Ben Katz

Ben Z. Katz, MD, is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and a Professor at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. His research interests include the pathophysiology of viral infections in immunocompromised vs. normal hosts, post-Epstein-Barr virus chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic granulomatous disease and HIV. As a member of the DePaul University Myalgic Encephalomyelitis & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Team, Dr. Katz works frequently with Dr. Leonard Jason. Dr. Katz has studied chronic fatigue syndrome since the Incline Village chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak in 1984.

IOM Committee on Diagnostic Criteria for ME/CFS
Dr Katz was a reviewer for the 2015 report produced by the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Diagnostic Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

ME/CFS Common Data Element (CDE) Project
Member of the Autonomic Working Group of the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Common Data Element (CDE) Project sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Notable studies

 * 2006, Prevalence of Pediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Community-Based Sample (Full Text)
 * 2009, Chronic fatigue syndrome after infectious mononucleosis in adolescents. (Full Text)
 * 2010, The occupational and quality of life consequences of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis in young people (Full Text)
 * 2010, Exercise Tolerance Testing in a Prospective Cohort of Adolescents with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Recovered Controls following Infectious Mononucleosis (Abstract)
 * 2012, Cytokine expression profiles of immune imbalance in post-mononucleosis chronic fatigue (Full Text)
 * 2012, Orthostatic Tolerance Testing in a Prospective Cohort of Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Recovered Controls Following Infectious Mononucleosis (Full Text)
 * 2013, Normal Salivary Cortisol and NK Cell Function in Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Following Infectious Mononucleosis (Full Text)
 * 2013, Chronic fatigue syndrome following infections in adolescents (Abstract)
 * 2014, Predictors of post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescents (Abstract)
 * 2015, Issues in Estimating Rates of Pediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis in a Community-based Sample (Full Text)
 * 2016, Tracking post-infectious fatigue in clinic using routine Lab tests (Full Text)
 * 2016, Illness progression in chronic fatigue syndrome: a shifting immune baseline (Full Text)
 * 2016, Incidence of Infectious Mononucleosis in Universities and U.S. Military Settings (Full Text)
 * 2017, A Prospective Study of Infectious Mononucleosis in College Students (Full Text)
 * 2018, Operationalizing Substantial Reduction in Functioning Among Young Adults with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2018, The International Collaborative on Fatigue Following Infection (COFFI) (Full text)
 * 2019, Associations between autonomic and orthostatic self-report and physician ratings of orthostatic intolerance in youth (Abstract)
 * 2019, A Validated Scale for Assessing the Severity of Acute Infectious Mononucleosis (Abstract)

Clinic location

 * 225 E Chicago Ave
 * Box 20
 * Chicago, IL 60611

Online presence

 * Pubmed

Learn more

 * Faculty bio page
 * Myalgic Encephalomyelitis & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Projects at DePaul Univerity