Joe Knight, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, University of Utah, 1988-present
Associate Professor, University of Utah, 1979-1988
Associate Clinical Professor, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, 1975-1976
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Utah, 1970-1975; 1976-1979
Scholarly Emphasis:
Free radicals, Aging, and Disease
Titles:
- Head, Division of Education, 1986-present
- Chief of Pathology, Salt Lake City VAMC, 1989-1998
- Medical Director, ARUP Laboratories, 1983-1985
- Director, University of Utah Clinical Laboratories, Department of Pathology, 1979-1983
- Co-Director of Pathology, Primary Children's Medical Center, 1976-1979
About Joe Knight, M.D.
Although Dr. Knight works over 50 hours/week, he is officially about 30%. He he currently the Medical Director of the Division of Education (B.S., M.S. programs in lab science). Co-Director of the M.S. program and co-teach Pathology 6510, 6810, and 6830. Dr. Knight also gives 7 lectures in Pathology 7140 (senior medical student elective) and currently working on his 4th book (The Aging Phenomenon: Facts, Theories, and Practical Considerations). Editor of the AACC History Division Newsletter.
Selected Publications
- Knight JA, A Crisis Call for New Preventive Medicine, World Scientific, 2004, 760 pp.
- Knight JA, Free Radicals, Antioxidants, Aging & Disease, AACC Press 1999, 391 pp.
- Knight JA. Laboratory Medicine and the Aging Process, ASCP Press, 1996, 420 pp.
- Kjeldsberg C, Knight JA. Body Fluids: Laboratory Examination ofAmniotic, CSF, Synovail, Serious Fluids, A Textbook Atlas (Volumes I, II, and III), 1983, 1986, 1993.
- Chapter: Knight JA, Kjeldsberg C. Cerebrospinal, synovial, and serous body fluids. In, Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, Chapter 28,21 st Ed.
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Honors and Awards
- Research Fellow, Dept. of Chem., Brigham Young Univ. l958-59
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society, Univ. of Utah, l963
- Distinguished Service Award, Am Soc for Clinical Pathology, 1991
- C. Barrie Cook, Honorary Lecture Award, 1997
- Diploma of Honor, Association of Clinical Scientists, 1997
- Outstanding Speaker Award, 2002, Am. Assoc. Clin. Chemistry
- Outstanding Speaker Award, 2003, Am. Assoc. Clin. Chemistry
- Ward Burdick Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Pathology, ASCP, 2004.
- Clinical Chemist Recognition Award, Am Assoc Clin Chem, 2004
- Clinical Chemist Recognition Award, Am Assoc Clin Chem, 2006
Professional Education
- l955 B.S. (Chemistry) Brigham Young University, Provo, Ut.
- l957 M.S. (Organic Chemistry) Brigham Young University, Provo, Ut.
- l963 M.D., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- l963-64 Intern (Mixed Medicine-Pathology), University of Utah
- l964-67 Resident, Pathology (AP/CP), University of Utah, S.L.C., Ut.

