Joanna Katzman, MD, MSPH

Joanna Katzman, MD, MSPH, is neurologist and pain management physician. She is a Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine with Secondary Appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as the Colleges of Nursing and Population Health.  In 2008, Dr. Katzman began the Project ECHO Pain program, which quickly transitioned to the ECHO Pain and Opioid management program. It has been adopted by most US federal agencies, academic medical centers and many countries worldwide. Dr. Katzman supported the Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense with their replication of ECHO Pain. She and her colleagues have collaborated on trainings with the with IHS and PHS commissioned corp officers.  Dr. Katzman and her Project ECHO team is now working closely with the Centers for Disease Control to train clinicians throughout the U.S. where they need support in best practices pain and opioid prescribing. In 2011, Dr. Katzman founded, and still directs the University of New Mexico Pain Center, a nationally recognized interdisciplinary program serving patients suffering with pain, mental health conditions and substance use disorder.

Dr. Katzman’s current ECHO Pain and Opioid management work includes: the CDC Opioid Rapid Response ECHO Program, the Adverse Childhood Experiences ECHO and First Responder Resiliency ECHOs.  Dr. Katzman is a member of the New Mexico Governor’s Council for Pain and Opioid Misuse. She is also a special governmental employee for the FDA Analgesics and Anesthetics Committee and provides expert testimony related to take-home naloxone and mandated pain & addiction education for clinicians. Her research interest includes the benefits of take-home naloxone as well as patient-centered communication.