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Rebecca Knight, M.D.

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Laramie, Wy
EDUCATION:
COLLEGE: COLORADO COLLEGE
Dates Attended: 09/86 - 05/90
Degree: B.A. in Biology
Honors: Boettcher Scholar
MEDICAL SCHOOL: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
Dates Attended: 08/91 - 05/95
Degree: M.D.

INTERNSHIP: EXEMPLA SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL
Dates Attended: 06/95 - 06/96
Program: General Surgery
RESIDENCY: EXEMPLA SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL
Dates Attended: 06/96 - 06/01
Program: General Surgery
CERTIFICATION:
State of Colorado Medical License - 2000
Board Certified: American Board of Surgery - 2004
ORGANIZATIONS:
Colorado Medical Society
Clear Creek Valley Medical Society
Southwest Surgical Congress
Association of Women Surgeons
MEDICAL STAFF:
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Centura - St. Anthony Central Hospital
Centura - Avista Adventist Hospital
Denver West Surgery Center
OTHER POSITIONS:
Bridges Holistic Surgical Path Steering Committee
Exempla Lutheran Cancer Committee
MEDICAL PRACTICE:
Private Practice with Foothills Surgical Associates 2001 - Present
General Surgery
SOCIAL:
Interests - Soccer, Cooking, Yoga
PUBLICATIONS:
  1. Knight R, Ratzer ER, Fenoglio, ME, Moore JT. Thorascopic excision of mediastinal parathyroid adenomas: a report of two cases and review of the literature. JACS. 1997; 185 (5); 481-485
  2. Knight R, Charbonneau P, Ratzer, ER, Zeren F, Haun W, Clark JR. Prophylactic antibiotics are not indicated in clean general surgery cases. AJS 182 (2001) 682-686
  3. Knight R, Itoriuchi, K, Parker SH, Ratzer ER, Fenoglio ME. Risk of needle-track seeding after diagnostic image-guided core needle biopsy in breast cancer. JSLS 2002; 6: 207-209
  4. Knight R, Fenoglio ME. The use of Kugel mesh in ventral hernia repairs. AJS 182 (2001) 682-686