Joel T. Katz

Joel T. Katz, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Senior Vice President for Education at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, appointed in 2024. He serves as Designated Institutional Official for ACGME and ACCME, liaising between Dana-Farber and Harvard Medical School on student education while overseeing all residency/fellowship programs including affiliate institutions. His responsibilities include coordinating global continuing medical education in cancer care advancements.

Educational background:

• BA from Earlham College
• MA in Biomedical Illustration and MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Infectious Diseases fellowship through Harvard Longwood program (including Dana-Farber)

Dr. Katz's clinical focus encompasses AIDS and Infectious Diseases, with board certification in both Infectious Disease (2017) and Internal Medicine. His professional trajectory emphasizes medical education leadership, previously serving as internal medicine residency director and vice chair for education at Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Medicine. Current work integrates cancer care education with graduate medical training oversight.

No scientific awards were documented in source materials.

As former internal medicine residency director at Brigham and Women's Hospital and current overseer of Dana-Farber's training programs, Dr. Katz directs an interprofessional educator team coordinating continuing medical education for global healthcare providers. His leadership spans institutional and affiliate sites in graduate medical education standardization.

Dr. Katz operates within Dana-Farber's educational infrastructure, collaborating with Harvard Medical School on student matters and managing interprofessional teams for residency/fellowship coordination across affiliate institutions.