Ben Marson MBBCh, MRCS, PhD

Mr. Ben Marson is an orthopedic registrar in the East Midlands North Deanery. He completed his undergraduate education at Cardiff University and developed an early interest in orthopedics in South Wales (Cardiff, Newport, Haverfordwest, and Bridgend) before moving to Gloucestershire for Core Surgical Training.

He was appointed as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow before taking time out of the training program to complete his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof Olliver, Prof Scammell, Prof James, and Dr. Manning at the University of Nottingham. Ben was awarded a prestigious NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship to support his Ph.D. in the development of a core outcome set for childhood fractures. He is now in the final year of his Ph.D. and his national multicentre study is currently recruiting a cohort of children with lower limb fractures to validate patient-reported outcomes.

In addition to his Ph.D. study, Ben is also the deputy chief investigator for the ANCHOR study investigating the feasibility of a trial for ankle fractures in children and is the lead author for a Cochrane review about interventions for childhood supracondylar fractures.

Ben’s ambition is to become a pediatric orthopedic surgeon with an interest in trauma and hip surgery. He is looking forward to returning to the training program to complete his clinical training and to continue his active involvement in research.