (2016)
• LW Mason , A Molloy, K Hariharan, D Redfern, A Perera Minimally invasive Hallux Valgus Surgery World Clinics in Orthopedics, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers: Philadelphia (2016)
• LW Mason , A Perera Section H – Conditions of the forefoot. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Principles and Practice (3rd Edition). Saunders. (2014)
• LW Mason, J Wooton Chapter 16 – Post - operative complications in orthopaedics. Oxford Handbook of Post - Operative Complications. Oxford University Press: Oxford (2010)
• R Ahluwalia, D Coffey, I Reichert, T Stringfellow, C Wek, S Ping Tan, HARNT Collaborative Surgical Management of Complex Ankle Fractures in Patients with Diabetes: A National Retrospective Multicentre Study. Journal of clinical medicine 13(13):3949
• T Ward, J Mangwani, J Aamir, M Elbannan, K Boksh, J Chapman, G Wirey, H Tanaka, L Jeyaseelan, L Mason Lateral column injury of the midfoot. Do they all need fixation? Journal of orthopaedics 62:22 - 26
• J Aamir, R Caldwell, S Long, S Srennivasan, J Mavrotas, A Panesa, S Jeevaresan, V Lampridis, L Mason Retrospective comparison of single screw vs dual screw fixation of medial malleolus fractures on rate of non - union and malreductio n. Foot Ankle Orthopaedics; 2024;9(4):1 - 6
• J Chapman , S Gupta, Z Choudhary, T Davies, G Airey, L Mason Is the diagnosis of 5 th metatarsal fracture subtype consistent? An inter - observer reliability study Foot Ankle Orthopaedics, 2024, DOI: 10.1177/24730114241278712
• L Mason , K Malhotra, K D’Aout Evolution of the Foot Foot Print, 2024: 28 - 30
• J Chapman , S Gupta, Z Choudhary, T Davies, G Airey, L Mason Is the diagnosis of 5 th metatarsal fracture subtype consistent? An inter - observer reliability study Foot Ankle Orthopaedics, 2024, DOI: 10.1177/24730114241278712 5. L Mason , K Malhotra, K D’Aout Evolution of the Foot Foot Print, 2024: 28 - 30 6.
• L Mason, K Malhotra, K D’Aout Evolution of the Foot Foot Print, 2024: 28-30
• A. Ardakani, B Rudran, H Stringer, L Mason, M Welch, K Malhotra The position, orientation, and relative size of the fibularis longus tubercle in normal patients: A weightbearing CT assessment Clinical Anatomy, 2024: DOI 10.1002/ca.24150
• J Mangwani, K Malhotra, L Mason, L Houchen-Wolloff, UK-(FATE) Collaborative The UK FATE Audit - Foot and Ankle Thromboembolism National Audit BJJ 106-B(11):1249-1256 (Nov 2024)
• L Mason K Malhotra, J Mangwani, L Houchen-Wolloff, UK-(FATE) Collaborative The variation of Anticoagulation Prescribed in Foot and Ankle Surgery in the UK - UK Foot and Ankle Thrombo-Embolism Audit (UK-FATE) Foot Ankle Surgery; 2024: 10.1016/j.fas.2024.06.005
• K Malhotra, J Mangwani, L Mason, L Houchen-Wolloff, UK-(FATE) Collaborative Patient and Surgical Factors in Patients Not Receiving Anticoagulation following Foot and Ankle Surgery in the UK - UK Foot and Ankle Thrombo-Embolism Audit (UK-FATE) Foot Ankle International, 2024; 10.1177/10711007241258159
• J Aamir, R Caldwell, S Long, S Sreenivasan, J Mavrotas, A Panesa, S Jeevaresan, V Lampridis, L Mason A morphological review of medial malleolar fractures - A large single centre series Foot Ankle Surg, 2024, 10.1016/j.fas.2024.02.012

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 Prizes and awards

• British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Gold Fellowship Award University Hospital Aintree / Liverpool University Foot and Ankle Fellowship (2014)
• British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Traveling Fellowship University of Utah, Utah, United States of America (2011)
• British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Traveling Fellowship University of Dresden (Carl Gustav Carus), Dresden, Germany (2010)
• Orthopaedic Elective, University of Sydney, Australia (2002)
• Chan Chen Memorial Prize, British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (2024)
• Presidential Prize at European Foot and Ankle Society (2023)
• Best Podium at British Indian Orthopaedic Society (2023)
• Presidents Prize Oral Presentation, British Association of Clinical Anatomists (2023)
• 2nd Prize 58 Society, Merseyside Rotation (2023)
• Special Mention Poster Prize, European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2023)
• 2nd Prize Chan Chen Memorial BOFAS, consultant level (2023)
• 2nd Prize Chan Chen Memorial BOFAS, registrar level (2023)
• 3rd Prize British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (2023)
• SRS Research and Academic Prize (2023)
• Rod Little Prize (2022)
• 2nd Prize British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (2022)
• South West Orthopaedic Conference Oral Presentation Prize (2022)

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 Professional membership

• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow
• Orthopaedic Trauma Society

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