John Wiemann, IV, MD
Associate Professor
Orthosurgery - Fresno
School of Medicine

Associate Professor, UCSF

John Wiemann, M.D., is board certified in Orthopaedic Surgery.

He earned his medical degree from University of California, San Diego and went on to complete his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at University of New Mexico. He finished his fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.

John Wiemann, M.D., has received specific training and education in spine, hip, and sports orthopaedics. His surgical treatments in patients 21 years old and younger focus on ACL rupture, Avascular necrosis, back pain, Clubfoot, congenital defects, fractures, hip dysplasia, hip labral tears, knee dislocations, Meniscus tears, Osteochondromas, Perthes disease, Polydactyly, Scoliosis, shoulder dislocation, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, spine fractures, Spondylolisthesis, sports injuries, Trigger finger, and upper or lower extremity deformity.

Dr. John Wiemann is an expert in treating complex musculoskeletal disorders in children, young adults and athletes. His research has been published in multiple journals including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, and the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. He has travelled on multiple occasions to Guayaquil, Ecuador to provide humanitarian Orthopaedic surgical care to the children there with no other resources. He currently serves as the Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for Fresno’s men’s and women’s developmental professional soccer teams, the Fresno Fuego and the Fresno Freeze.

Dr. Wiemann also worked as a professional photographer for many years, both across the United States and internationally doing sports and event photography. He currently maintains photography as a hobby and also enjoys golf, skiing, hiking and spending time with his family.

• Physeal stapling versus 8-plate hemiepiphysiodesis for guided correction of angular deformity about the knee.
  Journal of pediatric orthopedics 2009 Wiemann JM, Tryon C, Szalay EA
• Actomyosin purse strings: renewable resources that make morphogenesis robust and resilient.
  HFSP journal 2008 Rodriguez-Diaz A, Toyama Y, Abravanel DL, Wiemann JM, Wells AR, Tulu US, Edwards GS, Kiehart DP
• The effect of kneeling during spine surgery on leg intramuscular pressure.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2007 Leek BT, Meyer RS, Wiemann JM, Cutuk A, Macias BR, Hargens AR
• Noninvasive measurements of intramuscular pressure using pulsed phase-locked loop ultrasound for detecting compartment syndromes: a preliminary report.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2006 Wiemann JM, Ueno T, Leek BT, Yost WT, Schwartz AK, Hargens AR
• Turn taking in atypical conversations: the case of the speaker/augmented-communicator dyad.
  Journal of speech and hearing research 1988 Buzolich MJ, Wiemann JM