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Ernest Katz

Ernest Katz
Primary Position
Director, Behavioral Sciences Section and Co-director, HOPE Program, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
Over the last 30 years, I have been an active clinician, program director, and behavioral science investigator in pediatric oncology.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
4650 Sunset Blvd, MS 99
Los Angeles, CA 90027
eMAIL
ekatz@chla.usc.edu
Phone(s)
323-361-5922
Publications of Interest

Katz ER, Sharp S, Kellerman J, Siegel SE, Marston AR, Hirshman JE. B-endorphin and acute behavioral distress in children with leukemia  .J of Nervous and Mental Disease 170:72-77, 1982

Katz ER, Kellerman J, Ellenberg L.Hypnosis in the reduction of acute pain and distress in children with cancer. J of Pediatric Psychology 12:379-391, 1987.

Varni JW, Katz ER, Dolgin MJ, Colegrove R.The impact of social skills training on the adjustment of newly diagnosed children with cancer.  J of Pediatric Psychology 18:751-767, 1993.

Sahler OJ, Varni JW, Katz ER, Mulhern RJ, Copeland DR, Dolgin, MJ, Phipps S, Noll RD, Fairclough D. Maternal problem solving skills training in childhood cancer: results of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 73, 2: 272-283, 2005.

Sherman-Bien SA, Malcarne VL, Roesch S, Varni JW, Katz ER. Quantifying the relationship among hospital design, satisfaction, and psychosocial functioning in a pediatric hematology-oncology inpatient unit.  Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 4, 34-59, 2011.