Nathan Hoekzema, MD
Associate Professor
Orthosurgery - Fresno
School of Medicine

Associate Professor, UCSF

Nathan Hoekzema, M.D., specializes in surgical care of the hand, wrist, and elbow. He is board certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and has an added qualification for hand surgery.

Before coming to central California, he held the title of Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with the Mayo Clinic while practicing in the Mayo Clinic Health System.

An avid researcher and lecturer, he has been the recipient of a Hand Rehabilitation Foundation Research Grant and given presentations at national and international meetings on topics including: “Management of Distal Radius Fractures”, “Interosseous Membrane” and “The Unstable Elbow: You Are Still Not Listening – My Way To Save The Joint.”

Nathan Hoekzema, M.D., received his medical degree from New York Medical College. He completed residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic where he received the Joseph M. Janes Award for compassion, competence and devotion to the specialty of Orthopedics. Upon completion of his residency training, he went on to complete a fellowship in Hand & Upper Extremity Fellowship at The Philadelphia Hand Center & Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Association of Hand Surgery, and the American Medical Association.

• Double Barrel Screw Fixation for Proximal Phalanx Fracture.
  Techniques in hand & upper extremity surgery 2022 Gray RRL, Rubio F, Heifner JJ, Hoekzema NA, Mercer DM
• Avoiding articular breakthrough in screw fixation of radial head fractures.
  JSES international 2022 Gray R, Hoekzema N, Rubio F, Heifner J, Imada A, Dark N, Scott K, Mercer D
• Mitigation of Triceps Avulsion Fracture After Proximal Ulna Plate Fixation.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2022 Orbay J, Vernon L, Gibson K, Lacau G, Mercer D, Hoekzema N
• Column-Specific Distal Radius Fracture Fixation.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2021 Hoekzema NA, Brambila M
• Intraoperative radiographic method of locating the radial head safe zone: the bicipital tuberosity view.
  Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery 2020 Hoekzema N, Gray R, Orbay J, Rubio F, Vernon L, Imada A, Mercer D
• Dogs and Orthopaedic Injuries: Is There a Correlation With Breed?
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2018 Brice J, Lindvall E, Hoekzema N, Husak L
• The Vascularity and Osteogenesis of a Vascularized Flap for the Treatment of Scaphoid Nonunion: The Pedicle Volar Distal Radial Periosteal Flap.
  Hand (New York, N.Y.) 2018 Tanner C, Johnson T, Majors A, Hentz VR, Husak L, Walker Gallego E, Christ B, Hoekzema N
• Irreducible Monteggia fracture: interposed radial nerve and capsule.
  JSES open access 2017 Tanner C, Johnson T, Kolahi K, Husak L, Hoekzema N
• Osteosarcoma of the pelvis: outcome analysis of surgical treatment.
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2008 Fuchs B, Hoekzema N, Larson DR, Inwards CY, Sim FH
• Posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation.
  Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie 2008 Hoekzema N, Torchia M, Adkins M, Cassivi SD
• The microbiology and risk of infection following open, agricultural upper extremity injuries.
  The Journal of hand surgery 2008 Ali MH, Hoekzema NA, Bakleh M, Shin AY, Osmon DR