Dr. Hood was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He obtained his undergraduate at Purdue University and master’s degrees at Indiana University School of Medicine. He then completed medical school and his orthopedic surgery residency at Indiana University. After residency, Dr. Hood moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to complete his complex adult reconstruction joint fellowship at the highly regarded OrthoCarolina.
If you’re having nagging pains that you simply can no longer ignore, Dr. Mark Hood says an appointment with a specialist can do a world of good—and the solution may be simpler than you expect.
“We always try to exhaust every non-operative possibility,” adds Dr. Hood, a hip and knee specialist who completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Indiana University School of Medicine. He also completed an adult-joint reconstruction fellowship at the prestigious OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, North Carolina.