Steven Knope, MD

Dr. Knope is a board-certified internist and sports medicine expert. He completed his premedical studies at Columbia University and graduated with honors in internal medicine from Cornell University Medical College in 1988. He completed his residency training at UCLA.

Awards and Accolades

• Sherman Melinkoff Teacher of the Year Award; UCLA Medical School
• Recipient David Drusin Memorial Prize; Cornell University Medical College
• Recipient Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine; Cornell University Medical College
• Recipient Sarah O’Laughlin Foley Prize in Clinical Medicine; Cornell University Medical College
• Chief of Medicine, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Director of the ICU in the Carondelet system; Tucson, Arizona

Notable Achievements

• Official internist for the Colorado Rockies’s spring training in Tucson
• Editorial board of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal
• Holds a Bachelor’s of Music from the Mannes College of Music in New York City
• Professional French Horn player
• Featured soloist at Lincoln Center and on New York radio station WNYC
• Four-time Ironman triathlete
• Practicing martial artist, holding a 3rd degree black belt in Kenpo Karate