Dr. Christian Knecht

Dr. Knecht is a graduate of State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse Medical School and trained in General and Vascular Surgery at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. He is board certified through the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Knecht resides with his wife and children in Madison County. His interests include golfing.

Curriculum Vitae:

EDUCATION:          

State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. in Biology 1990

State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, M.D. 1994

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:   

1994-1999
General Surgery, Guthrie Clinic,
Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA

WORK  EXPERIENCE:                      

Private practice: Central Kentucky Surgery, P.S.C. 6/03 – present

Active staff privileges:
     Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center, Richmond, KY
     Kentucky Surgery Center Lexington, KY

Consulting staff privileges:
     St. Joseph Berea Hospital, Berea, KY 06/03-present
     Rockcastle Hospital, Mt. Vernon, KY 01/05 – present
     St. Joseph East, Lexington, KY 06/03 - present

Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca, NY 08/99-11/02

Cortland Community Hospital, NY 8/99-01/01

MEDICAL LICENSURE:                       

Kentucky

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:    

Kentucky Medical Association

Madison County Medical Association

Fellow American College of Surgeons

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS:    

Coffman S, Knecht C, Deshmukh N: Iliac vein thrombosis.
Surgical Rounds: 136-143, March 2000.                                   

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without Intra-operative Cholangiogram: The Robert Packer Experience. 
Accepted at the AmericanCollege of Surgeons.  October 1998; Orlando, FL.

Midterm Results of the Belsey Mark IV Anti-reflux Procedure. 
Accepted at the AmericanCollege of Surgeons. October 1998; Orlando, FL

AWARDS:

Phi Beta Kappa

Stanley Conklin Award, 1998                                   
Best paper written by a resident at the Guthrie Clinic