Serving in the Air Force, lecturing at universities, and operating as a Pediatric Surgeon, Dr. Colin Knight is devoted to ensuring the health and safety of our future generations. Currently working at Kendall Regional Medical Center, with an academic appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University, Dr. Knight is both dedicated to pediatric care and highly qualified to teach the necessary skills to others. He believes there are multiple facets to our concept of health. He is well-versed in proper diet and nutrition as well as fitness and training in addition to his expertise in pediatrics and surgery. His success is rooted in his value of working with communities hands-on, in order to reach tangible results that are effective long-term.

He began his higher education at Yale University, earning his BS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, graduating in 1991. He continued without pause, heading south to the University of Virginia to obtain his MD, graduating in 1995. After a surgical internship, also at the University of Virginia,  Dr. Colin Knight went on active duty in the United States Air Force as a Flight Surgeon in 1996. He served for four years as a primary care doctor to flyers and their families. As a trained aircraft mishap investigator, he served as a human-factors expert for several aircraft mishaps including a fatal F-16 crash. He practiced travel and occupational medicine and served abroad in support of first Persian Gulf war. He flew routinely with his squadron, and logged hours on other airframes as well. He was honored with the Air Force Achievement Medal and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. When he left active duty in 2000, Dr. Knight continued his training in General Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital. While a surgery resident, he devoted a year to ground-breaking research in applications of surgical robots to pediatric surgery. In particular, he investigated using surgical robots for fetal surgery and microsurgery. After finishing his surgical residency, he specialized in Pediatric Surgery with training at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He earned his initial board certifications in surgery in 2006 and in pediatric surgery in 2008. As he trained in surgery and pediatric surgery and grew accustomed to the medical field, he continued to seek out ways to work with his community to establish systemic change.