Jason A. Knight, MD

Jason Knight, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained gynecologic oncologist. Dr. Knight brings a wealth of surgical knowledge to Saint Luke’s. He has pioneered scarless single-incision, umbilical laparoscopy to treat uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, and complex gynecologic surgeries.

Dr. Knight completed both undergraduate and postgraduate study at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Knight completed his residencies at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He pursued fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. After the fellowship, Dr. Knight joined the Cleveland Clinic’s clinical staff, completing seven years of service. Dr. Knight presently serves as the Director of Gynecologic Oncology at the Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, providing clinical care at Saint Luke’s Hospital Kansas City.

Dr. Knight is an active participant in academic discovery. He has authored more than twenty articles, book chapters, abstracts, and reviews, including preparing an invited manuscript for the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. He has presented his findings at national and international meetings.

Dr. Knight specializes in treating uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer. His clinical interests include scarless surgery, bloodless surgery, minimally invasive surgery, cancer surgery, immunotherapy, and alternative therapy.

• Mahdi H, Rose PG, Gonzalez S, DeBernardo R, Knight J, Michener C, Moselmi-Kebria M. Postoperative complications after distal pancreatectomy performed during cytoreductive surgery for gynecologic malignancies. International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer. 2015 Jul 1;25(6):1128-33.
• Goodrich SK, Knight J. Uterine sarcoma: Ability of preoperative evaluation to identify malignancy and correct histology. Gynecologic Oncology. 2015 Apr 1;137:97-8.
• Goodrich SK, Buechel ME, Knight J. Concordance of uterine sarcoma diagnosis based on the method of preoperative evaluation. Gynecologic Oncology. 2015 Apr I;137:100-1.
• Goodrich SK, Buechel ME, Knight J. Morcellating sarcomas: Failing to sample or sampling failure?. Gynecologic Oncology. 2015 Apr 1;137:62.
• Jernigan AM, Stepjhens JP, Knight J. Surgeons as active leaders in the operating room: Potential cost-saving behaviors. Gynecologic Oncology. 2014 Jun 1;133:35.
• Mahdi H, Gojayev A, Buechel M, Knight J, SanMarco J, Lockhart D, Michener C, Moslemi-Kebria M. Surgical site infection in women undergoing surgery for gynecologic cancer. International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer. 2014 May 1;24(4):779-86.
• Woessner JR, Knight J. Instrumentation for Single-Site Gynecologic Surgery. In: Atlas of Single-Port, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Surgery 2014 (pp. 107-115). Springer, New York, NY.
• Knight J, Bravo JM, Escobar PF. Single-Site Robotics. In: Atlas of Single-Port, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Surgery 2014 (pp. 317-322). Springer, New York, NY.
• Knight J, Falcone T. Tissue extraction by morcellation: a clinical dilemma The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2014;3(21):319-20.
• Knight J, Escobar PF. Cost and robotic surgery in gynecology. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research.2014 Jan 1;40(1):12-7.
• Armstrong A, DeBernardo R, Knight J, Otvos B. Evaluation of the cost of CA-125 measurement, office visit,  and CT scan in the diagnosis of recurrent ovarian cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 2013 Jul 1;130(1):e28-9.
• Knight J, Talati A, Rao S, Escobar P. Trends in surgical training among gynecologic oncology fellows before and after the introduction of robotic surgery. Gynecologic Oncology. 2013 Jul 1;130(l):el55.
• Knight J, Tunitsky-Britton E, Muffly T, Michener CM, Escobar PF. Single-port gynecologic surgery with a novel surgical platform. Surgical innovation. 2012 Sep;19(3):316-22.
• Escobar PF, Knight J, Rao S, Weinberg L. da Vinci® single-site platform: anthropometrical, docking and suturing considerations for hysterectomy in the cadaver model. The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 2012 Jun;8(2):191-5.
• Knight J, Rose P. Chapter I: Initial Surgical Management of Ovarian Cancer. In: Shwartz P, editor. Advances in Ovarian Cancer Management: Future Medicine. 2012 DOI: 10.2217/EBO.ll.383.
• Knight J, Starbuck K, Escobar P. Cost comparison of robotic, single port and conventional laparoscopy for early-stage endometrial cancer. Gynecologic Oncology. 2012 Mar 1;125:S166.
• Escobar PF, Knight J, Kroh M, Chalikonda S, Kaouk J, Stein R. Single-port hysterectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection in the porcine model: feasibility and validation of a novel robotic lightweight endoscope positioner. Gynecological Surgery. 2012 Feb 1;9(1):97-101.
• Gunderson CC, Knight J, Ybanez-Morano J, Ritter C, Escobar PF, lbeanu O, Grumbine FC, Bedaiwy MA, Hurd WW, Fader AN. The risk of umbilical hernia and other complications with laparoendoscopic single-site surgery. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2012 Jan I;19(1):40-5.
• Escobar P, Knight J, Kroh M, Chalikonda S, Kaouk J, Stein R. Single-port hysterectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection in the porcine model: feasibility and validation of a novel robotic lightweight endoscope positioner. Gynecological Surgery. 2011:1-5.
• Gunderson CC, Knight J, Ybanez-Morano J, Ritter C, Escobar PF, Ibeanu O, et al. The risk of umbilical hernia and other complications with laparoendoscopic single-site surgery. J.Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2012 Jan;19:40- 45.
• Knight J, Jatta B, Escobar P. Single port total laparoscopic hysterectomy is associated with higher operative cost and similar clinical outcome compared to traditional laparoscopy. 17th  ESGO International Meeting. Milan, Italy. September 2011.
• Jatta B, Knight J, Salgueiro JM, Salgado J, Rivero J, Bedaiwy M, et al. Evaluation of a single port training curriculum for Latin American Gynecologic Oncologists. 17th ESGO International Meeting. Milan, Italy. September 2011.