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Paul Katz, MD, CMD

Faculty Department of Geriatrics
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Dr. Paul Katz is Professor in the Department of Geriatrics at Florida State University College of Medicine. Before coming to the FSU College of Medicine in May 2015, he was Vice President of Medical Services at the Baycrest Health Centre and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He previously served as Chief of the Division of Geriatrics/Aging at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and for 16 years was medical director at Monroe Community Hospital.

Dr. Katz is past president of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. He has co-edited 12 books, has over 150 scholarly publications and is currently a senior associate editor of JAMDA. Dr. Katz has received grants from the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Veterans Administration, the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. He has led studies outlining demographic characteristics of nursing home physicians and their practice patterns, using the results to define links between nursing home medical staff organization and quality outcomes. He is co-PI of a $3.75 million federally funded grant that focuses on the training of the geriatric workforce and family caregivers.

Dr. Katz is an active member of the Senior Quality Leap Initiative (SQLI), a consortium of 15 Canadian and US senior care organizations dedicated to quality improvement in nursing homes. He is currently part of an international team of investigators working to develop medical provider specific quality measures germane to post-acute and long-term care.

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