Lindsay Katona, DO, MPH

Dr. Lindsay Katona is the Director of Research and Quality for the Internal Medicine Residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. In addition to her time on the wards, she supervises residents in research projects, submission of abstracts and other academic pursuits. She also orchestrates the Introduction to Quality Rotation for 2nd year residents. Her interests include global health, underserved medicine and quality improvement. Outside of her work with medical residents at Cottage, she is involved with Cottage’s Center for Population Health and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, where she serves a Deputy Health Officer.

In addition to her medical degree, she received a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University. She worked as a hospitalist prior to joining the faculty in 2022. Lindsay and her husband Kyle Ratner, a UCSB professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, live in Santa Barbara with their three young children.