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Office
2300 N Childrens Plz
Bot 20
Chicago, IL 60614Phone+1 773-880-4187Fax+1 773-880-8226
Education & Training
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1983 - 1987
- NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 1980 - 1983
- New York University School of MedicineClass of 1980
- Touro CollegeB.A., Math and Science, 1976
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 1991 - 2026
- WI State Medical License 1998 - 2009
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Excellence in Education Award 2011
- Outstanding Teacher Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2010
- Outstanding Contribution to Student Education Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2009
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 77 citationsIndirect Protection of Adults From Rotavirus by Pediatric Rotavirus VaccinationEvan J. Anderson, Deanna B. Shippee, Melissa H. Weinrobe, Melissa D. Davila, Ben Z. Katz
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2013-03-15 - 17 citationsEfficacy of LAIV-T on absentee rates in a school-based health center sample.Cynthia J. Mears, Elisa N. Lawler, Lee D. Sanders, Ben Z. Katz
The Journal of Adolescent Health. 2009-07-01 - 23 citationsPlasmodium infection induces cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike proteinSarah Lapidus, Feimei Liu, Arnau Casanovas-Massana, Yile Dai, John D. Huck
Medrxiv. 2021-05-12
Journal Articles
- Zika virus is more like rubella than human immunodeficiency virusKatz BZ, JAMA Pediatr, 1/1/2016
- A 15 year old female from Nigeria with fever, shock and multiple negative malaria smearsKatz BZ, Pediatr Infect Dis J, 1/1/2016
- Incidence of infectious mononucleosis in universities and US military settingsWilliams-Harmon, Y, Jason LA, Katz BZ, J Diagn Techn and Biomed Anal, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Detection of Enterovirus and Parechovirus in plasma specimens of pediatric patients in Chicago.Analitis EM, Katz BZ, Oberste MS, Rogers SL, Nix WA, Huang W, Carter D, Zheng X, 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium, Daytona Beach, FL, 1/19/2016
- Chronic granulomatous disease: a large, single center US experience.Bortoletto P, Lyman K, Camacho A, Khanolkar A, Katz BZ, 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1/5/2014
- Clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and respiratory tract biopsies in diagnosing invasive respiratory fungal infection sin children with cancer.Batra S, Li B, Underhill N, Katz BZ, Hijiya N, 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Miami, FL, 1/24/2013
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Lectures
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.1/16/2017
- Progressive Epstein-Barr Virus Infections.1/14/2017
- Infectious Mononucleosis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.1/14/2017
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Other
- Epstein-Barr virus: Disease causation, diagnosis and treatment.Cohen JI, Katz BZ, American Herpes Foundation
1/1/2005 - Clinical manifestations and serologic diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus infection.Katz BZ
1/1/1992 - Progressive and chronic Epstein-Barr virus infections.Katz BZ, Andiman WA, Mediguide to Infectious Diseases
1/1/1986
Press Mentions
- Researcher Leonard a. Jason Pushes Discovery on Long COVID, ME/CFSMarch 1st, 2023
- New $40 Million NIH Study Hopes to Solve Mysteries Behind Children’s Long Covid-19July 25th, 2021
- RSV, a Childhood Illness That Receded During COVID-19, Is Surging in Orthodox BrooklynApril 22nd, 2021
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