Louis Katz

Dr. Katz is an infectious disease specialist who has extensive experience in HIV medicine and in transfusion medicine and blood banking. Dr. Katz currently serves as an adjunct clinical professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa and as Acting Chief Medical Officer for the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center (MVRBC) in Davenport, Iowa. Dr. Katz practiced infectious disease and HIV medicine at Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, where he was also the hospital’s epidemiologist. He founded the Quad City Regional Virology Center (a Ryan White Comprehensive HIV Care Center) in 1995, serving as Director until 2009. In 1986, Dr. Katz joined MVRBC as Assistant Medical Director, subsequently being promoted to Medical Director and then Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs until 2012. He served as Chief Medical Officer of America’s Blood Centers (2012–2019), an association representing U.S. and Canadian community blood centers.

Since 1991, Dr. Katz has been a member of the Transfusion Transmitted Diseases Committee at the AABB, where he currently serves as chair. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Transfusion and is an associate editor of the AABB Technical Manual 20th Edition. Dr. Katz has twice been a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Blood Products Advisory Committee, serving as chair from 1994–1995. He is a current member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability. Dr. Katz received his Medical Doctorate from the University of Iowa College of Medicine.