Randy Knipping

Dr. Randolph P. Knipping obtained his BSc (Honours Biology) summa cum laude from McMaster in 1981 during which time he published two scientific papers in Neuroendocrinology as an undergraduate student. He completed his MD in Toronto in 1985 with the highest academic standing in the final year of medical school and then completed a Family Practice Residency at the University of Western Ontario in London in 1986.Since graduation, Dr. Knipping has pursued a wide and varied career encompassing aerospace, emergency, forensic, occupational, preventive and integrative medicine. He has held several prestigious professional appointments including Chief of Emergency Medicine at Trillium Health Centre, founding Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic in Canada, Medical Support Specialist for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and Coroner for the Province of Ontario. He continues to practice emergency medicine at a community hospital and is senior aviation medical examiner for the US Federal Aviation Administration and Transport Canada. In 2014 he was appointed Affiliate Physician for Virgin Galactic performing preflight examinations for private and commercial astronauts. Dr. Knipping has accumulated extensive postgraduate training in human performance psychology, including Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy training at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto and more than 10 years of formal meditation training with two meditation masters. He has developed the novel Cognitive Meditation Training (CMT) program for pilots, air traffic controllers and executives and has been retained by a number of flight departments and airlines to manage post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) including Air France Flight 358 2005, Nimrod CIAS Crash 1995, Ornge Helicopter Crash 2013, and MNR Helicopter Crash 2003 and most recently the Air Canada Crash in Halifax NS 2015. He was interviewed three times as a world expert on stress and human performance psychology after the German Air Suicide/Homicide crash by CNN News Anchor Brooke Baldwin out of New York in March and April 2015, was seen by an audience of more than 4.5 million and received significant public and professional acclaim.Currently Dr. Knipping is completing his Graduate Certificate in Integrative Medicine and Master of Science Degree in Integrative Medicine with the Metabolic Medicine Institute and The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington DC. He is Board Eligible for the American Board of Integrative Medicine which is a recognized specialty with the American Board of Physician Specialists and hopes to complete this training by the end of 2016.Dr Knipping is the Founding Medical Director of DeerFields with his business partner James Wilson, a successful serial entrepreneur in trucking, leasing and waste management. Based on the Canyon Ranch + Cleveland Clinic model, Deerfields is poised to become the leading private clinical and research facility focussed on an Integrative Medicine approach to the biology of human aging and optimal physical and psychological performance. Unique to the Deerfields Approach is the concept of a experiential lifestyle retreat where individuals, couples, partners and work groups can experience a healthy lifestyle consisting of optimal nutrition, fitness, stress reduction, detoxification and sleep while receiving a comprehensive health assessment and program focussed on epigenetic, metabolic and hormone balancing.