Biography
Joanna G Katzman, MD, MSPH, is a neurologist and Professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM). She is Director of Project ECHO’s Public Health Initiatives and the UNM Pain Center. In 2008, Dr. Katzman created the Pain and Opioid Management ECHO, which has been replicated by the Department of Defense, the Veterans Affairs, the Health Ministry of Canada, and over 20 countries. She is currently working with the US Centers for Disease Control- Opioid Rapid Response Program. In addition to the Chronic Pain and Opioid Management ECHO programs, Dr. Katzman has created multiple other ECHO programs including: First Responder Resiliency, Border ECHO, Vaccine Confidence, Clinical Communication, Climate Change and Human Health, and Violence Prevention and Gun Safety. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she began 10 COVID-19 related ECHO programs within the 6-weeks. Her clinical research focuses on the public health benefits of take-home naloxone at both the UNM Pain Center and Addiction and Substance Use Clinic.
Personal Statement
Joanna G Katzman, MD, MSPH, is a neurologist and Professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) with Secondary Appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as the Colleges of Nursing and Population Health. She is the Director of the UNM Pain Center and Director of Project ECHO’s Public Health programs. In addition to Dr. Katzman maintaining a clinical pain practice during her long-term career, she has always had a passion for the public health of the population. Dr. Katzman’s public health programs include: Climate Change and Human Health, Violence Prevention, First Responder Resilience, Adverse Childhood Experiences, COVID-19, Clinical Communications and Violence Prevention. The Climate Change ECHO program has reached over 6,000 health professionals from all 50 states and over 45 countries. Her Violence Prevention and Gun Safety initiative is now being sponsored by the American Womens Medical Association and Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Safety.
Areas of Specialty
Heaches, Opioid Overdose, Naloxone, Violence Prevention, Climate Chante
Certifications
Neuro-rehabilitation
Pain Management
Achievements & Awards
Joanna Katzman, MD, MSPH, is a neurologist and Professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM). She is the Director of the UNM Pain Center and Medical Director of the Project ECHO Chronic Pain, Substance Use and Public Health programs. Dr. Katzman’s clinical specialties include headaches, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, and neurorehabilitation. In 2008, Dr. Katzman created ECHO Pain, which has been replicated by the Department of Defense, the Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health Service and over 100 medical centers and in many countries. Currently, she is working with the CDC to train Public Health Service clinicians re: a National Opioid Rapid Response. Dr. Katzman is a member of the New Mexico Governor’s Council for Pain and Opioid Misuse. She is also a special governmental employee for the FDA on the Analgesics and Anesthetics Committee. Dr. Katzman has provided expert testimony to the FDA related to take-home naloxone and mandated pain & addiction education for clinicians. Dr. Katzman has served on two Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committees related to the Gulf War and Health.
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Research
- Dr. Katzman engages in clinically relevant public health research such as chronic pain, naloxone, opioid use disorder, resiliency, and climate change.
Courses Taught
I am curently teaching: Pain and Opioid education, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Resiiency (in 2 separate ECHO courses- one for civilinans and one for the BIA, a Climate Change and Human Health couse, and the Violence Prevention course.
Research and Scholarship
Wheat S, Katzman J G, Herring D, et al., Climate-health tele-education as a force multiplier: A train-the-trainer ECHO course series, The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 14, 2023, doi.org/10.1016
Katzman, J G., Wheat S, and Christiano A.S. "When Climate Change Shows Up in the Exam Room." The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2023.
Katzman J. G., Balbus J, Herring D, et al. 2023. Clinician education on climate change and health: virtual learning community models. 2023. Lancet Planetary Health, 7 (6), e444-e446.
These 3 recent articles demonstrate the importance of Climate Change education and Climate and Health communication. The first article was a study that significantly improved health professional self-efficacy and behavior after attending the Climate ECHO sessions.
Katzman, J. G., Bhatt, S., Krishnasamy, V., Mells, L. C. J. E., Rubel, S., Tomedi, L., ... & Neubert, C. P. 2022. Project ECHO interprofessional telementoring: Using a novel case-based approach for building the US Public Health Service clinical response in pain and substance use disorder. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 29, 100542.
This study demonstrated this importance of Pain and Opioid Telementoring to US Commissioned Corp officers.
Katzman J, Thornton K, Sosa N, et al , Educating Health Professionals about COVID-19 with ECHO Telementoring, 2021, American Journal of Infection Control, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.10.030
This article illustrated the benefits of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic- especially related to COVID-19 information