Sarah  Knoeckel, DNP, FNP, MSN, RN

Dr. Knoeckel has been a family nurse practitioner (FNP) working in different settings of primary care since 2009. She continues to work as a FNP providing care to adult patients at Wellness 360. Since 2010, she has also served as a preceptor for FNP students in clinical practice including children and adults. In 2019, Dr. Knoeckel began her teaching career. She has taught undergraduate and graduate classes including online, in person, clinical and small groups. In 2020 she was assigned to be a course coordinator which has given her more opportunities for course design. She has aimed to be innovative using different teaching strategies such as flipped classrooms and interactive online instruction. Dr. Knoeckel has also sought to improve interdisciplinary collaboration for the FNP program by implementing multiple simulated IPE activities with her didactic course with the physicians’ assistant program. 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, 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.

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2014 - Doctor in Nursing Practice - Nursing - University of Connecticut
  • 2009 - Master of Science in Nursing - Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner - University of Virginia
  • 2009 - MSN - Nursing - University of Virginia
  • 2005 - BSN - Radford University
  • 2005 - Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing - Radford University

  Highlights

  Licensures and Certifications

  • AANP FNP Certificate 
  • FNP License 
  • RN License 
  • DEA License 
  • BLS Certificate of the AHA

  Honors and Awards

  • 2013, Dr. Lorraine G. Spranzo Scholarship 
  • 2009, Trainee Award by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

   

   

   

  Appointments

  • 2019 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2018 - 2019 - Adjunct FNP Clinical Instructor - UT Health Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, TX
  • 2018 - 2019 - Locum, FNP at Family Practice - Magenta Health, San Antonio, TX 
  • 2015 - 2017 - Primary Care Provider - Private Practice, Prince William Family Medicine, Manassas, VA

• Instruction & Training

  • 2021 - present, NURS 6453, Diagnosis & Mgmt Concepts and Theory, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2020 - present, NURS 6621, FNP Dx & Mgmt of Young Families, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2020 - present, NURS 6452, FNP Diagnosis & Mgmt of Adult and Aging, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2020 - present, NURS 6110, Adv Health Assessment, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2020, NURS 6621, FNP Dx & Management of Young Families, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2019, NURS 6452, FNP Diagnosis and Management of Adult & Aging, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2019, NURS 6250, Advance Health, Promotion & Disease Prevention, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2019, NURS 3330, Foundations of Clinical Practice, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2019, NURS 6620, FNP Dx & Mgmt of Adults, UT Health Houston, School of Nursing

• Research & Grants

  Grants

  Completed Research/Projects: 

  • 2019, Educational QI Intervention for New Providers Clinical Orientation for FNP Faculty 
  • 2014, Multifaceted QI on Obesity Management in Primary Care Within a large statewide FQHC 
  • 2013, QI Project Implementing Diabetic Group visits with 10-20 patients in English and Spanish to improve AIC 

• Service

  Institutional

  • 2020 – Present, UT Health SA, School of Nursing Faculty Senate – Member 
  • 2019 – Present,  UT Health SA, School of Nursing Participant – Committee on Graduate  Studies (COGS) 
  • 2020 UT Health, SA, School of Nursing Oriented New FNP Faculty to Faculty Led Clinic (total of 4 FNP’s)

  Service to the Profession

  • 2020, Peer Reviewer, Journal of Nurse Practitioners 
  • 2012 – Present, Member, Sigma Theta Tao International Honors Society 
  • 2010 – Present, Member,  American Association of Nurse Practitioners 
  • 2012 – 2016, Member,  Eastern Nursing Research Society 

  Community Service

  • 2017 – Present, Volunteer providing respite care to foster children 
  • 2020, Parent Chair for Northside ISD School, Health Advisory Council 

  Global

  Dr. Knoeckel has been a primary care nurse practitioner for more than 11 years. She first worked as an FNP with the Community Health Center, CT, providing care to Spanish-speaking patients with limited healthcare access. Subsequently, she worked as an FNP in private practice, urgent care, and locum. Currently, she works at UT Health Wellness 360 student and employee health. Born to American parents but raised in Spain (age 4-17), she traveled across Europe and attended international conferences. In one conference, she translated for Spanish speakers. She joined a mission trip to Peru and translated for English speakers. She also traveled to Costa Rica, Greece, and Italy. She taught students of the Doctor of Osteopathic (DO) International program (Virginia Osteopathic School of Medicine in Blacksburg, VA) Medical Spanish for healthcare professionals before their medical trips to El Salvador. She joined 2 of these trips; DO faculty and students worked with the local medical team to provide health care to the indigenous Salvadorians for two weeks. Dr. Knoeckel believes that a global perspective is critical because the world has such diversity that can only be experienced through personal exposure. She has recently traveled for leisure to Spain, Canada, England, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

• Publications

  Non-Peer-reviewed Articles (i. e. editorials, news articles, etc.) 

  • Knoeckel, S.F. (2015). Improving Provider Identification and Management of Overweight and Obesity in Primary Care. OpenCommons @ UConn Doctoral Dissertations 

  Invited Podium Presentations (i. e. keynotes presentations)  

  • 2020, Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Advanced Health Assessment and basic EKGs. UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing Guest Lecturer. 
  • 2020, Exercise, Stress Management and Complementary and Alternative Medicine. UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing Guest Lecturer. 
  • 2020, Podium Presentation on Obesity QI Project at Easter Nursing Research Society 

• Clinical

  • 2020-2021, Northside ISD  COVID-19 Advisory Panel