About Dr Nieman
Dr. Peter Nieman has been practicing as a specialist with children for more than twenty years and has been a pediatrician in Alberta since 1987. In addition to his medical experience, he is also a parent who recognizes the challenges of raising healthy children.
Dr. Peter Nieman obtained his undergraduate degree at Tygerberg Hospital in Capetown, South Africa in 1979. He moved to Calgary in 1983 and completed his residency at Alberta Children’s Hospital. In 1987, Dr. Nieman became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Pediatrics).
Dr. Peter Nieman is a pediatrician at Alberta Children’s Hospital and Rockyview General Hospital, as well as a member of the Alberta Pediatric Association, the Canadian Pediatric Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
He currently serves on the Canadian Pediatric Society’s Healthy Active Living Committee. Previously Dr Nieman served on the National Advisory Committee on Physical Activity and Healthy Active Living for Children and Youth and the Canadian Pediatric Society’s Psychosocial Committee.
He has been part of the Obesity Management and Prevention Committee of the Alberta Medical Association and sat on the Academic Advisory Board of the National Foundation for Family Research and Education. He currently serves on the Physician Resource Council for Focus on the Family.
Dr Nieman served as President of the Canadian Christian Medical and Dental Society from 1998-2000.
Currently Dr Nieman practices in the Pediatric Weight Clinic in Calgary and also runs an ambulatory pediatric practice.
Dr. Nieman teaches as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary and is a regular medical contributor to newspapers and radio and television broadcasts.
Dr. Nieman served in the past as President of CMDS and served on the Focus On The Family’s Physician Resource Council. Currently, he is the President of the Section of Community Pediatricians for the Canadian Pediatric Society. He is the President of the Alberta Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.