WilliamEKatzMD
Cardiology • Pittsburgh, PAAdult Congenital Heart Disease, Echocardiography
Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Director of Echocardiography UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
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Office
200 Lothrop Street
South Tower E354.3
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-864-2545Fax+1 412-864-6101
Summary
- Dr. William Katz is a cardiologist in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Shadyside Campus. He received his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and has been in practice 31 years. He specializes in echocardiography and is experienced in general cardiology. He is the Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. He has a special interest in TEE guidance of structural heart interventions.
Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1991 - 1992- UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1989 - 1991
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
Ohio State University College of MedicineClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1987 - 2024- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- National Board of EchocardiographyFellow of the American Society of Echocardiography
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transesophageal Echocardiography II (ACUTE II) Start of enrollment: 1999 Dec 01
- Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis in High Risk and Very High Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 10
- Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation (The COAPT Trial) and COAPT CAS Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 25 citationsLate bacterial endocarditis of an amplatzer atrial septal defect occluder device.Firas Zahr, William E. Katz, Yoshiya Toyoda, William D. Anderson
The American Journal of Cardiology. 2010-01-15 - 13 citationsEchocardiographic evaluation and guidance for MitraClip procedure.William E. Katz, Anson J. Conrad Smith, Frederick W. Crock, João L. Cavalcante
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 2017-12-01 - 25 citationsComparison of anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory responses using enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin for transesophageal echocardiography-guided cardioversion of...Debra Hoppensteadt, Jawed Fareed, Allan L. Klein, Susan E. Jasper, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen
The American Journal of Cardiology. 2008-10-01
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