Eric Katz MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM

Dr. Katz, who has been at MIHS since 2006, takes over for J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD, who was the first to be named to the post during the summer of 2012. Dr. Stapczynski, who is stepping down as chair but will remain a faculty member, brought more than 30 years of experience to the college as one of the initial group of department chairs named by the medical school. Dr. Katz came to Phoenix as program director for the emergency medicine residency program at MIHS before becoming vice chairman of education and later vice chair of the emergency medicine department at the health system. He has also led the graduate medical education committee for MIHS.

Dr. Katz attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, completing a 5-year residency in emergency and internal medicine at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. In 2000, he joined the faculty at Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, becoming assistant program director a year later. Dr. Katz has been active in numerous emergency medicine organizations, including the Council of Residency Directors, where he is currently past-president. His research has focused on education and he has received numerous awards for his teaching, mentorship and advocacy, including the 2014 Parker Palmer Courage to Teach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.