David A. Katz, M.D., M.Sc.

 

Dr. Katz joined the UW faculty in 1995 in the departments of Medicine and Population Health Sciences. After completing his residency training in medicine at Loyola University of Chicago, Dr. Katz obtained fellowship training in decision analysis and health services research at Dartmouth and at New England Medical Center. He received a MSc in clinical epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Katz’s research interests include the evaluation of guidelines and other clinical strategies using epidemiologic and decision-analytic methods. His project, "Improving the Evidence Base for Practice Guidelines Prior to Their Dissemination," aims to evaluate the potential utility of national guidelines for management of unstable angina, and will demonstrate how the results of guideline evaluation can be used to improve the care of patients with symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department. He also recently led an investigation to determine the effectiveness of utilizing non-physician staff to implement the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Smoking Cessation guideline, using a randomized controlled trial involving eight primary care clinics. In addition, Dr. Katz maintains an active general internal medicine practice and teaches principles of evidence-based medicine to UW resident physicians.  Affiliations/Associations: Member, Society of General Internal Medicine Member, Society of Medical Decision Making Member, UW Hospital and Clinics: Performance Improvement Coordinating Committee Member, UW Comprehensive Cancer Center: Cancer Control Program Recent Honors and Awards: 1998 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar 1998 National Cancer Institute Preventive Oncology Academic Award Representative Publications: Schapira MM, Lawrence WF, Katz DA, McAuliffe TL, Nattinger AB. The effect of treatment on quality of life among men with clinically localized prostate cancer. Med Care 2001; 39:243-53. Katz DA. Risk stratification in unstable angina:  The role of clinical prediction models.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 36(6):1809-11.  Rosenberg MA, Fryback DG, Katz DA.  A statistical model to detect DRG upcoding.  Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 2000; 1:233-52. Katz DA, Payne D, Pauker SG. Early surgery versus conservative management of dissecting aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta. Med Dec Making, 2000; 20: 377-93. Katz DA, McHorney CA, Atkinson RL. The impact of obesity on health-related quality (HRQOL) in patients with chronic illness. J Gen Intern Med 2000; 15: 789-96. Katz DA. Barriers between guidelines and improved patient care: An analysis of AHCPR's Unstable Angina Clinical Practice Guideline. Health Serv Res 1999; 34(1) Part II:377-89. Katz DA, McHorney CA. Clinical correlates of insomnia in the Medical Outcomes Study. Arch Intern Med 1998; 158:1099-1107. Katz DA, Griffith JL, Beshansky JR, Selker HP. The need for an empiric basis in formulating medical practice guidelines. JAMA 1996;276:1568-74. Katz DA, Lynch ME, Littenberg B. Clinical predictors of Clostridium difficile stool cytotoxin results in hospitalized patients with diarrhea. Am J Med 1996; 100:487-95. Contact Information David A. Katz, M.D., M.Sc. Department of Medicine 707 WARF Building 610 Walnut St. Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2397 USA Phone: (608) 265-8109 Fax: (608) 263-2820 Email: dak@medicine.wisc.edu