Nicole Katz, MD

Dr. Nicole Katz is a senior resident physician and incoming 2025-2026 Sports Medicine fellow at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She is also a former Chief Resident. She has been involved with the AAP since 2019, serving first as a member at large and then chair of the AAP Medical Student Council. Her involvement continued as a member of the Resident/Fellow Council Research and Quality Improvement Subcommittee and then leading the Orthobiologics and Regenerative Medicine Podcast Committee. She is also a member of the AAP Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program (RMSTP). Her research interests include musculoskeletal health with a focus on female athletes and the intersection of musculoskeletal health with reproductive endocrinology. She has contributed to over 60 peer-reviewed publications and presentations on topics such as prehabilitation, Female Athlete Triad/Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, and sex differences in musculoskeletal injuries and management outcomes. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Research Award. Dr. Katz’s commitment to sports medicine has been nationally acknowledged and she is a recipient of both the Galen Medical Student Scholarship Award and Resident Scholarship Award from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.