Katherine Turk

Background

Dr. Turk completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Chicago and earned her medical degree in 2011 from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine internship and neurology residency at the University of Washington in 2015.  In 2015, Dr. Turk began her fellowship training in cognitive and behavioral neurology at VA Boston and transitioned to her current role as an attending Neurologist at VA Boston Healthcare System in 2018.  In 2018, she became an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine.

ADRC Role

Dr. Turk participates in weekly multidisciplinary diagnostic consensus conferences to assist with the clinical diagnoses for participants enrolled in the ADC Clinical Core Registry. Dr. Turk also plays a strong leadership role on the ORE Core.

Research Interests

Dr. Turk’s research focuses on event-related potentials as an electrophysiological marker of neurodegeneration in AD and CTE among veterans. Dr. Turk is particularly interested in the long-term risk of neurodegeneration among veterans who have experienced multiple head injuries. She is mentored at VA Boston and the BU AD and CTE Center by  Dr. Andrew Budson, M.D. and Ann C. McKee, M.D.

Awards/Memberships

Dr. Turk was the recipient of the  Alzheimer’s Association Clinical Fellowship Award to support her research investigating the clinical utility of event related potentials in a memory disorders clinic.  She was nominated to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society in 2012 for her education of medical students. During medical school she received the Joseph Collins scholarship for medical students interested in Neurology.  She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Society for Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology and Massachusetts Medical Society.