Edson Knapp, MD, a Diagnostic Radiologist with South Peninsula Hospital
Get to know Diagnostic Radiologist Dr. Edson Knapp, who serves patients in Homer, Arkansas.
Dr. Knapp is a highly trained diagnostic radiologist who can be found on staff at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Arkansas.
As one of two staff radiologists, he offers support for other physicians for diagnostic imaging. He also provides minimally invasive image-guided diagnosis and treatments including, but not limited to steroid injections, biopsies, and specialty procedures like kyphoplasty, which is the surgical filling of an injured or collapsed vertebra.
Born in Africa to parents who were missionaries, Dr. Knapp’s father was a farmer in Florida who decided he wanted to do something different later in his life and moved the family to Tanzania. After returning to the United States, Dr. Knapp attended seminary school, planning to work as a missionary in Tanzania, but after studying for three years, he decided to pursue medicine instead.
His acclaimed career in medicine began after he earned his medical degree from the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida in 1997. He then went on to serve his residency in diagnostic radiology and his fellowship in oncologic imaging and interventional radiology at the same educational venue.
An expert in his field, Dr. Knapp is board-certified in diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The ABR is a not-for-profit physician-led organization that oversees the certification and ongoing professional development of specialists in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics.
Diagnostic radiology refers to the field of medicine that uses non-invasive imaging scans to diagnose a patient. A diagnostic radiologist is a physician who uses imaging methodologies to diagnose and manage patients and provide therapeutic options.
Happily married, Dr. Knapp and his wife, gynecologist Renda Knapp, live in Homer with their four children.
Learn More about Dr. Edson Knapp:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/46319-Edson-Knapp-Radiologist or through South Peninsula Hospital, https://www.sphosp.org/providers/radiology/
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