David Katz Healthcare Expert

David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM, is the Founding Director (1998) of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, and former President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He has published roughly 200 scientific articles and textbook chapters, and 15 books to date, including multiple editions of leading textbooks in both preventive medicine, and nutrition. He has made important contributions in the areas of lifestyle interventions for health promotion; nutrient profiling; behavior modification; holistic care; and evidence-based medicine. David earned his BA degree from Dartmouth College (1984); his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1988); and his MPH from the Yale University School of Public Health (1993). He completed sequential residency training in Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He is a two-time diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a board-certified specialist in Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He has received two Honorary Doctorates.

 
COVID19 as Seen Up Close

COVID19 as Seen Up Close

Having just completed three 12-hour shifts as a volunteer physician at a hospital emergency department in the Bronx, I can tell you this: it would be bad not to get a N95 mask, but getting one is no walk in the park, either! You try wearing one for 12 hours straight, and then let’s talk. 

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Out of the Blight of Contagion, into the Light: of Pandemic and Pyramid

Out of the Blight of Contagion, into the Light: of Pandemic and Pyramid

We are, no doubt, all comparably eager to consign this blighted interval - of coronavirus contagion, social upheaval, recrimination and fear - to the history books. 

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Hydroxychloroquine for Coronavirus: Truth, Again, Between Opposing Corners?

Hydroxychloroquine for Coronavirus: Truth, Again, Between Opposing Corners?

My native aptitude, if I may presume to say so, is seeing the whole elephant in the room. 

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Health in the Time of Coronavirus

Health in the Time of Coronavirus

Believe it or not, now - with the acute threat of COVID19 constraining our activities and propagating our anxieties - there may have never been a better time to address and improve the chronic state of our health, both as a population, and as individuals. 

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America Responds to Pandemic Coronavirus

America Responds to Pandemic Coronavirus

Much has been made of my early contention that the coronavirus could hurt and kill people more than one way, and that we needed to do our best to interdict them all. 

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