Doug Katz
Professor, Neurology, Boston University Avedisian & Chobanian School of Medicine
Medical Director, Brain Injury Program, Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation
- Education
- BS Psychology; MD
- Office
- 725 Albany St 7th Floor, Suite 7B Boston, MA 02118; Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation, 250 Pond Street, Braintree, MA 02184
- dkatz@bu.edu
- Phone
- 6176388456
Bio
Douglas I. Katz, MD is professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, and his neurology practice is at Boston Medical Center and Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, where he has served as medical director of the Brain Injury Program for over 35 years. He graduated from Stony Brook University School of Medicine, completed neurology residency at Boston University, and a Behavioral Neurology fellowship at Boston University and the Boston VAMC. He is board certified in Adult Neurology, Brain Injury Medicine, and Neural Repair and Rehabilitation (UCNS).
His research interests include traumatic brain injury, neurorehabilitation, disorders of consciousness and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and he has published extensively in these areas. He has co-edited several books, including three editions of a comprehensive text on Brain Injury Medicine.
As an educator, he has mentored many trainees in neurorehabilitation and brain injury medicine and has been a national leader in developing training and certification standards. He serves on a number of advisory boards, study sections, and on editorial boards for major journals on brain injury and neurorehabilitation.
From 2015 to 2017, Dr. Katz served as president of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM). His honors include the Sheldon Berrol Clinical Services Award from the Brain Injury Association of America (2001), the Ken Viste, Jr. award from the American Society of Neurorehabilitaiton (2012) and the Compassionate Care Award of the Brain Injury Association of MA (2013). He is a fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (FACRM), American Academy of Neurology (FAAN), American Society of Neurorehabilitation (FASNR), and the American Neurological Association (FANA).
Research Interests
TBI and neurorehabilitation, including neuropathology, natural history and outcome, disorders of consciousness, post-traumatic confusional state, pharmacologic treatment of cognitive problems, structural and functional imaging, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy\
Profiles
Selected Publications
Katz DI, Bernick C, Dodick DW, Mez J, Mariani ML, Adler CH, Alosco ML, Balcer LJ, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Brody DL, Cantu RC, Dams-O’Connor K, Geda YE, Jordan BD, McAllister TW, Peskind ER, Petersen RC, Wethe JV, Zafonte RD, Foley ÉM, Babcock DJ, Koroshetz WJ, Tripodis Y, McKee AC, Shenton ME, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome. Neurology. 2021 05 04; 96(18):848-863. PMID: 33722990.