Carl Knopke, M.D., FAAFP, FOMA

Dr. Knopke has been practicing medicine in the Riverside Area for over 17 years. He strives to maintain your health through a combination of healthy living and medical management. He believes that your experience at his office should be a positive one where you are treated well, your questions are answered in a way that can be easily understood, and your visits are timely.

Board Certifications

American Board of Family Physicians

American Board of Obesity Medicine

Special areas of interest include:

• Weight control and management of metabolic issues through corrections in diet, exercise and weight loss.
• Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for both men and women to aid in the treatment of hormone related changes.
• Management of diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
• Cardiac management and care of coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure. We are proud to offer True Health Diagnostics laboratory testing to offer you the best in vascular risk management.
• Psychiatric care including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, attention deficit disorder, and smoking cessation.
• Sleep conditions including obstructive sleep apnea, snoring, restless legs syndrome, and insomnia. We prefer natural methods to help you to sleep and we stock an array of supplements that can help in this regard.
• Skin care including acne, and basic care of both benign and malignant skin conditions to include surgical excision in the office.
• Headache and migraine management.
• Many other primary care needs.

Obesity Medicine

If you are looking to lose weight by participating in a medically supervised weight loss program, we would like to help you. Please visit our sister website, www.inlandempireweightloss.com for further information. We have found that weight related problems such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, hyperlipidemia and other medical problems can be brought under control with medical weight loss therapy. Usually, medications relating to the above conditions can be reduced and sometimes eliminated by participation in a medically supervised weight loss program.

We are always striving to improve our office. Customer service and quality measures include:

• We use an Electronic Medical Records system
• Electronic prescriptions. Your prescriptions will often be ready at the pharmacy before you arrive.
• New patient paperwork is available online to save you time
• Specific Weight loss forms can be found here.
• Adoption of an integrated weight loss practice. Many health problems we see are best addressed through weight and lifestyle management. We are set up in house to help you with your weight control needs.
• Expanded office hours with morning, lunch and evening hours available for your convenience.
• Availability of an after-hours urgent care.

We look forward to serving you. Please contact our office with any questions. If you would like to meet Dr. Knopke before establishing care just let our office staff know and we would be more than happy to set this up for you.

Contact Information

Carl G. Knopke, M.D. Family Practice
4646 Brockton Avenue
Suite 302
Riverside, CA 92506

To Schedule an Appointment: Phone: (951) 774-2723

Dedicated Weight Loss Line: (951) 231-1363

Office Forms

New Patient Packet (PDF)

New Patient Weight Loss Packet (PDF)

Standard Office Hours

Mon – Fri: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Closed for lunch 12:00 pm – 2 pm

Convenience Hours*

Monday 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm for lunch visits
Tues: 7:00 am – 8:30 am and
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm for lunch visits
Thur: 7:00 am – 8:30 am
Friday: 7:00 am – 8:30 am and
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm for lunch visits

Scheduling

Our office strives to be available at times when you are able to come in. To that end, our office offers a range of appointment times. We have morning appointments that start as early as 7:00 am. Our office is also open during the lunch hour on dedicated days. To facilitate these accessible appointment times our office offers 3 different providers to meet your needs, Dr. Knopke M.D., Madeleine Gould PA-C and Lesley Laird PA-C.

Education

Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science, UCLA, Biochemistry 1994

Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, 2001

Residency: Riverside County Regional Medical Center, 2004

Appointments

Chief Resident – Riverside County Regional Medical Center

Past Chair – Riverside Community Hospital Family Medicine Department

Recognition

America’s Top Family Doctors 2006, 2007

AMA Physician Recognition Award

Membership

American Academy of Family Physicians

Obesity Medicine Association

Society of Hospital Medicine

American Medical Asssociation

Teaching

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of California Riverside

Past clinical instructor in the Biomedical Program at UC Riverside

Awarded the Resident Teacher Award by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine – 2004

Hospital affiliations

Riverside Community Hospital

Lesley Laird, PA-C

Lesley is a certified physician assistant who trained at Riverside County Regional Medical Center and graduated in 2005. She joined Dr. Knopke’s practice in 2006 and currently practices in an 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, cholesterol, cardiac diseases, hospital based care, women’s health issues, and obesity.