William P. Wiesmann MD, President & CEO

BioSTAR Group

Prior to founding the BioSTAR Group, Dr. Wiesmann served as the Director for Combat Casualty Care at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command Post, at Ft. Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. He retired from the Army as a full colonel in 1997. Throughout his military career, Dr. Wiesmann led the design and development of novel technologies for improved battlefield survival, including many devices and techniques that are now the standard of care for the US Military.

Dr. Wiesmann currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. He is the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Tissue Engineering Center (NTEC) and a member of the University of Southern California (USC) Engineering School Board of Councilors.

Dr. Wiesmann received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati and his medical degree from Washington University, St. Louis. Dr. Wiesmann completed advanced research training as a fellow at the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute at the National Institutes of Health and subsequently served as a senior scientist at the Walter Reed Institute of Research. He also served as an attending nephrologist at Walter Reed Hospital. Dr. Wiesmann has over 50 publications in scientific literature, authored several book chapters, and currently has a total of 18 patents awarded and pending.