Joel D. Katz

Joel D. Katz
Born1954 (age 71–72)
Children3
Academic background
EducationB.A., 1978, McGill University
MA., 1980, Dalhousie University
PhD., clinical psychology, 1989, McGill University
ThesisPainful and non-painful phantom limbs: the influence of peripheral and central factors (1989)
Academic work
InstitutionsToronto General Hospital
The Hospital for Sick Children
Montreal General Hospital
York University
University of Toronto
Main interestsacute pain
chronic pain
pain management

Joel D. Katz FCAHS (born 1954) is a Canadian psychologist and researcher. He is a Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology at York University. He also serves as the Research Director of the Pain Research Unit in the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management at the Toronto General Hospital and is a professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Toronto.