Kelsey M. Knight, NP

Kelsey M. Knight is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner. She obtained her Bachelors of Health Science from Purdue University in clinical laboratory sciences and become a board-certified medical laboratory scientist. She worked at Roudebush VAMC in Indianapolis and Community South Hospital while completing her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis (IUPUI).

She started her nursing career at Franciscan Health in Indianapolis working with the adult population before transitioning to Riley Hospital for Children. She has worked with a wide variety of pediatric patient populations including dialysis, general surgery, and victims of sexual abuse and maltreatment. She completed her Masters of Science in Nursing from IUPUI. She maintains specific interest in pediatric brain tumors and serves as the Neurosurgery/Neuro-Oncology Coordinator at Riley Hospital for Children.

Kelsey is strongly devoted to empowering children and their caregivers in making educated healthcare choices by providing compassionate, evidence-based care, comprehensive health education, and coordination and integration of multidisciplinary services for children with pediatric brain tumors.

In her spare time, Kelsey enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and reading.