Craig L. Katz M.D.

Craig L. Katz, M.D., founded and directs Mount Sinai’s Program in Global Mental Health, an interest that grew out of his experience in organizing and providing psychiatric services to disaster-affected communities since 1998 through an organization Dr. Katz co-founded and led: Disaster Psychiatry Outreach. Those efforts included organizing the psychiatric response to 9/11 in New York City, including starting and for many years directing the World Trade Center Mental Health Screening and Treatment Program for 9/11 responders. He is currently the special advisor to the Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth, Mount Sinai’s system-wide program for addressing healthcare workers' mental health issues arising from COVID-19. Dr. Katz’s honors include the Medical Society of the State of New York’s 2022 David B. L. Meza, III, M.D. Award for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness and Disaster/Terrorism Response. Dr. Katz has written and co-edited a number of books and papers in the fields of disaster psychiatry, human rights, medical education, and global psychiatry, including A Guide to Global Mental Health Practice: Seeing the Unseen (Routledge).

After attending Harvard College, Dr. Katz received his medical degree at Columbia University, where he completed his psychiatric residency training and served as chief resident in psychiatry. He subsequently completed a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at NYU. Dr. Katz has a private practice in general and forensic psychiatry in Manhattan and is a former President of the New York County District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association as well as a Distinguished Fellow of the APA. He is currently the Vice Chair of the Medical Society of New York’s Committee on Emergency Preparedness and also serves as the National Trauma Consultant to Advanced Recovery Systems and the International Association of Firefighters Center of Behavioral Excellence.