Prof Mason qualified from the University of Wales College of Medicine, completing his orthopaedic training in Wales before moving to Liverpool as a consultant specialising in Major trauma and foot and ankle surgery. Prof Mason is an Associate Professor at the University of Liverpool, where he is the undergraduate lead in Musculoskeletal disease and Orthopaedics for the School of Medicine Before joining Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Prof Mason completed British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society travelling fellowships in the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, America and Carl Gustav Carus University, Dresden, Germany. In Liverpool, Prof Mason obtained the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Gold Fellowship Award.  Prof Mason's pioneering research has become nationally and internationally recognised, winning 15 national and international prizes in the last 8 years. He has been awarded the Hunterian Professorship from the Royal college of surgeons in 2020 for his work on ankle fractures, the Robert Jones gold medal and Association prize in 2017 for his work on the evolution of the foot and the Jaques Duparc prize from EFORT for his work on discovery of a new foot ligament. Prof Mason has won the Chan Cheng memorial prize, the highest award from the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society on 3 separate occasions. Prof Mason sits on council for the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, as the Outcomes Committee chair, taking responsibility for the National foot and ankle registry.