Kirstin S. Knox, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Hospitalist, Section of Medicine, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
5 Maloney
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
5 Maloney
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3797
Email:
kirstin.knox@uphs.upenn.edu
kirstin.knox@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Biology)
Swarthmore College, 1999.
MD
Stanford University, 2009.
PhD (Genetics)
Stanford University, 2009.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
Swarthmore College, 1999.
MD
Stanford University, 2009.
PhD (Genetics)
Stanford University, 2009.
Description of Clinical Expertise
My interests include care coordination for frequently admitted patients ("superutilizers"), care for vulnerable populations, sustainability and green practices in health care, communication in health care, and effective teaching methods for inpatient general internal medicine.Selected Publications
Phoebe Cunningham, Elizabeth Whidden, Cody Chapman, Greg Evans, Kirstin S. Knox,, Hari Shankar Misha Rosenbach: Designing innovative solutions to reduce regulated medical waste. Clean Med Conference May 2025.Genevieve S Silva , Jeromy W Gotschall , Fengling Hu , Elizabeth Whidden , Phoebe Cunningham , Jacob Niculcea , Cody Chapman , Prateek V Sharma , Greg Evans , Farah Hussain , Zelma C Chiesa Fuxench , Kirstin Knox , Misha Rosenbach : An Educational Intervention to Reduce Regulated Medical Waste: The Inpatient Medicine and Outpatient Dermatology Settings. Int J Dermatol February 2025.
Ho, Brendan L; Aggarwal, Sandeep; Pennekamp, Alexander Mark; Knox, Kirstin: Mulethi ("Stick Made Out of Root"): Two Cases of Store-Bought Licorice Toxicity. American Society of Nephrology Conference October 2024.
Genevieve S. Silva, Jeromy W. Gotschall, Phoebe Cunningham, Elizabeth Whidden, Jonathan J. Szeto, Kirstin S. Knox, Misha Rosenbach : Reducing regulated medical waste in dermatology practice. Society of Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting May 2024.
Genevieve S. Silva, Jeromy W. Gotschall, Phoebe Cunningham, Elizabeth Whidden, Jonathan J. Szeto, Kirstin S. Knox, Misha Rosenbach: Regulated Medical Waste Reduction in Dermatologic Settings. Atlantic Dermatological Conference 2024 April 2024.
Mika Schwartz MD, Rebecca Neergaard BS, Christopher Koilor BS, Gabrielle Mezochow MD, Judy A. Shea PhD, Kirstin Knox MD PhD: A qualitative study of young women with high hospital utilization: Patient perceptions of the transition from pediatric to adult care American Journal of Hospital Medicine 8(1), March 2024.
Genevieve S Silva, Jeromy W Gotschall, Kirstin Knox: Implementing a hospital sustainability quality improvement project: challenges and best practices for trainees. BMJ Student 384: 2936, 2024.
Mika Schwartz MD, Rebecca Neergard BA, Gabrielle Mezochow MD, Judy Shea PhD, Kirstin Knox MD PhD: Patient perceptions of factors contributing to high hospital utilization: A qualitative study of young women enrolled in an inpatient general medicine high utilizer program SHM Converge Conference May 2021 2021.
Mika Schwartz MD, Rebecca Neergard BA, Gabrielle Mezochow MD, Judy Shea PhD, Kirstin Knox MD PhD: Patient perceptions of factors contributing to high hospital utilization: A qualitative study of young women enrolled in an inpatient general medicine high utilizer program. SGIM Conference 2020 2020.
Kirstin Knox, MD, PhD; S Ryan Greysen, MD: Patient Perspective is Critical in Developing Interventions for Frequently Admitted Patients. Journal of Hospital Medicine 14(9), September 2019.