Mark Hood, M.D.Orthopedic Surgeon
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.
In his free time, Dr. Hood enjoys spending time with his wife and their two children along with exploring the outdoors, traveling, golfing, and grilling.
Dr. Hood is looking forward to serving and building a lasting relationship with the local community.
Dr. Hood specializes in:
- Direct Anterior Hip Replacement
- Robotic and Computer-Assisted Surgery
- Partial and Total Knee Replacement
- Cementless Total Knee Replacement
- Outpatient Joint Replacement Surgery
- Complex Revision Hip and Knee Replacement
- Hip & Knee Joint Conditions
- Orthopedic Trauma and Fractures
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Employment
Community Health Network
9/2023 – Present
Indianapolis, INCarolina Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Associates
Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction9/2021 – 7/2023
Greenville, SC -
Education
Adult Joint Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
OrthoCarolina8/2020 – 7/2021
Charlotte, NCOrthopedic Surgery Residency
Indiana University School of Medicine7/2015 – 6/2020
Indianapolis, INDoctor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine7/2011 – 5/2015
Indianapolis, INMaster of Science,Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Indiana University School of Medicine7/2010 – 5/2011
Indianapolis, INBachelor of Science,Major: Chemistry, Minor: Mathematics
Indiana University Purdue University – Indianapolis8/2006 – 5/2010
Indianapolis, IN -
Honors & Awards
Best Orthopedic Group in Spartanburg
Indiana Orthopedic Society Resident Research Award (2019)
2nd Annual Lorraine E. & Raymond A. Gaffney Scholarship Award (2015)
Students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service
Class of 1985 & Todd B Taylor Leadership Award (2015)
GHHS Gerald Bepko Award for Excellence in Professionalism (2014)
Gold Humanism Honor Society Member (2014)
IUSM Annual Scholarship (2014)
Franklin D. Tally and Susie H. Tally Scholarship (2013)
Student Research Program in Academic Medicine Scholarship (2012)
Hendricks Regional Health Scholarship (2011-2013)
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Leadership
Indiana Orthopedic Society Board Member
May 2018 – June 2020
AAOS Residency Assembly Delegate
October 2017 – June 2020
IUSM GME Patient Safety Council
September 2017 – June 2020
Salvation Army’s Young Indianapolis Echelon Leadership Board, VP of Service
July 2017 – June 2020
Medical Undergraduate Mentoring PartnerShip (MUMPS)
March 2014 – May 2015
IUSM Curriculum Reform Musculoskeletal & Dermatology Team
April 2013 – May 2015
Orthopedic Surgery SIG, President
April 2013 – May 2015
Indiana State Medical Association-MSS, Vice President of Operations
April 2013 – April 2014
American Medical Association-MSS, Vice President of Operations
April 2013 – April 2014
IUSM Second Look Program Ambassador
April 2013
IUSM Spring House Calls, Project Co-Chair
March 2013 – May 2015
Student Outreach Clinic, Operations Committee
February 2013 – May 2015
IUSM Service of Remembrance Medical School Representative
October 2012
Orthopedic Surgery SIG, Research Chair
April 2012 – April 2013
Student Outreach Clinic, Development Committee
January 2012 – February 2013
IUSM Medical Student Mentor Program
August 2011 – May 2015
American Medical Association-MSS Class Representative
October 2011 – May 2015
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Publications
Hood M Jr, Rowe TM, Valenzuela M, McBride B, Fehring TK. Arthrotomy Dehiscence Following Total Knee Arthroplasty with Barbed Suture: Should We be Concerned?. (Awaiting Submission).
Dilley JE, Hood M Jr, Kheir MM, Ziemba-Davis M, Meneghini RM. Do Patients with Cementless Fixation Experience Greater Pain and a Slower Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty? A Matched Case-Control Study. (Awaiting Submission).
Hood M Jr, Dilley JE, Ziemba-Davis M, Meneghini RM. Greater Blood Loss in Contemporary Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty despite Tranexamic Acid Use: A Matched-Controlled Retrospective Study. J Knee Surg. 2019 Aug 30.
Kheir MM, Ziemba-Davis M, Dilley JE, Hood M Jr, Meneghini RM. Tourniquetless Total Knee Arthroplasty with Modern Perioperative Protocols Decreases Pain and Opioid Consumption in Women. J Arthroplasty. 2018 Nov; 33(11): 3455-3459.
Fleischman M, Hood M Jr, Ziemba-Davis M, Meneghini RM. Tranexamic Acid and Computer-Assisted Surgery in Cemented and Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty: Are the Effects Additive for Blood Conservation?. Surg Technol Int. 2017 July 25; 30:268-273.
He Y, Childress P, Hood M Jr, Alvarez M, Kacena MA, Hanlon M, McKee B, Bidwell JP, Yang FC. Nmp4/CIZ suppresses the parathyroid hormone anabolic window by restricting mesenchymal stem cell and osteoprogenitor frequency. Stem Cells Dev 2013 22(3):492-500.
Bidwell JP, Childress P, Alvarez M, Hood M Jr, He Y, Pavalko FM, Kacena MA, Yang FC. Nmp4/CIZ closes the parathyroid hormone anabolic window. Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr 2012 22(3):205-18.
Bidwell JP, Alvarez M, Hood M Jr, Childress P. Functional Impairment of Bone Formation in the Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis. Curr Osteoporos Rep 2013 June 11(2):117-25.
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Books/chapters
Masonis JL, Hood M Jr, Laude F, Mason JB. Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty in Developmental Hip Dysplasia. Direct Anterior Approach to Hip Reconstruction. 2nd ed. (Awaiting Publication).
Hood M Jr, Curtin B. Complex Primary TKA Section: A primary TKA after high tibial osteotomy chronic nonunion with retained hardware. (Awaiting Publication).
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Presentations
Hood M Jr, Rowe TM, Valenzuela M, McBride B, Fehring TK. Arthrotomy Dehiscence Following Total Knee Arthroplasty with Barbed Suture: Should We be Concerned?. Lectureship, Charlotte, NC, July 2021. Podium Presentation.
Hood M Jr, Dilley JE, Ziemba-Davis M, Meneghini RM. Greater Intra-Articular Blood Loss in Contemporary Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty Even with Tranexamic Acid: A Matched-Controlled Retrospective Study. Garceau-Wray Lectureship, Indianapolis, IN, June 2019. Podium Presentation.
Hood M Jr, Dilley JE, Ziemba-Davis M, Meneghini RM. Greater Intra-Articular Blood Loss in Contemporary Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty Even with Tranexamic Acid: A Matched-Controlled Retrospective Study. Indiana Orthopedic Society Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 2019. Podium Presentation.
Kheir MM, Ziemba-Davis M, Dilley JE, Hood M Jr, Meneghini RM. Tourniquetless Total Knee Arthroplasty with Modern Perioperative Protocols Decreases Pain and Opioid Consumption in Females. AAOS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2018. Poster Presentation.
Kheir MM, Ziemba-Davis M, Dilley JE, Hood M Jr, Meneghini RM. Tourniquetless Total Knee Arthroplasty with Modern Perioperative Protocols Decreases Opioid Consumption. Clinical Orthopedic Society Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, September 2017. Podium Presentation.
Hood M Jr, Dilley JE, Warth LC, Ziemba-Davis M, Meneghini RM. Greater Intra-Articular Blood Loss in Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty Even With Tranexamic Acid. Garceau-Wray Lectureship, Indianapolis, IN, June 2017. Podium Presentation.
Childress P, Hood M Jr, Alvarez M, Bidwell JP. Nmp4/CIZ suppression of parathyroid hormone (PTH)-induced bone formation: repression of both osteoprogenitors and mature bone cells. American Medical Association-MSS Annual National Conference, Honolulu, HI, November 2012. Poster Presentation.
Childress P, Hood M Jr, Alvarez M, Bidwell JP. Nmp4/CIZ suppression of parathyroid hormone (PTH)-induced bone formation: repression of both osteoprogenitors and mature bone cells. IUSM Annual Student Research Program in Academic Medicine Research Day, October 2012. Podium Presentation.
He Y, Childress P, Hood M Jr, Alvarez M, Kacena MA, Hanlon M, McKee B, Bidwell JP, Yang FC. Enhancing Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Osteoporosis Therapy. IUSM Annual Student Research Program in Academic Medicine Poster Symposium, August 2012. Poster Presentation.
Hood M Jr, Nurok D. Separation of Peptides by Pressurized Planar Electrochromatography using TLC Plates Impregnated with Polyoxyethyleneglycol Dodecyl Ether. IUPUI School of Science Annual Research Day, May 2010. Poster Presentation.
Hood M Jr, Nurok D. Separation of Peptides by Pressurized Planar Electrochromatography using TLC Plates Impregnated with Polyoxyethyleneglycol Dodecyl Ether. IUPUI School of Science Annual Capstone in Chemistry Symposium, April 2010. Podium Presentation.
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Membership
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
July 2020 – Present
International Association of Orthopedic Surgeons
April 2017 – Present
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
July 2015 – Present
American College of Surgeons
July 2015 – Present
American Association for the Advancement of Science
September 2010 – Present
Indiana Orthopaedic Society
July 2015 – June 2020; September 2023 - Present
South Carolina Orthopedic Association
September 2021 – July 2023
Greenville County Medical Association
September 2021 – July 2023
South Carolina Medical Association
September 2021 – July 2023
Indiana State Medical Association
August 2011 – June 2020
American College of Physicians
August 2011 – May 2015
Indiana Physiological Society
October 2010 – May 2015
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8040 Clearvista Parkway,
Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN 46256 -
1400 North Ritter Avenue,
Ste 510
Indianapolis, IN 46219
