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Joe Knight, M.D.

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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
Contact Info

Email Address: Joe.Knight ~{at}~ path.utah.edu

Office Phone Number: 801-581-4516

Location: 5R448 School of Medicine

Division: Medical Laboratory Sciences

Supporting Staff:   Catherine Pezely  

 

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.