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Starr Knight, MD

Vice Chair for Opportunity and Community

Location: UCSF San Francisco & Oakland
Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Additional Titles

  • Emergency Medicine Opportunity and Community Endowed Professor

  • Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

Biography

Board Certification: Emergency Medicine

Research and Academic Interests: 
Emergency Ultrasound, Global Health, Procedural Sedation, Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia.

University and National Positions:
Member, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Member, Emergency Medicine Residency Association
Member, National Medical Assocation

Board Certifications

  • Emergency Medicine

Education and Training

  • Focused Practice Designation, 04/2022 - Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography, American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • 2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
  • 06/2012 - Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship, University of California
  • 06/2011 - Emergency Medicine Residency, Alameda Health System- Highland Hospital

Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding Mentorship and Service for the Future of Medicine Award, Physician Medical Forum, 2024
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2024
  • Outstanding Medical Student Educator Award, UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, 2024
  • Emergency Medicine Bedside Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, 2023
  • Distinction in Mentoring Award, UCSF Academic Senate, 2022
  • UCSF Strategic Initiative Fund Award, UCSF Chancellor's Office, 2022
  • Emergency Medicine Bedside Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, 2022
  • UCSF Ob/Gyn Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2022
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2020
  • Emergency Medicine Bedside Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, 2020
  • John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, UCSF School of Medicine Dean's Office, 2016
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2014
  • Emergency Medicine Bedside Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, 2014
  • UCSF Ob/Gyn Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2014

Publications

Identification of Spontaneous Shoulder Hemarthrosis with Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department.
Padrez KA, Shyy W, Gandhi K, Anaya N, Knight RS
Creating a more racial-ethnic inclusive clinical ultrasound community.
Rosario J, Lewiss RE, Stolz LA, Del Rios M, Acuña J, Adhikari S, Amponsah D, Dessie AS, Gottlieb M, Huang RD, Jones J, Landry A, Liu RB, Ng L, Panebianco NL, Weekes AJ, Knight S
A critical race theory curriculum for emergency medicine learners.
Díaz T, Knight RS
The experiences of medical students, residents, fellows, and attendings in the emergency department: Implicit bias to microaggressions.
Brown C, Daniel R, Addo N, Knight S
SONO case series: peritonsillar abscess.
Brown JR, Knight R
The state of gender inclusion in the point-of-care ultrasound community.
Dessie AS, Lewiss RE, Stolz LA, Acuña J, Adhikari S, Amponsah D, Del Rios M, Huang RD, Knight RS, Landry A, Liu RB, Gottlieb M, Ng L, Panebianco NL, Rosario J, Weekes AJ, Jones JD
Reply to: non-contrast CT KUB still has a central role in the management of patients suspected of nephrolithiasis.
Shyy W, Knight R
SONO case series: 59-year-old woman with abdominal pain and bloating.
Nahn J, Knight R, Shyy W
SONO case series: 35-year-old male patient with flank pain.
Shyy W, Knight R
Point-of-care ultrasound for the evaluation of non-traumatic visual disturbances in the emergency department: The VIGMO protocol.
Gandhi K, Shyy W, Knight S, Teismann N
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