Biography
Joanna G Katzman, MD, MSPH, is a neurologist and Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico (UNM). She is the Director of Project ECHO’s Public Health Initiatives. In 2024, Dr. Katzman stepped down from directing the UNM Pain Center, a program she founded in 2011. 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 on the Opioid Rapid Response Program. In addition to the Chronic Pain and Opioid Management ECHO programs, Dr. Katzman has created multiple other ECHO programs including the Adverse Childhood Experiences ECHO, the First Responder Resiliency, Border ECHO, the Vaccine Confidence ECHO , the Clinical Communication ECHO, Climate Change and Human Health ECHO, and most recently, the Violence Prevention ECHO. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she began 10 COVID-19 related ECHO programs within the six 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
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My clinical work focused in the pain management and the overlap of pain and substance use disorder. This led me to begin educating health professionals on best practices related to pain and opioid use disorder. In 2008, I began my first program at Project ECHO and realized I enjoyed public health education. Since then, I have built many other public health programs, which are now being used in the US and globally.
Areas of Specialty
Headaches, Opioid Overdose, Naloxone, Violence Prevention, Climate Change
Certifications
Neurorehabilitation
Pain Management
Achievements & Awards
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