Areas of Expertise: Geriatrics, Quality of Life for Older Adults, Long-Term-Care Quality Improvement

In a career spanning 60 years as physician, scientist, teacher, mentor, author, and public servant, Dr. Katz has pioneered the concept of active aging, championed the development of the field of geriatric care, and been responsible for the creation of local and national programs to enhance quality of life and improve long-term services for the elderly. An advisor to U.S. and world leaders, a lifetime member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine, the Delegated Senior Analyst and Program Advisor to the Stroud Program on the Science of Quality of Life in Aging at Columbia University, and Distinguished Scholar at the Benjamin Rose Institute, Dr. Katz is listed in Who’s Who in Health Care and has been honored by dozens of organizations. His favorite award, however, is the Foundation for Health in Aging’s Lifetime of Caring Award, which he received in 2001, an honor he shares with former President Jimmy Carter and writer Maya Angelou.

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