Education

Doctor of Philosophy (2011) Marquette University School of Education’s Educational Policy and   Leadership Program. Dissertation: Becoming Culturally Competent: Clinical Service Learning in Physician Assistant Education.

Masters of Science (1988) with a specialization in Medical Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Anthropology.

Bachelor of Science (1977) with a specialization in Health Associate (PA) studies: The Johns Hopkins University School of Health Services.

Bachelor of Arts (1973) with a specialization in Cultural Anthropology: University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science.

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, College of Health Professions, Physician Assistant Program (2005-present)

Clinical Assistant Professor: Marquette University, Department of Physician Assistant Studies (2000-2003)

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Marquette University, Department of Physician Assistant Studies (1997-1999, 2003-2004)

Marquette University President’s Task Force on Diversity (2001-2003)

Clinical Appointments

Physician Assistant and Clinic Director: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Healthy Families Clinic (2005-present)

Physician Assistant: Clinics at Rosalind Franklin University (2005-2007)

Physician Assistant: Marquette University Student Health Services (1999-2005)

Physician Assistant: Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin (2004)

Physician Assistant: St. Joseph’s Hospital Emergency Department (1998-1999)

Physician Assistant: Family Health Plan Urgent Care Center (1991-1993)

Physician Assistant: Gynecology Associates (1979-1985)

Physician Assistant: Family Health Plan (1979-1986)

Physician Assistant: Clinical Latina (1977-1979)

Physician Assistant: Fox Lake, WI Satellite Clinic of Clinical de los Compesinos (1977)

Certification/Licensure
Wisconsin
Illinois
NCCPA

Administrative Positions

Academic Coordinator: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (2009-present)

Diversity Coordinator: Marquette University Department of Physician Assistant Studies (2000-2003)

Interim Executive Director: Wisconsin Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (2000)

Executive Director:  Racine County Health Care Network (1987-1989)

Director: School Based Health Program for Sixteenth Street Community Health Center (1992-1999)

Clinic Supervisor: Fox Lake, WI Satellite Clinic of Clinical de Los Compassions (1977)

Professional Affiliations

Fellow                 American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)

                             Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants (WAPA)

                             Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants (IAPA)

                             Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)

Member              American Public Health Association (APHA)

                            American Anthropological Association (AAA)

                            Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA)

Courses Taught

• General Medicine and Infectious Disease I, II and III (coordinator)

• Master’s Project (coordinator)

• Classroom Assessment (co-teach, online)

• Population Medicine

• Emergency Medicine

• Pediatrics

• PA Professional Issues and Ethics

• Obstetrics and Gynecology (coordinator)

• Ethics and Diversity in Health Care

• Clinical Service Learning

• Interprofessional Healthcare Teams and Culture in Healthcare (mentor)

• Diversity in Healthcare

Other Professional Activities

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Committees

·       Global Health Working Board

·        Learning Space Task Force

·        Interprofessional Curriculum Committee

·        Interprofessional Healthcare Studies Department 5-year Review

·        Advisory Committee for development of Culture in Healthcare course

Board of Trustees: Society for the Preservation of PA History (2007-present)

Peer reviewer: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (2001-present)

Create and implement a museum installation: Physician Assistants: Taking a Good History, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science’s Feet First Museum (Oct-Nov 2009)

Clinical volunteer for Rotary International Medical Mission to Los Oliveros, Guatemala (2006 and 2007)

Newsletter Editor: Physician Assistants for Global Health/PAGH (2001-2005)

Organized first annual Marquette University Paths to Understanding: Social Justice in a Global Perspective lecture series featuring Israeli peace activist, Galia Golan (March 2003)

Advisory Board for Marquette University Physician Assistant Program (1998)

Paper Presentations/Posters (peer reviewed)

Spotlight Session: Celebrating Your Program’s Hx: Plan, Collect, Display, PAEA Forum, New Orleans, LA (10/2011)

Spotlight Session Category I CME: Evidence-Based Prevention: Use of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines to Teach Prevention in the Clinical Setting, PAEA Forum, Baltimore, MD (10/2010)

Presentation: How to create a museum exhibit of PA history? PAEA Historians Meeting, PAEA Forum, Portland, OR (11/2009)

Workshop: Community-Oriented Primary Care: A Framework for Service Learning? PAEA Forum, Portland, OR (11/2009)

Workshop Category I CME: Doing Ethics: Using the Four Box Method in the Classroom, PAEA Forum (10/2007)

Panel coordinator Category I CME: Diagnostic Surprises (Travelers’ Infectious Diseases), AAPA Annual Conference (6/2004)

Presentation Category I CME: Eliciting a Genetic History, Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants Clinical Updates (4/2004)

Presentation Category I CME: Integrating Diversity: Pearls and Perils, APAP Semi Annual Conference (5/2003)

Poster Session: Video Insights into Culture: How to Teach Diversity without Stereotyping, AAPA Annual Conference (5/2003)

Presentation Category I CME: Appreciating Cultural Differences, WAPA Clinical Updates (4/2000)

Publication (peer reviewed)

Katz, PR (1993). Health education in a cultural context. JAAPA, 6(7), 478-81.

Specialized Training

• APAP (PAEA) Leadership Training Workshop (10/2003)

• Genetics Interdisciplinary Faculty Training (Duke University 2002)

• Health Care Ethics (Summer Seminar University of Washington, 2000)

• Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth prenatal instructor (1982)

• Brief Family Therapy (1982)

• Natural Family Planning Instructor (1980)

Community Service

Member of the Boards of Directors:

• Tikkun Ha’Ir-Milwaukee (2005-present)

• President 2009-present

• Social Action Committee Chair (2004-2009)

• Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee (2004-2006)

  • Member Services Committee Co-Chair (2005-2006)

• Community Health Concepts (1983-86)

• Sixteenth Street Community Health Center (1981-1983)

• Wisconsin Committee on Occupational Safety and Health/founding member (1978-81)

Other Activities

• Member of City of Mequon Board of Health (1999-2002)