Joanna G Katzman
About
Titles
Professor Adjunct of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)
Biography
Joanna G. Katzman, MD, MSPH is a physician and public health educator. She graduated from Yale School of Medicine and UCLA School of Public Health before completing her neurology residency at UCLA. Dr. Katzman directed the University of New Mexico Pain Center for 14 years. Currently, she is Director of Public Health Programs at Project ECHO, a global telementoring initiative. Dr. Katzman's primary academic interest is to understand how to best educate health professionals regarding public health crises in their local communities to improve lives for patients across the globe. In particular, Dr. Katzman is interested in climate change and human heath, violence prevention as well as chronic pain and opioid management.
Appointments
Departments & Organizations
- Environmental Health Sciences (EHS)
- School of Public Health
- Yale School of Public Health
- YSPH Departments
Education & Training
- Non Degree Program
- UCLA School of Medicine Neurology Residency, Department of Neurology (1995)
- Non Degree Program
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Medical Internship (1991)
- MD
- Yale University , Medicine (1990)
- MSPH
- UCLA School of Public Health, Nutritional Sciences (1986)
- BA
- Stanford University, Human Biology (1984)
Research
Overview
In addition to Dr. Katzman's telementoring research, she has also spent time studying the chronic pain and opioid crisis. With collaborators at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Katzman has studied the use of naloxone given freely both in pain and substance use clinics- and has found significant benefits of this procedure particularly at addiction clinics in terms of social connectedness.
ORCID
0000-0003-4115-1393
Research at a Glance
Publications Timeline
Publications
2024
Caring for the Caregivers: Improving Mental Health among Health Professionals Using the Behavioral Health Professional Workforce Resilience ECHO Program
Katzman J, Tomedi L, Pandey N, Richardson K, Xenakis S, Heines S, Grabbe L, Magdaleno Y, Mehta A, Welton R, Lister K, Seis K, Wright A, McCoy-Hayes S, Katzman J. Caring for the Caregivers: Improving Mental Health among Health Professionals Using the Behavioral Health Professional Workforce Resilience ECHO Program. Healthcare 2024, 12: 1741. PMID: 39273765, PMCID: PMC11395428, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12171741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsBehavioral health professionalsHealth professionalsECHO programMental healthImprove mental healthPoor mental healthHealth care professionalsMixed-methods designRetrospective pre/post surveyCare professionalsCompassion fatiguePre/post surveyWorkforce resilienceFocus interviewsBetter toolsHealthProfessionalsBurnoutNational programHigh riskAssessed changesUniversity of New MexicoParticipantsProgramConfidenceDevelopment and validation of an indicator to identify prescriptions as non-opioid pharmacological therapies used for pain management through the use of electronic health record data
Lane R, Tomedi L, Takeda M, Hood N, Katzman J. Development and validation of an indicator to identify prescriptions as non-opioid pharmacological therapies used for pain management through the use of electronic health record data. Pain Medicine 2024, 25: 416-418. PMID: 38400762, PMCID: PMC11145446, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain: The Silent Public Health Epidemic
Katzman J, Mac Gallagher R. Pain: The Silent Public Health Epidemic. Journal Of Primary Care & Community Health 2024, 15: 21501319241253547. PMID: 38742616, PMCID: PMC11095171, DOI: 10.1177/21501319241253547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPain carePain educationPain managementVulnerable populationsEffective pain careMental health diagnosesEffective pain managementSuffering of patientsExperience of painTherapeutic allianceLong-term opioidsHealth inequalitiesModerate to severe painEffective careHealth professionalsIneffective careHealthcare providersSubstance use disordersHealth diagnosisPatient carePain SocietyAdvanced painHealthcare systemOpioid educationTraining deficits
2023
When Climate Change Shows Up in the Exam Room
Katzman J, Wheat S, Christiano A. When Climate Change Shows Up in the Exam Room. The Journal Of The American Board Of Family Medicine 2023, 37: 15-18. PMID: 38092434, DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230200r1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHealth effects of climate changeMental health effectsMeeting patientsEffective communication strategiesHealth-related effectsPublic health emergencyPatient educationExam roomHealth issuesGlobal public health emergencyTrusted sourcesHealth emergencyEffects of climate changeCommunication strategiesCliniciansClimate changePatientsDegraded air qualityMillions of peopleClimate-health tele-education as a force multiplier: A train-the-trainer ECHO course series
Wheat S, Katzman J, Herring D, Tomedi L, Sood N, Sorensen C. Climate-health tele-education as a force multiplier: A train-the-trainer ECHO course series. The Journal Of Climate Change And Health 2023, 14: 100282. DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHealth professionalsHealthcare professionalsChange health professional behaviourSelf-efficacyEquipping health professionalsHealth professional behaviourIncrease health professionalsHealth effects of climate changeCommunication skillsCompetency-based courseProject ECHOImplementation climateHealth programsHealth coursesHealth educationHealth topicsHealth knowledgeProfessional behaviorPost-surveyProgrammatic developmentTraditional healthcareTrain othersPrimary outcomeHealthSurvey respondentsClinician education on climate change and health: virtual learning community models
Katzman J, Balbus J, Herring D, Bole A, Buttke D, Schramm P. Clinician education on climate change and health: virtual learning community models. The Lancet Planetary Health 2023, 7: e444-e446. PMID: 37286241, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00087-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsEvaluation and guide for embedding opioid use disorder education in health professions’ curricula
Salvador J, Bolaños-Sacoman S, Katzman J, Morrison A, Fox L, Schneider J, Bhatt S, Kincaid T, Waldorf V. Evaluation and guide for embedding opioid use disorder education in health professions’ curricula. BMC Medical Education 2023, 23: 135. PMID: 36859298, PMCID: PMC9975819, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04088-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsOpioid use disorderPhysician assistantsTreat opioid use disorderLack of provider knowledgeUse disorderImprove knowledgePsychiatric nurse practitionersHealth professions curriculaPre-licensure learnersPost-graduationNurse practitionersProvider knowledgeBuprenorphine treatmentWaiver trainingShadowing opportunitiesTreatment to personsDisorder educationShadowing experienceExperiential trainingPositive overallOverdose deathsPhysiciansIncreased confidenceHealth crisisCOVID-19 pandemic
2022
Project ECHO interprofessional telementoring: Using a novel case-based approach for building the U.S Public Health Service clinical response in pain and substance use disorder
Katzman J, Bhatt S, Krishnasamy V, Mells J, Rubel S, Tomedi L, Jacobsohn V, Groves R, Neubert P. Project ECHO interprofessional telementoring: Using a novel case-based approach for building the U.S Public Health Service clinical response in pain and substance use disorder. Journal Of Interprofessional Education & Practice 2022, 29: 100542. DOI: 10.1016/j.xjep.2022.100542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsUS Public Health ServiceSubstance use disordersAll-teachClinical vignettesTeam-basedSelf-efficacyChronic painFocus group participantsIncreased self-efficacyMental health issuesPublic health servicesSubstance use disorder treatmentProject ECHOCommissioned CorpsOpioid overdose crisisClinical officersTelementoring sessionsHealth servicesTelementoring programClinical capacityPublic health emergencyClinical skillsPatient careCohort surveyGroup participantsClinicians as Trusted Messengers—The “Secret Sauce” for Vaccine Confidence
Katzman J, Christiano A. Clinicians as Trusted Messengers—The “Secret Sauce” for Vaccine Confidence. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2246634. PMID: 36515954, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricClimate Change ECHO: Telementoring to Improve Climate Literacy for Health Professionals
Katzman J, Herring D, Wheat S, Groves R, Kazhe-Dominguez B, Martin C, Norsworthy K, Liu J, Lord S, Tomedi L. Climate Change ECHO: Telementoring to Improve Climate Literacy for Health Professionals. AJPM Focus 2022, 2: 100051. PMID: 37789933, PMCID: PMC10546522, DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2022.100051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsPublic health professionalsClimate-related health impactsHealth professionalsSelf-efficacyHealth impactsCommunication skillsTelementoring sessionsHealth programsWeeks trainingPublic health crisisPostsession surveysGlobal public health crisisAdequate educationProfessionalsParticipantsSessionsHealth crisisRating sessionsHuman health programCliniciansSkillsNursesPhysiciansHealthPostsession