Kirstin S. Knox, MD, PhD

Hospital Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Hospital Medicine HUP
Call 800-789-7366
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Stanford University
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Knox is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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): 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: 2024,2936

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): 2019