Dr. Carl Knopke, M.D.

Dr. Knopke completed his undergraduate studies at UCLA with a degree in Biochemistry. He graduated from medical school at University of Texas, San Antonio. Residency was completed at Riverside County Regional Medical Center. The last year of his residency he was elected to be Chief Resident.

Immediately after residency, he opened his own practice in association with Raincross Medical Group. He worked part time as a teaching hospitalist at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. He is a clinical instructor for first year medical students in the Biomedical Program at University of California at Riverside.

He currently is chair of the Family Medicine Section at Riverside Community Hospital. His primary medical interests are diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arthritis, psychiatry, weight loss, exercise physiology, and dermatology.

Lesley Laird, PA-C

Lesley is a Board certified physician assistant who trained at Riverside County Regional Medical Center and graduated in 2005. She joined Dr. Knopke’s practice 2 years ago and currently practices in a hospital, skilled nursing facility and office based setting.

Lesley has worked in the healthcare industry for the last 15 years. She is a fellow member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the California Academy of Physician Assistants. She has provided tutoring in PA studies and has been recognized for precepting Physician Assistant Students enrolled in the Western Health Sciences PA program in Pomona, CA. Her primary medical interests include management of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiac diseases, and obesity.