Mark P. Knudson, MD

Professor 
Vice Chair for EducationKnudson_Mark_Regular
Associate Dean for Student Service
Department of Family & Community Medicine

“I enjoy biking and spending time with my family. In what little spare time I have, I pursue other hobbies (gardening, writing, wood-working, etc.) with limited skill but a lot of enjoyment.”

Interests

Family Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Women’s Health, Smoking Cessation, Anxiety, Depression

Education 

1974 – 1978University of Virginia
B.A. Degree, Biology
(with Distinction)
1978 – 1982University of Virginia
School of Medicine
M.D. Degree

Postdoctoral Training

1982 – 1985 Family Practice Residency
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Columbia, Missouri
1984 – 1985
Chief Residency Family Practice
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Columbia, Missouri
1985 – 1987
Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Columbia, Missouri

Certifications

1978
Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice
Recertified 1991, 1998, 2005

Academic Career

1987 – 1994Assistant Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
1994 – 2009
Associate Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
2009 – presentProfessor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine

Selected Presentations and Publications 

McCann WJ, Knudson M, Andrews M, Locke M, Davis SW.  Residency Coordinators' Social Support of Residents in Family Medicine Residency Programs.  Fam Med 2011; 43(8):551-555.

Knudson MP.  Hearing Loss. In: Taylor RB The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual. 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2007. p. 97-99.

Knudson MP, Cartwright S. Evaluation of Abdominal Pain in Adults. American Family Physician.  (Accepted for Publication)

Balakrishnan C, Knudson MP. Hand Problems. When to Call the Surgeon: Decision Making for Primary Care Providers. F. A. Davis Company 1999; Chapter 8:80-98.

Kelly KT, Knudson MP, “Are No-Suicide Contracts Effective in Preventing Suicide in Suicidal Patients Seen by Primary Care Physicians?” Archives of Family Medicine, 2000; 9:1119-1121.

Knudson, M.P., 1998, “Breast Cancer” Ambulatory Care for the Adult, Solving Patient Problems:  Ambulatory Care, Blackwell Science, Inc. Chapter 16, pp. 333-338.

Anxiety in Women, Grand Rounds, Department of OB/GYN, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, February 23, 2005.

Evaluation and Management of Obesity, Grand Rounds, Catawba County Hospital, Hickory, NC, April 5, 2005.

Evaluation and Management of the Anxious Patient, Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, NC, May 17, 2005.

Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly.  2nd Annual Geriatrics Symposium, Winston-Salem, NC, February 17, 2006.

Anti-Aging Therapy.  3rd Annual Geriatrics Symposium, Winston-Salem, NC, February 23, 2007.

Male Aging Syndrome.  3rd Annual Geriatrics Symposium, Winston-Salem, NC, February 23, 2007.

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