Dr. Craig Katz is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry and medical education at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he has served in various clinical and administrative roles since joining the faculty in 2000. Dr. Katz joined the Office for Academic and Student Affairs in 2009, where he now holds the position of Director of Professional Development. He serves as the Supervising Psychiatrist of the World Trade Center Worker/Volunteer Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment Program after co-founding and directing that program for many years. And, he also directs the Program in Global Mental Health at Mount Sinai. Dr. Katz co-founded Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) in 1998 as a charitable organization devoted to the provision of voluntary psychiatric care to people affected by disasters and has served in various roles in the organization, currently serving as its President. His main areas of academic interest are in global and disaster psychiatry and medical professionalism. Dr. Katz has a private practice in general and forensic psychiatry in Manhattan and is the 2011-12 President of the New York County District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Katz graduated from Harvard College and obtained his medical degree from Columbia University. He went on to complete his residency in psychiatry at Columbia University in 1999, a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at New York University in 2000, and training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at Columbia in 2008.