Dr. Mark McConkey

Dr. McConkey was born and raised in Vancouver and an interest in orthopaedic sports medicine started early due to his father’s close involvement in the orthopaedic care of elite athletes in the mountains and across Canada. Involvement in high level athletics led him as a patient to the training room and eventually the operating room and solidified his interest in caring for injured athletes.

Dr. McConkey completed orthopaedic residency at the University of British Columbia followed by an orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship at the University of Iowa where he helped take care of the Iowa Hawkeyes collegiate sports teams including the Iowa Hawkeyes Football team, in the NCAA Big Ten Conference. Following that year he completed more subspecialty training in Auckland, New Zealand at the Millenium Institute of Sport & Health with Dr. Matthew Brick with a focus on hip arthroscopy and athletic hip injuries.

Dr. McConkey is actively involved in the Division of Arthroscopy in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia. His practice primarily involves complex arthroscopic reconstruction of the knee and hip as well as arthroscopic shoulder surgery. He is a co-founder of the Vancouver Hip Institute, a multidisciplinary clinic devoted to care of non-arthritic hip pain. He is on the medical staff of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Dr. McConkey continues to participate in academic and teaching pursuits and has a keen interest in continuing to collaborate with colleagues on clinical research into knee, hip and shoulder arthroscopic surgery and reconstruction.

Areas of Special Interest

• Knee reconstruction
• Knee arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction (adult & pediatric)
• Multiligament knee reconstruction (e.g. PCL, Posterolateral corner)
• Osteotomies around the knee (e.g. HTO, DFO, TTO), Cartilage and meniscus restoration
• Patellar instability
• Hip arthroscopy and soft tissue reconstruction
• Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), labral repair & reconstruction
• Hamstring & abductor repair
• Shoulder reconstruction
• Shoulder arthroscopy & instability