Scott T. McKnight, MD, FACS

Biography

Dr. Scott McKnight is a native Texan and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School. He is board-certified in both general and colon and rectal surgery.  He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Wake Forest University.  Dr. McKnight earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where he became a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.  He completed a general surgery residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).  He then practiced as a general and trauma surgeon at UAB before moving back to Houston to complete a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Dr. McKnight practices in West Houston as a member of UT Physicians. His practices encompass the full spectrum of colon and rectal surgery.  His particular clinical interests include minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) colon and rectal surgery, treatment of fecal incontinence, and anorectal surgery.  Dr. McKnight strives to make patients feel comfortable, address all patient concerns, and move to surgery when non-operative options have been exhausted.