Howard Holtz was born in Ocean Township, NJ and attended Rutgers University. He graduated from UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School with honors and completed his medical residency at the University Hospital affiliated program in Newark, New Jersey. He was Chief Medical Resident at University Hospital in 1984. Dr. Holtz completed a United States Public Health service commitment in an underserved health manpower shortage area in Newark from 1984-1987. He served on the UMDNJ teaching faculty until 1991 when he moved to Saint Barnabas Medical Center to become Associate Chairman of Medicine. At Saint Barnabas, he founded the Faculty Practice. In 2002 Dr Holtz established a full time private practice at his current location.

Hospital Affiliations:
Morristown Memorial Medical Center, Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Organizations:
Fellow of the American College of Physicians,
Member of No Free Lunch (health care professionals who have pledged to accept no gifts from industry and to rely on non-promotional sources of information).
Doctors Without Borders.

Honors:
New Jersey Magazine Top Doctor in Internal Medicine in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society his first eligible year.

Golden Apple Teaching Awards -New Jersey Medical School and St Barnabas Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Published Articles and Letters in Annals of Internal Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Public Health, CDC Morbidity and Mortality Report, New Jersey Medicine.

Dr. Holtz is licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine.

Dr. Holtz considers his best "diagnosis and treatment plan" marrying Laura Prato during his second year of medical school. They are the proud parents of Angela and Alexander.