Title(s)
- Vice Chair of Education, Neurology
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Knepper has an interest in headaches in pregnant women and secondary headaches. She performs nerve blocks and Botox injections in patients with chronic migraines. Dr. Knepper is vice chair of education in the neurology department. She was the prior neurology clerkship director and director of the fourth-year neurology electives. During this time, she updated the clerkship to focus on competency-based medicine and student reflection with goal setting, completing extensive curriculum development and changing the neurology clerkship to a four-week rotation. As a prior UPSOM curriculum committee member, Dr. Knepper served as the chair of several medical school task forces which included one assessing integration of radiology throughout the four-year medical school program, a curriculum reform task force and a task force reviewing how students’ study during clinical clerkships. She was the chair of the 4th year elective subcommittee for the medical school, each year reviewing elective enrollment and student evaluations for three years. Dr. Knepper continues to precept and mentor numerous neurology residents, medical students and fellows, teaching competency based medical education for the past 10 years. Her medical education research resulted in presentations at AAMC, ICBME and AMME meetings. Recently she has developed a monthly medical education forum for neurology clinician educators which includes peer mentoring. She is a member of the department promotions committee and assists many faculty in the completion of their promotion packets. She has completed the UPMC leadership and the UPMC peer coaching programs. She is a current member of the vice chair LCME preparation committee as well as the UPSOM student assessment committee.
Education & Training
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Medicine
- Resident, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Neurology
- Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Stroke
Specialized Areas of Clinical & Educational Research
- Clinical: Standardized patient and Hybrid simulation; Hormones and Migraine Management; AAMC Core Entrustable Professional Activities
- Education: Competency Based Medical Educator; Medical School Curriculum Reform
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Vascular Neurology
- UCNS Headache Medicine Board Certification
Honors & Awards
- Preceptor of the Year Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2020
- Preceptor of the Year Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015
- Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Award
- Neurology Resident Research Award, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Best Doctors in Pittsburgh
Selected Publications
Aziz Y, Knepper L, Lieberman F, Drappatz J, Wiley C, Mettenberg J: Brainstem Anaplastic Astrocytoma, IDH-Mutant, WHO Grade III, Presenting with Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies and Diffuse Neuroaxis Leptomeningeal Involvement. P 4.008 Neurology, April 2020
Knepper, LE: University of Pittsburgh Neurology Clerkship Core EPA Self Reflection AAMC- Learn, Serve Lead, Academic Med; Nov 2016: RIME supplement
Knepper, LE, Yanta C, Safier R, Levin A, Ojha A, Stakic S, Littleton B: Assessment of medical Student Electronic Health Record Documentation – assessing 3 Core Entrustable Professional activities during the Neurology Clerkship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2018 World Summit on Competency Based medical Education , August 24, 2018, Basel Switzerland
Niksefat M, Albashiti B, Burke D, Moshayedi P, Patira R, Knepper L :Extensive meningeal enhancement in acute central nervous system Lyme: Case series and review of literature. J Clin Neurosci. 2019 Jun; 64:25-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.03.048. Epub 2019 Apr 2
