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.

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 and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.

Notable studies

 * 2006, Prevalence of Pediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Community-Based Sample (Full Text)
 * 2010, The occupational and quality of life consequences of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis in young people (Full Text)
 * 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, Chronic fatigue syndrome following infections 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)(ABSTRACT)

Clinic location

 * 2300 N Childrens Plz
 * Bot 20
 * Chicago, IL 60614

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