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Program Director
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk , Virginia, United States
Dr. Knapp has been involved in both graduate and undergraduate medical education for the past 20 years. He currently serves as Coordinator of Ultrasound Education Programs for Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). Among numerous other roles, he currently serves as the Residency Program Director for the EVMS Department of Emergency Medicine. He is the founder and former director of the EVMS Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship.
Dr. Knapp graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Sciences degree from the University of Southern California (USC). From there he attended medical school at the State University of New York (SUNY) Health Sciences at Syracuse. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
After completion of training, Dr. Knapp began working with the EVMS Department of Emergency Medicine in 1997. From 1998-2004, he served as an Assistant Professor of the Emergency Medicine residency program at EVMS. He concurrently served as Assistant Residency Director from 1998 to 2010. He has extensive firsthand experience working, teaching and training medical students and residents. He became an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine in 2004. From 2008-2011 he served as the Ultrasound Fellowship Director. In 2010, he became the Program Director for the EVMS Department of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Knapp has extensive experience in emergency response and disaster preparedness. He has served as the Operational Medical Director for Norfolk Fire Rescue for over ten years. He is the former Chief Medical Officer for the federal disaster response team- VA-1 DMAT. He has deployed to numerous national and international disasters, including the Hatian earthquake and Hurricane Katrina. He currently serves as in the role of supervisory medical officer.
Dr. Knapp has received numerous national, state and local awards. He received the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Faculty Teaching Award (2002) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) National Faculty Teaching Award (2001). He won the Frank M. Yeiser Award for Outstanding EMS Physician two years in a row (2005, 2006); as well as the Governor’s Award for Outstanding EMS Physician (2006); John P. McDade Award – Virginia ACEP; and the Faculty Teaching Award for the EVMS Department of Emergency Medicine (twice). In 2012, he was inducted in the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (AOA). He has also been an invited speaker to numerous conferences across the country, especially in his area of expertise- ultrasound. He has been a primary investigator in numerous research studies regarding Ultrasound. Dr. Knapp is also active as an Oral Board Examiner and Item Writer for the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM).