Mr Mark Mullins is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Sancta Maria Hospital, Swansea. He is a native of Swansea and has been a consultant since 2006, having trained at Cambridge University, St Mary’s Hospital, London and at the prestigious Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. He has performed over 4,000 hip and knee replacements across his consultant career.

Mr Mullins is fee assured with Bupa, AXA PPP, Aviva, Simply Health, Benenden and other major health insurers.

Specialist Interests

• Total hip replacement
• Total knee replacement
• Young adult hip disorders
• Hip and knee revision surgery
• Knee arthroscopy
• Customised and image-guided joint replacement
• Sports injuries

Conditions Treated and Procedures Offered at Sancta Maria Hospital

• Total hip replacement
• Total knee replacement (including customised knee replacement)
• Hip and knee revision surgery
• Young adult hip disorders
• Hip resurfacing
• Knee arthroscopy (including meniscal surgery)
• Sports injuries of the hip and knee
• Hip and knee pain assessment and management

The OPS System: Precision Hip Replacement

Mr Mullins is a member of the lead group of UK surgeons using the Optimised Positioning System (OPS) for hip replacement. This technique uses dynamic X-ray imaging to place hip components in the position with the lowest possible risk of dislocation and the maximum functional benefit for each individual patient. He has also worked on customised knee replacement techniques in collaboration with Biomet, based in Bridgend.

Training and Fellowship

Mr Mullins completed his medical training at Cambridge University and St Mary’s Hospital, London, before training on the London orthopaedic circuit including positions at The Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. He completed a prestigious year’s fellowship with world-renowned orthopaedic surgeon Professor Thierry Judet at Hôpital Raymond Poincaré in Paris, a formative international experience under one of the field’s most respected figures, before returning to Swansea as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in 2006.

Research and Teaching

Mr Mullins has published extensively in the international orthopaedic literature on joint replacement and related topics, and is an independent reviewer for orthopaedic journals. He is a faculty member for national and international joint replacement courses.

Medicolegal Practice

Mr Mullins has a well-established medicolegal practice and has completed over 3,000 reports acting for both defendants and claimants. For medicolegal appointments please contact swanseamedicolegal@gmail.com.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Trauma and Orthopaedics) FRCS(Tr & Orth)
• British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)

Mr Mullins’ NHS practice is at Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board.