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Katz's Corner

Sunday: 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM

Visit Dr. Katz’s website	Dr. Aaron Katz is a Vice Chairman of Urology at Columbia University, a published author and one of America’s leading experts on integrative men’s health. Katz’s Corner is a weekly call-in radio show dedicated to giving you straight talk on your health. Hosted by Dr. Aaron Katz — a board-certified urologist, clinical researcher and the author of Dr. Katz’s Guide to Prostate Health — the show cuts through the confusing and often contradictory messages you hear about how to live a healthy lifestyle. Tune in and learn which foods make you healthy, and which dietary supplements are supported by solid scientific research. Dr. Katz also discusses important health concerns like heart disease and cancer, and the role supplements can play in helping prevent and even treat these conditions.
Dr. Aaron E. Katz is currently an Professor of Clinical Urology and the Vice Chairman of Urology at Columbia University Medical Center. He has been a faculty member at Columbia since 1993. He also holds a title as the Director of the Center for Holistic Urology, a Center which he established in 1998. The Center performs basic research and conducts clinical trials which  investigate the role of natural therapies within urology.  Dr. Katz is currently serving as the Principle Investigator for numerous clinical trials.    After graduating from New York Medical College in 1986, Dr. Katz completed a 6 year training program in Brooklyn at the Maimonides Medical Center. Following the completion of his residency, Dr. Katz was awarded a Ferdinand Valentine Fellowship from the New York Academy of Medicine to further his studies in Urologic Oncology at Columbia University. During his Fellowship, Dr. Katz developed a novel blood test , which could detect small numbers of prostate cancer cells in the blood. The test known as RT-PCR (Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction) was the first time urologic cancers were staged using a molecular assay.  He has received several awards and grants to further his research.   Dr. Katz is also recognized as an expert in the field of prostate cryosurgery. In the early 1990’s, he began using cryosurgery to cure prostate cancers. His pioneer work in advancing the technology helped Medicare approve of this therapy for treating radiation-recurrent tumors. Dr. Katz has trained nearly 100 urologists in the United States and Europe to perform  cryosurgery in their hospital. In the field of cryosurgery Dr. Katz has published numerous articles, written chapters for medical textbooks, and directed courses at both regional and national levels. He has also applied cryosurgery to the treatment  of  small kidney tumors, and performed the ablation both percutaneously and laparascopically.  Most recently, Dr. Katz was invited to host a show on cryosurgery for PBS televison, which will air in March 2005.   To date, Dr. Katz has published over 90 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has written 4 chapters for  Urologic  textbooks. He is the author of two recently published books: “Dr. Katz’s Guide to Prostate Health: From Conventional to Holistic” and the “Handbook of Urologic Cryoablation”.  He has been the host of a radio program called “Men’s Health Talk” in New York City for several years and he has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Japan.    Dr. Katz has an office at the Columbia University Medical Center, as well as a convenient East Side office in Midtown Manhattan. He can be reached for consultation at (212) 305-0114. Medicare and several commercial insurances are accepted.