Dr. Amy Knight has been selected to serve as president for the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).  

Founded in 1985, AACVPR is dedicated to its mission of reducing morbidity, mortality, and disability from cardiovascular and pulmonary disease through education, prevention, rehabilitation, research, and disease management. Central to the core mission is improvement in the quality of life for patients and their families.

 The Board of Directors is the governing body for AACVPR and is responsible for developing the organization’s strategic plan and making fiscal and policy decisions that align AACVPR activities with its mission and vision and result in significant benefit to its members.

Dr. Knight is A longtime AACVPR member and has served on the Psychosocial and Nutrition Experts Group, the Program Planning Committee, and Outcome Measures Task Force.

During the annual AACVPR meeting in October, Dr. Knight presented "Building Equity in Rehabilitation - A Panel Discussion to Facilitate Inclusion" along with Dr. Amber Clark. They discussed the persistent disparities which exist in the utilization of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation for notable groups who are overrepresented in cardiovascular disease burden and death but underrepresented in cardiac rehab referral, participation, and completion rates. Social determinants of health are contributory, and systematic patient and provider-related factors coexist to perpetuate the problem.

Dr. Knight serves as the Division Director of Rehabilitation Psychology at Spain Rehabilitation Center (SRC). She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her areas of interest are psychology, neuropsychology, stroke, and acquired brain injury.