The Katz Company was formed in July of 2001 with the purpose of providing expert recruitment and consulting services to the Emergency Medicine arena as well as extensive educational opportunities for graduating residents.

Barbara Katz, President of Katz Co. brings 25 years of professional recruitment and training experience to her position and has been working exclusively with Emergency Medicine physicians since 1991. Well known for her informative, and often provocative monthly column “The Katz Report” (originally known as “Effective Job Searching”) running in Emergency Physicians’ Monthly for over 8 years, Barb has become a recognized expert in the Emergency Medicine marketplace. She has also been an expert witness in this area. Realizing early on that the specialty’s graduating residents were ill-prepared to navigate the job market, Barb created the training seminar “Effective Job Searching.” It was first presented as a pilot program at East Carolina University’s Emergency Medicine Residency program in 1995, and resulted in the highest ratings in the history of the program. The four-hour seminar is now conducted at residency programs around the country, with the contents updated annually to reflect the constant changes, new trends and developments in the Emergency Medicine arena. It has also been expanded to apply to experienced physicians and presented to enthusiastic response at the AAWEP 1996 Leadership Conference. Ms. Katz has also served as faculty at the Virginia ACEP “Careers in Emergency Medicine” conference for two years. Barbara has also trained the in-house recruitment staffs for Team Health, and will be faculty for ACEP Scientific Assembly in Chicago in 2008.

As a featured speaker for EMRA at their ACEP Scientific Assembly program “Life After Residency,” Barb has experienced standing-room-only audiences and rave reviews every year since 1998. She also serves as a career consultant at their annual job fair each year, providing professional career advice to individual residents. Her presentations and contributions to education for EMRA have all been made at her own expense. Barb has also presented several programs at the AAEM Scientific Assembly. Recently, Ms. Katz was afforded the honor of contributing a chapter to the newest AAEM textbook, “Rules of The Road,” as the only non-physician faculty author. Ms. Katz has also served as faculty for the 2004 Academy of Family Practitioners CME Program, “Emergency & Urgent Care” on the subject of the future of Family Practitioners in the world of Emergency Medicine.

The Katz Company’s commitment to Emergency Medicine is absolute, and continues to be evident in the range and quality of the services delivered. Whether a small community hospital in rural America or a famous urban teaching center, the full scope of our knowledge and services are available to any facility that fulfills the Katz Company’s practice quality specification requirements. Those clients who are chosen as suitable practice opportunities for the elite Katz Company physician candidates will experience specialized recruitment and consulting assistance with the emphasis on superior knowledge, customer service and long-term relationship development.

We provide professional physician recruitment and consulting service in the following areas: