Renda K. Knapp, MD

An obstetrician-gynecologist who has called Homer, Alaska, home since 2016.

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Renda Knapp is an obstetrician-gynecologist who has called Homer, Alaska, home since 2016. She brings three decades of experience to her practice and to her role as medical director of the OB/GYN department, and she is especially passionate about maternal health, hormone therapy, and gynecologic surgery. She earned her medical degree and completed her residency at the University of South Florida and is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology.

Knapp believes in compassionate care that meets women where they are. Even after thirty years in practice, she still considers it a privilege to be in the room when a baby takes their first breath. She also offers women's hormone and health coaching through Dr. Renda's Healthy Life.

Raised in Ohio and educated in Florida, Knapp is also a published fiction author and co-owns a peony farm in Homer with her husband, Dr. Edson Knapp. Together, they are the parents of seven adult children and grandparents of eight. She shares updates on Instagram and Facebook.

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Why I wrote a medical thriller about patients’ secrets

Renda K. Knapp, MD

October 22, 2026Oct 22, 2026

The most important moment of a medical appointment usually happens at the very end, with a hand on the doorknob. Every physician knows the moment. The visit is over. The official reason for it (the refill, the checkup, the cough) has been handled. And then, as she reaches for the door, the patient pauses. “Actually, there’s one more thing.”

In thirty years as an OB/GYN, I have learned that the one …