Andrew E. Budson, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Andrew E. Budson, M.D. is Chief of Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, Associate Chief of Staff for Education, and Director of the Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Associate Director and Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement (ORE) Core Leader at the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Professor of Neurology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His training included graduating cum laude from Harvard Medical School, being chief resident of the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Residency Program, pursuing a fellowship in dementia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and studying memory as a post-doctoral fellow in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University. Dr. Budson has had government research funding since 1998, receiving a National Research Service Award and a Career Development Award in addition to a Research Project (R01) grant. He has given over 800 local, national, and international grand rounds and other academic talks. He has published over 150 papers, reviews, and book chapters and is a reviewer for more than 50 journals. He has co-authored or edited eight books, including Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia: A Practical Guide for Clinicians (translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese), Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory (translated into Korean and Simplified Chinese), Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: A Guide for Families, and Why We Forget and How to Remember Better: The Science Behind Memory. He was awarded the Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology in 2008 and the Research Award in Geriatric Neurology in 2009, both from the American Academy of Neurology. His current research uses the techniques of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to understand memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In his memory disorders clinic at the VA Boston Healthcare System he treats patients while teaching fellows, residents, and medical students.

Publications

  • Published 6/23/2026

    Aaronson A, Ly MT, Tripodis Y, Altaras C, Lenio S, Farris CW, Nowinski CJ, O'Connor MK, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Nosheny RL, Gifford KA, Steinberg EG, Turk KW, Budson AE, Stein TD, McKee AC, Mez J, Alosco ML. Subjective cognitive complaints and decline among aging individuals with prior repetitive head impact exposure. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2026; 18(2):e70407. PMID: 42358563.

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  • Published 6/1/2026

    Budson AE, Hogendoorn H, Addis DR. Perception, Memory, Simulation, and Consciousness: A Convergence of Theories. J Cogn Neurosci. 2026 Jun 01; 38(6):1101-1111. PMID: 41511280.

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  • Published 4/14/2026

    Frank B, Gurnani A, Hurley L, Guan C, Andersen SL, Devine SA, O'Connor MK, Budson A, Liu C, Lin H, Auerbach S, Liu Y, Libon DJ, Price CC, Farrer L, Mez J, Ang A, Au R. Psychometric modeling of Boston process approach data for dementia prediction in the Framingham Heart Study. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2026 Mar; 32(3):243-254. PMID: 41975557.

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  • Published 4/1/2026

    Groh JR, Miner AE, Alshikho MJ, Farris C, Cui A, Pettway E, Labonte J, Mosaheb S, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Cantu RC, Coleman MJ, Dodick DW, Ashton NJ, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Peskind ER, Nowinski C, Ly M, Altaras C, Lenio S, Rabinovici GD, Asken B, Rosen H, Cobigo Y, Blusztajn JK, Budson AE, Turk K, Qiu WQ, Goldstein L, Martin B, Palmisano JN, Dixon D, Schneider G, Steinberg EG, Su Y, Protas H, Pasternak O, Koerte I, Bouix S, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Shenton ME, Stern RA, McKee AC, Stein TD, Brickman AM, Mez J, Alosco ML. Imaging the later-life white matter pathologies of repetitive head impacts: A novel pattern revealed through T2 FLAIR MRI. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Apr; 22(4):e71351. PMID: 42002804.

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  • Published 1/21/2026

    Hagan B, Buss SS, Fried PJ, Shafi MM, Turk KW, Xie KY, Frank B, Passera B, Ozdemir RA, Budson AE. Evaluating Alzheimer's disease with the TMS-EEG perturbation complexity index. Neurosci Conscious. 2026; 2026(1):niaf062. PMID: 41574278.

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Other Positions

  • Associate Director for Research, Alzheimer's Disease Center
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Consultant Neurologist, Division of Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, Neurology
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Associate Chief of Staff for Education
    VA Boston Healthcare System
  • Director, Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience
    VA Boston Healthcare System
  • Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Research, Alzheimer’s Disease Center
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Lecturer in Neurology, Neurology
    Harvard Medical School
  • Physician, Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center & Neurology Services
    VA Boston Healthcare System
  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Haverford College, BA

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