Dr. Sarah Knoeckel joined UT Health San Antonio in August 2019. She is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and teaches in the nurse practitioner and nursing undergraduate programs. She is also in clinical practice at the Wellness 360 clinic which serves UT Health San Antonio students and employees and their dependents. She is an experienced family practice nurse practitioner in primary care and most of her career has worked serving the underserved at a Federally Qualified Health Center caring for both children and adults of all ages.
Dr. Knoeckel earned her BSN at Radford University (2005), and her MSN at the University of Virginia (2009). In October of 2009 she was selected to be a part of the first Nurse Practitioner Residency which a year long program at the Community Health Center in Connecticut. In 2010 she went on the pursue her Doctorate of Nursing Practice which she completed in 2015.
It is her personal mission to help train the next generation of nurse practitioners to meet the healthcare needs of the underserved in primary care.
She has traveled with academic and faith-based organizations on medical and service trips to El Salvador, Spain, Costa Rica and Peru.
Her research focus has been on obesity management in primary care, diabetic shared medical appointments in primary care and chronic disease management and behavioral lifestyle interventions.
She grew up in Spain and speak Spanish fluently. She is married and has 3 children. She enjoys reading, cooking, hiking, swimming and traveling.
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Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
2015 | DNP | Nursing | University of Connecticut Storrs , CT |
2014 | Certificate | Nursing | University of Connecticut Storrs , CT |
2010 | Residency | Community Health Center, Inc. Middletown , CT |
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2009 | MSN | Nursing | University of Virginia Charlottesville , VA |
2005 | BSN | Nursing | Radford University Radford , VA |
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8/2019 - Present | Assistant Professor/Clinical | University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
Chronic Disease Management - As a nurse practitioner she received further training in a NP Residency and also spent 10 years managing her own panel of underserved complex patients. She has become an expert in hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and asthma. |
Diabetes Shared Medical Appointment - She was a part of a pilot implementing shared medical appointments for diabetic patients over 4 months through a team based model of care with a provider, pharmacist, certified diabetic educator and a certified dietitian. This was implemented in the primary care setting. |
Obesity Management - She implemented a system wide QI project helping providers improve their management of overweight and obese adult patients in primary care. |
Same Day Sick Appointments in Primary Care - As a NP she worked in the walk-in clinic of a large primary care office. It required her to be able to diagnose and treat both children and adult patients presenting with any given symptom. Currently, she's working at Wellness 360 where they also see many same day sick patients. |
Well Child and Well Adult Preventative Visits - NPs are responsible for helping patients prevent disease and for screening for age specific risk factors. At the physical exam she gathers a detailed history and does a comprehensive physical exam. She also encourage age appropriate vaccinations and screening tests, and offer age appropriate developmental counseling and patient education specific to ones risks. |
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