Dr Martin Katzman
Specialist Details
Country : Canada
Location : Toronto
Languages : English
Gender : Male
Qualification
BSc, MD, FRCPC
Clinic Director: START (Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, Rehabilitation and Treatment) Clinic for the Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Professor: Department of Psychology, Adler Graduate Professional School
Adjunct Professor: Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) (Laurentian and Lakehead University
Adjunct Professor: Department of Psychology, Lakehead University
START (Stress, Trauma,Anxiety, Rehabilitation and Treatment) Clinic for the Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Toronto, Ontario
Specialises in:
Dr Katzman’s clinical work deals chiefly with the diagnosis and treatment of adults suffering with mood and anxiety disorders, as well as those suffering with chronic Attention Deficit Disorders, Executive Dysfunction as well as chronic pain, providing expert diagnostic assessment, and pharmacological treatment as well as individual and group psychotherapy in the range of frameworks.
About
Dr Katzman is the Clinic Director and Staff Psychiatrist at the S.T.A.R.T. Clinic (Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, Rehabilitation and Treatment) for Mood and Anxiety Disorders.
Dr Katzman was trained at the University of Toronto, first undertaking his B.Sc. in Psychology and Neuroscience, and subsequently his medical training and residency.
As an educator, Dr Katzman has developed numerous training programs for both students and clinicians including medical students and residents, primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses. He is the chair of a variety of scientific advisory boards, on the editorial board for a number of journals, and has published numerous papers in the areas of Anxiety, Mood, Pain and Attention Disorders.
The focus of his research has been related to Hypoprefrontality, Executive Dysfunction, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Low Hedonic Tone in relation to the development of a variety of comorbidities in association with treatment resistance.
He is a faculty member at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (Laurentian University and Lakehead University). He is appointed in the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University and is a member of the Faculty of Psychology at Adler School of Professional Studies.
Dr Katzman is also a founding member of the Board of Directors as well as the founding and current Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association Canadienne des Troubles Anxieux (ADAC/ACTA).
