Surgeons Dr.Thomas
E. Knox
Thomas E. Knox,
M.D., has practiced as an orthopaedic surgeon
in Mountain Home since 1983. Dr. Knox earned his
medical degree at the University of Missouri in Columbia,
Missouri, and completed his residency and internship
at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.
Dr. Knox is board certified by the American Board
of Orthopaedic Surgeons and is an active staff physician
at Baxter Regional Medical Center. He is on the consulting
staff at Ozark Medical Center in West Plains, Mo.
He has served as Baxter Regional Medical Center's
Chief of Surgery and chairman of the hospital's Credentials
Committee and the Surgery Committee. He is a fellow
of the American Academy of Orthopaedics and Surgeons,
a member of the American Medical Association, the
American Association of Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle
Surgeons, and a member of the Arthroscopy Association
of North America. Originally from Thayer, Missouri,
Dr. Knox lives in Mountain Home with his wife, Deborah
and their two children, Cortland and Sarah.
Dr. Thomas E. Knox of Mountain Home
has accepted an appointment to the bylaws committee
of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. The
invitation to serve was made to Dr. Knox by Walter
R. Shelton, M.D., of Jackson, Miss., president of the
AANA. Dr. Knox will serve through 2008.
The AANA provides accredited continuing medical education
for physicians, including annual courses, hands-on
training at the Orthopaedic Learning Center, presentations
of scientific papers at AANA annual meetings, and American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Specialty Day featuring
symposia and didactic papers. The organization aims
to promote knowledge of arthroscopic surgery to improve
diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of
the musculoskeletal system.
Members are trained in the use of the arthroscope,
which allows surgeons to diagnose and repair injuries
or abnormalities inside joints of the body. Dr. Knox
has active member status with AANA as a board-certified
surgeon who performs at least 50 arthroscopic procedures
per year. |
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