INFORMATION

Business Address:
10 Congress St.
Suite 504
Pasadena, CA 91105

Business Telephone: (626) 792-1211
Fax: (626) 792-3144

E-mail: skatz@surgery.hsc.usc.edu

EDUCATION

High School:
La Serna High School, Whittier, CA 1963-67

Undergraduate:
University of Southern California, 1967-71

Medical School:
University of California at Irvine, 1971-75

Internship:

• Harbor General, Los Angeles, CA 1975-76 (Medicine)
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., 1978-79 (Surgery)

Residency:

• Harbor General, Los Angeles, CA., 1976-78 (Medicine)
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., 1979-83 (Surgery)

Vascular Surgery Fellowship:
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
1983-1984 Fellow in Peripheral Vascular Surgery
With Jesse E. Thompson, M.D.

Honors and Awards:

• Phi Beta Kappa, 1971
• Phi Kappa Phi, 1971
• Lange Award, 1975-76
• Dean’s Award – University of California at Irvine, 1974
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 1974
• President Alpha Omega Alpha, 1975
• Surgical Faculty Teaching Award Huntington Memorial Hospital 1998

Licensure:
California: July 1976

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine, 1978
• American Board of Surgery, February 18, 1984
• Special Qualifications in Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery, June 1987

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, LAC+USC Medical Center, Vascular Surgery, 1984-1999
• Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine 1999-Present

Attending Staff

• Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA
• St. Luke Hospital, Pasadena, CA
• San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, San Gabriel, CA
• Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Arcadia, CA
• Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, Glendora, CA
• USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

Specific Teaching Responsibilities

• Teaching Staff Huntington Memorial Hospital
• Director of Vascular Surgery Conference
• Huntington Memorial Hospital

Employment

• Private practice of Vascular Surgery in association with Roy D. Kohl, M.D. 1984-Present
• Full time Faculty Member of University of Southern California School of Medicine 1999 – Present

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

• Los Angeles Surgical Society
• American College of Surgeons
• Southern California Vascular Surgical Society
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society
• International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
• Western Vascular Society
• Pacific Coast Surgical Association
• Councilor Southern California Vascular Surgical Society
• The Society for Vascular Surgery

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS/CONSULTANTSHIPS

1. Huntington Memorial Hospital – Director of the Vascular Laboratory and Director of the surgical residency program.
2. St. Lukes Hospital
3. Arcadia Methodist Hospital
4. San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
5. University Hospital

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Complete Bibliography
Appended

Major Areas of Research Interest

1. Carotid Artery Surgery
2. Lower Extremity Bypass Surgery
3. Extra-anatomic bypass surgery
4. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

1. Kohl R, Katz S, Vincent W, Valdes P. An unusual instance of pediatric renovascular hypertension. Vasc Reports 1986; 2:3: 125-128.

2. Suddleson E, Katz S, Kohl R. Mycotic Suprarenal Aortic Aneurysm. Presented to Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, June 1986. Annals of Vascular Surgery 1987; 1, (4):426-31.

3. Katz S, Kohl R. Spontaneous Rupture of an Aortic Aneurysm Into the Left Renal Vein – A Diagnostic Challenge. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 1990 31; 4:479-481.

4. Katz S, Andros G, Kohl R, Harris R, Dulawa L, Oblath R. Arterial Emboli of Venous Origin. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, January 1992; 174 (1):17-21

5. Katz S, Razack N, Kohl R. Bilateral Infrapopliteal artery aneurysms. Annals of Vascular Surgery 1992; 6(2):168-70.

6. Katz S, Reiten P, Kohl R. The Use of Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia in Aortic Surgery. American Surgeon 1992;58 (8) 171-176.

7. Katz S, Andros G, Kohl R. Salmonella infections of the Abdominal Aorta. Surgery, Gynecology & Obs. 1992;175(2): 102-6.

8. Katz S, Kohl R. Spontaneous peripheral arterial microembolization. Annals of Vascular Surgery 1992;6:334-337.

9. Katz S, Kohl R. Direct Revascularization for Forearm and Hand Ischemia. American Journal of Surgery, 1992;165 (3):312-316.

10. Katz S, Kohl R. Angiographic catheter induced arterial occlusion. J Am Coll Surg 1994;178:439-442.

11. Katz S, Kohl R. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: A community experience. Archives of Surgery. 1994;129:285-290.

12. Katz S, Kohl R. Iliac Angioplasty as a prelude to distal arterial bypass. J Am Coll Surg 1994;179(5): 577-582.

13. Katz S, Kohl R. Carotid Endarterectomy with Shortened Hospital Stay. Archives of Surgery 1995; 130 (8): 887-891.

14. Katz S, Kohl R. The Percutaneous Treatment of Angioaccess Graft Complications. Published by the American Journal of Surgery 1995; 170 (3) 238-242.

15. Katz S, Kohl R. Does the Choice of Patch Material Influence Early Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy. Surgery 1996; 199(3): 297-301

16. Katz S, Kohl R. Selective Use of the Intensive Care unit Following Non-Aortic Surgery. J Vasc Surg 1996; 24 (2):235-9.

17. Katz S, Kohl R. The treatment of hand ischemia by arterial ligation and upper extremity bypass after angioaccess surgery. Published by J of the American College of Surgeons 1996;183: 239-242.

18. Katz S, Kohl R. Does dextran 40 improve the early patency of autogenous infrainguinal bypass grafts? J Vasc Surg 1998; 28 (1):23-6.

19. Martin D, Katz S, Kohl R. Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty of Infrainguinal Vessels. Annals Vascular Surgery 1999;13 (2): 184-7.

20. Martin D, Katz S Axillo-femoral bypass for chronic aorto-iliac occlusive disease. Am J Surg 2000; Volume 180 No. 2

21. Mariano M. Gutierrez C, Alexander J, Roth F, Katz S, Kohl R. The Utility of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Determining the Source of Arterial Embolization. The American Surgeon. August 2000, Volume 66, No 9.