Dr Edward S. Katz

Dr. Katz is a native of Rhode Island who attended both Classical High School and Brown University with degrees in English and Art. He then went on to Emory University School of Dentistry in Atlanta, Georgia. After a year of clinical practices in general dentistry, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating with specialty degrees in Periodontics and Periodontal Prosthesis. Dr. Katz returned to RI and began his career limiting his practice to periodontics and implant dentistry. He served as the Chief of Dentistry at Miriam Hospital from 1986 to 2008. He is a faculty member at Harvard School of Dental Medicine where he was recently honored having served for over 25 years in the Department of Periodontics. He is co-director of the Providence Dental Study Club, a teaching study group founded by Drs. Katz and Theberge. He is a member of the American Academy of Periodontology, American Dental Association, Rhode Island Dental Association, Pierre Fouchard Academy, International College of Dentistry, and Providence District Dental Society. Dr. Katz has three daughters and is married to Patricia Katz, a fifth-grade teacher at Wheeler School in Providence.