Ben Z. Katz, MD

Attending Physician, Infectious Disease, Medical Director, Travel Immunization Clinic; Co-Medical Director, Adoption Clinic

Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Epstein-Barr virus, infections in transplant recipients, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), travel immunizations, viral infections, adenovirus infections, chronic granulomatous disease

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Pediatric Infectious Disease Treatment >

Education & Training

Education: New York University School of Medicine, 1980

Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in infectious disease, Yale University School of Medicine, 1983-1986; Residency in pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, 1980-1983

Board Certifications: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, General Pediatrics

Professional Organizations: Infectious Diseases Society of America; Society for Pediatric Research

Research

Research Interests: Pathophysiology of viral infections; chronic fatigue syndrome

Publications

Most recent publications

Chronic Granulomatous Disease: A Large, Single-center US Experience Pediatr Infect Dis J34 (10): 1110-4
Prevalence of BK polyomavirus infection and association with renal dysfunction in pediatric heart transplant recipients J Heart Lung Transplant34 (2): 222-6
Clinical characteristics and genotypes of rotavirus in adults J Infect70 (6): 683-7
Indirect protection and indirect measures of protection from rotavirus in adults J Infect Dis205 (11): 1762-4
Lyme disease presenting as ptosis, conjunctivitis, and photophobia Clin Pediatr (Phila)51 (2): 186-7
Glioblastoma multiforme in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease treated with subtotal resection, radiation, and thalidomide: case report of a long-term survivor J Pediatr Hematol Oncol31 (12): 965-9
A 2-year-old boy with fever and altered mental status Pediatr Ann37 (2): 75-9
Identification of adenoviruses in specimens from high-risk pediatric stem cell transplant recipients and controls J Clin Microbiol46 (1): 317-20
Predictors of Post-Infectious Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adolescents Health Psychol Behav Med2 (1): 41-51
Bowel ischemia following pneumonia in compromised children Clin Pediatr (Phila)47 (6): 598-601

Ben Z. Katz, MD

Ben Z. Katz, MD

Attending Physician, Infectious Disease, Medical Director, Travel Immunization Clinic; Co-Medical Director, Adoption Clinic

Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Education & Training

Research

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