Mary Knotts

Biography

Dr. Mary C. Knotts is an Attending Emergency Medicine Physician at Banner University Emergency Department and the Southern Arizona VA Medical Center.  She also serves as an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) physician with the University of Arizona’s Division of EMS. In this capacity, she is the Deputy Medical Director for the Public Safety Communications Department (PSCD), the Medical Director for the United Allied Security / Caterpillar Group, and the Associate Medical Director for Southern Arizona’s Global Medical Response (GMR).

Dr. Knotts completed an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1999.  She subsequently joined the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and was an FA-18D Weapons Systems Officer (WSO).  After leaving active duty in 2010, Dr Knotts was a Program Manager at General Atomics-Reconnaissance Systems Group (GA-RSG), managing software development projects, deployed radar operations in Afghanistan, and development of electronic warfare systems.   She returned to school in 2015, graduating from medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2019.  She completed her Emergency Medicine residency in 2022 and an EMS fellowship in 2023, both through the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Dr. Knotts has clinical and educational interests in prehospital medicine, aviation medicine, and EMS Quality Improvement programs.

Degrees

• Other Fellowship of Emergency Medicine Services (EMS)
• University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Other Residency of Emergency Medicine
• University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, United States
• M.D. Doctor of Medicine
• Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• B.S. Aerospace Engineering
• University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, United States