Dr. John S. Fifer MD is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with a specialization in Hip and Knee arthritis as well as various other painful disorders. He is widely considered by his peers as one of the premier joint replacement specialist in the Southwest Florida area. Dr. Fifer specializes in advanced techniques and procedures that could return you to a life of freedom and regaining your joy.

 

John Fifer, MD received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Florida,

where he was the number one graduating senior and a member of

Phi Beta Kappa. He received his medical degree from the University of

South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, in 1976. Dr. Fifer

performed his internship at the Medical College of Virginia

in Richmond, Virginia.

 

Following his medical training, Dr. Fifer joined the United States

Public Health

Service as a general medical practitioner in rural North Carolina. After

his public health service, he attended his orthopaedic surgery

residency at the Medical College of Virginia, where he did extensive

research and procedures on hip and knee replacement and arthroscopic surgery.

 

Dr. Fifer continues to have a keen interest in knee and hip replacement surgery, as well as the complex reconstruction of damaged joints. He specializes in the restoration of function to damaged and injured joints. He is currently working on minimally invasive hip and knee replacement.

 

Moving to Fort Myers in 1987, he joined with Dr. Heligman to form the Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine.

 

Board-certified by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr. Fifer is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Florida Vocational Rehabilitation Panel of Specialists, the Florida Medical Society, the Florida Orthopaedic Society, and the American Medical Association. He also has served as co-chairman of many orthopaedic instructional meetings.

 

Dr. Fifer works with orthopaedic joint replacement companies as a consultant in the development of new procedures and instruments.

 

He is one of the leading specialists in Quad-Sparing Knee Replacement and MIS Hip Replacement Surgery.

 

If you have questions, or would like to have a consultation with Dr. Fifer, please call 239-482-5399.

 

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Dr. Fifer is married to his beautiful wife Jan, the father of two sons and one daughter. In his free time, he enjoys an active lifestyle being on the water, mountain biking, surfing, the outdoors and his perfect grandson Grayson as well as his perfect angel of a granddaughter Brooklyn.