Steven Katz
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
- steven.katz@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
rheumatoid arthritis quality improvement medical education
About
Personal Statement
Caring for the more than 15% of Canadians who have arthritis involves all aspects of the medical profession, how we care for people, share knowledge and work together, and ensure standards of excellence in practice. For me, it’s all about education: for trainees, for colleagues and other health professionals, and for patients. Knowledge empowers care and improves outcomes.
Dr. Steven Katz is an award-winning clinician, medical educator, researcher and medical community leader. He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s medical school, where he completed a residency in core internal medicine, followed by a second residency in rheumatology at the University of Alberta. He also holds a post-graduate certificate in medical education from the Centre of Medical Education at the University of Dundee, Scotland.
Leadership and Collaborations
Dr. Katz is the Director of the Division of Rheumatology and Section Head for Rheumatology for Alberta Health Services Edmonton Zone. He was the director, core internal medicine program, and associate chair, postgraduate medical education for the Department of Medicine until 2022. He is the patient triage coordinator for the Division of Rheumatology. He is on numerous committees established to guide issues including health information management, clinician referral processes, medical education at all levels and arthritis care.
Research
In addition to Dr. Katz’s full-time clinical responsibilities at the University Hospital and the Kaye Edmonton Clinic, where he also provides clinical instruction and supervision, he is a prolific clinical innovator. Many of his novel initiatives are digital and intended for a patient audience. They include a YouTube site and websites about disease management. He developed a web-based Disease Activity Scoring System for rheumatologists (www.RheumDAS.com) that can be imported into patient charts. He is founder and co-director of two collaborative clinics. The first, the Collaborative Rheumatologist-Pharmacist Inflammatory Arthritis Follow Up Clinic, has resulted in a significant increase in patient access and satisfaction. The second, Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis, Improving Access to Care Clinic, offers multidisciplinary, data-driven care for patients with inflammatory arthritis and additional health conditions.
Dr. Katz’s research focuses on performance of and access to rheumatology care and is supported with funding from provincial and national health research organizations. He is the author and co-author of several articles in peer-reviewed publications as well as book chapters, reviews, editorials and dozens of abstracts.
Teaching
Dr. Katz’s active involvement in medical education comprises classroom instruction related to rheumatology as well as continuing medical education sessions for colleagues and health professionals throughout the Edmonton area. He is committed to public education about arthritis and has given many public talks in the Edmonton area and outlying communities on the subject.
Featured Publications
Katz SJ, Wang D
Cureus. 2022 June; 14 (6) 10.7759/cureus.25798
Barber CEH, Lacaille D, Croxford R, Barnabe C, Marshall DA, Abrahamowicz M, Xie H, Avina-Zubieta JA, Esdaile JM, Hazlewood G, Faris P, Katz S, MacMullan P, Mosher D, Widdifield J
ACR Open Rheumatology. 2022 May; 10.1002/acr2.11442
Katz SJ
. Challenges for large residency programs. In Atkinson, Abbott, Boucher, et al, editors. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Program Directors Handbook: A practical guide for leading . 2022 May; https://pdhandbook.royalcollege.ca/
Presentations to Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centres by Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis Conditions: Characteristics and Most Responsible Diagnoses
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting. 2022 May;
Jones B, Katz SJ
Approach to Internal Medicine, 5th ed. 2022 May; 978-3030729790
Katz SJ
PLoS One. 2022 May; 10.1371/journal.pone.0268569
Wilson H, Semaka A, Katz SJ
JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY. 2022 April; 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001841
Characteristics of Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre Use by Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis Conditions
Canadian Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting. 2022 February;
Stanton A., Katz S.J.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 2021 July; 21 (1) 10.1186/s12890-021-01602-7
Katz SJ
Journal of medical education and curriculum development. 2021 May; 8 10.1177/23821205211016502
Liu X, Barber CEH, Katz SJ, Homik J, Bertazzon S, Patel A, Robert J, Smith C, Mosher D, Marshall DA
ACR Open Rheumatology. 2021 April; 10.1002/acr2.11251
Soo J, Eldeiry D, Katz SJ
Clinical Rheumatology. 2021 April; 40 (4):1245-48 10.1007/s10067-020-05352-5