Douglas I. Katz

Jan 21, 2025 | opmed.doximity.com | Tasia Isbell |Lachlan Shiver |Douglas I. Katz |Emily Johnson

"Don’t take the main entrance into the hospital. Don’t wear your badge. Don’t appear as if you work in the hospital at all. Blend in.”This sobering advice came from hospital leadership two years ago as a campaign of misinformation took hold on social media, politicizing evidence-based mental health and medical treatment for young transgender people. That morning, as I shimmied into my usual pair of worn hospital scrubs, I felt a knot of fear tighten in my stomach.

Jan 16, 2025 | opmed.doximity.com | Lachlan Shiver |Douglas I. Katz |Emily Johnson |Zachary G Schwam

My workroom’s phone rang, and I cradled it between my neck and shoulder. We had just admitted a patient, and the call was from the nurse asking whether the labs I had ordered were truly necessary. The patient had already been worked up in our ED, but instinctively I’d reordered her basic labs when I became her doctor. I was only on day six of residency, and the “MD” emblazoned onto my white coat still didn’t fit right.

Jan 13, 2025 | opmed.doximity.com | Douglas I. Katz |Emily Johnson |Zachary G Schwam |Chris van Eyck

Challenging Cases, 'Dumb' AI, and Old Friends: Musings on the 2024 RSNA’s Annual MeetingIt was again — to borrow a term from my son’s favorite author, Dav Pilkey — a ‘supa’ busy week at the 2024 annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. The conference was held, as usual, in Chicago at McCormick Place, starting the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Dec 12, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Jenna Colturi |Abraham Kim |Chris van Eyck |Lisa Belisle |Douglas I. Katz

More than two-thirds of physicians say that AI has helped increase time for patient care by reducing administrative workload, or that it can in the future, according to a Doximity poll. In recent years, AI has emerged as a possible stepping stone toward more efficient health care. Early attempts at integrating AI in medicine, for example, have demonstrated its potential to facilitate clinical practice and reduce time spent on administrative tasks, a major driver of physician burnout.

Dec 11, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Chris van Eyck |Lisa Belisle |Douglas I. Katz |Arthur Lazarus

“How about Xanax, and some Adderall for when I need to study?”Evan was like most of my patients, coming in for medication management, having recently moved to the area. I soon learned he was a college student, and had been taking psychiatric medications for several years. We had gone through Evan’s list of medications.