Physician Endorsement

Dr. Peter M. Knapp, Jr.
President, Urology of Indiana

Dr. Peter M. Knapp, Jr. discusses his use of the know error® system:

“Like all physicians, my partners and I take patient safety very seriously. Because our large urology practice performs thousands of needle biopsy procedures per year, accurate specimen handling and patient identification are of particular significance to us. Among the many steps taken to control our quality of care, we’ve invested significant resources building a dedicated in-house pathology laboratory to process our own biopsy specimens. The additional layer of safety embodied by the know error® system is the logical extension of our patient safety focus.

It provides one more independent set of checks and balances to protect our patients, our physicians, and our laboratory from the potentially devastating effects of undetected specimen switching errors. Guided by this independent verification of sample identity, my partners and I can recommend therapy to patients with the increased confidence that can only come from a positive DNA match between the patient and his pathology tissue. Having become accustomed to this added measure of confidence, it is difficult now to imagine initiating treatment without it.

I can recommend the know error® system to all physicians and laboratories handling tissue biopsies with the same confidence that the know error® system affords me when recommending therapy to my own patients.”

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Dr. Knapp is a graduate of Indiana University and the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery internship and urology residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He entered private practice in July of 1985.

Dr. Knapp is certified by the American Board of Urology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a Clinical Associate Professor of Urology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology, the Endourologic Society, and the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons.

Dr. Knapp has a special interest in female urology, urinary incontinence, and other bladder control problems in men, women, and children. He is a Medical Director of UroPoint Bladder Control Centers and is an instructor in the Female Medicine and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Knapp is a co-founder of Diagnostic ID, LLC, which owns and licenses the know error® system. Dr. Knapp has authored numerous journal publications and several book chapters and is an invited lecturer at clinical symposia and instructional courses internationally. Dr. Knapp has been active in clinical research and product development for over 20 years with 4 US patents in medical devices and tissue engineering. Dr. Knapp has served on advisory boards for several pharmaceutical and medical device companies developing new products for the medical market.