Faculty

Josh P. Wiedermann, M.D.

Location

Rochester, Minnesota

Contact

Wiedermann.Joshua@mayo.edu Clinical Profile

SUMMARY

Joshua P. Wiedermann, M.D., studies a wide range of diseases that impact the head and neck. He is particularly focused on the global burden of disease, global surgical training, global surgical outcomes, educational sustainability, rare pediatric head and neck diseases, and aerodigestive diseases in pediatric patients.

Focus areas

  • Pediatric airway stenosis. Dr. Wiedermann is collaborating with a multidisciplinary surgical innovation team to advance the surgical technique of endoscopic and open airway surgery for diseases that result in airway narrowing in pediatric patients. This approach focuses on individualized 3D-printed technology to augment surgical techniques.
  • Global surgical education and outcomes research. Dr. Wiedermann has helped create a worldwide collaboration of international organizations to help pair local developing hospitals with unmet needs to global surgical missions from all over the world. Surgical outcomes data are collected from patients locally to help minimize their health care expenditures. This data is then centralized to help individual mission groups study their impacts and outcomes abroad.
  • Global otolaryngology — head and neck surgery disease burden. Dr. Wiedermann is part of an international otolaryngology — head and neck surgery initiative that aims to better understand the burdens of head and neck disease on a global scale and develop research endeavors to help address these burdens. The initial phase of the initiative involves developing expert consensus statements via the Delphi method.
  • Sustainability of training programs abroad. Dr. Wiedermann continues to work closely with the otolaryngology — head and neck surgery residency program he helped develop in Mekelle, Ethiopia, to study and maintain sustainable educational environments abroad.

Significance to patient care

Through collaboration with multidisciplinary and international teams, Dr. Wiedermann aims to help advance the science of airway surgery and increase access to quality surgical care worldwide.

Professional highlights

  • Recipient, Excellence in Quality Improvement Award, George Washington University Hospital, 2017
  • Recipient, Innovation Award: Consult Study, George Washington University Hospital, 2015-2016

PROFESSIONAL DETAILS

Primary Appointment

  1. Consultant, Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Joint Appointment

  1. Consultant, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Administrative Appointment

  1. Chair, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Academic Rank

  1. Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology

EDUCATION

  1. Master of Surgery - Masters in Global Surgical Care (MGSC) Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  2. Clinical Fellowship - Pediatric Otolaryngology Victoria Hospital, Western University
  3. Fellowship - Pediatric Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center and Lurie Children's Hospital
  4. Residency - Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery George Washington University Hospital
  5. Doctor of Medicine - Medical Education Leadership George Washington University School of Medicine
  6. BS - Molecular and Cellular Biology, Magna Cum Laude Vanderbilt University

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