Mr Marck van Liefland
Qualifications
MD, MSc, FRCS (Tr&Orth)
GMC number: 4087447
Practising since: 1994
Specialties
Orthopaedic surgery
Consultation times
- Weekly Monday AM
- Overview
About
Mr van Liefland graduated from the internationally orientated medical school of Leiden, the Netherlands. Following a year of research for his MD at the University of Bonn in Germany, he started his surgical training in the UK. He was awarded a Masters of Science Degree from the University of Cardiff in the field of Biomechanics and Engineering in Orthopaedic Surgery. He is regularly involved in teaching future surgeons and GPs and is studying for a Medical Education Degree himself.
After two posts in Plastic and Hand Surgery he started his orthopaedic speciality training with posts in Cardiff, Swansea and North Wales, followed by two years on the Oswestry Rotation gaining the desired training in his chosen field of interest of Upper Limb Surgery. This was supplemented with visits to the Wrightington Upper Limb Unit and the Pulvertaft Hand Unit in Derby.
He started as a Consultant Upper Limb Surgeon at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry in 2007 and is based at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to provide general orthopaedic and specialist upper limb trauma care.
He offers the full spectrum of open and keyhole procedures to the shoulder, elbow and hand, including:
- Shoulder decompression for impingement
- Rotator cuff muscle repair
- Shoulder and elbow total joint replacement
- Tennis elbow surgery
- Collagenase injections and surgery for Dupuytren's disease
- Carpal tunnel decompression
- Trigger finger release
- Nerve decompressions at the elbow and in the hand
Special interests
Shoulder keyhole decompression, rotator cuff repair, stabilisations for dislocations frozen shoulder, Shoulder and Elbow Total Joint replacement, Carpal Tunnel surgery, trigger fingers, dupuytrens corrections, nerve entrapment release.
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Marck van Liefland at Nuffield Health
- Shoulder surgery (rotator cuff repair)
- Hand surgery
- Shoulder replacement
- Elbow surgery
- Tennis elbow release
Locations Mr Marck van Liefland works with
Related experience
Other posts held
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust
Insurers Mr Marck van Liefland works with
Mr Marck van Liefland works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- Bupa
- Simplyhealth
- WPA
Declaration
Mr Marck van Liefland does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Mr Marck van Liefland does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Mr Marck van Liefland does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.