KATHRYN WIESMAN MD BIO

Doctor Kathryn Wiesman is a fellowship-trained, board-certified, pediatric orthopedic surgeon. Her training includes the comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, and management of the full spectrum of children’s musculoskeletal systems, from birth through the teenage years. Dr. Kathryn Wiesman has a special interest in the management of congenital, developmental, and traumatic conditions affecting children, such as fracture care, infection, clubfoot, hand and limb deformities, cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular conditions, hip and spine disorders, including scoliosis.

Doctor Wiesman earned her bachelor’s degree from Rice University and her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch. She graduated with high honors and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Society and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Doctor Wiesman received the American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Award for outstanding female medical students and the Johanna Blumel Memorial Scholarship Award for the top female scholar.

She completed her orthopedic residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth and attended Washington University for her pediatric orthopedic surgery fellowship in St. Louis. She is a member of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America and the Scoliosis Research Society and is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

Dr. Wiesman loves working with both patients and their families in developing a comprehensive treatment plan and appreciates that families entrust their children to her care.

She specializes in the treatment of all types of Pediatric Orthopedics conditions. For Spine and Scoliosis conditions, Dr. Wiesman treats the following:

Complex pediatric Spine Conditions 
Disc Herniation
Kyphosis
Revision Surgery
Scoliosis including Early Onset Scoliosis and Scoliosis Casting
Growing Rods for Early-onset scoliosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Sciatica
Spina Bifida
Spinal muscular atrophy
Spine Deformity
Spine Disorders
Spondylolysis / listhesis
Vertebral Body Tethering System for Scoliosis Treatment

Outside of work, Dr. Wiesman is a committed athlete. She spent much of her youth dancing ballet and now competes in endurance events such as marathons and Ironman triathlons. Although Dr. Wiesman’s favorite vacations are cycling tours with her husband, recently, they have swapped out a few bike bottles for baby bottles as they spend time with their twin boys.

Please contact us at 214-556-0583 to make an appointment Dr. Wiesman, pediatric orthopedic specialist.