Douglas I. Katz, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Douglas I. Katz is professor of neurology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. After completing his residency, he focused his research on traumatic brain injury, neurorehabilitation, cognitive/behavioral neurology, acquired brain injury, and disorders of consciousness. For over 27 years Katz has been the medical director of the Brain Injury Program at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital in Massachusetts, one of the first dedicated brain injury rehabilitation programs in the US that he helped develop. For the past two years, Dr. Katz has served as president of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Publications

  • Published 2/13/2026

    Nosek SB, Gonzalez Gil S, Abdolmohammadi B, Layden R, Nowinski CJ, Tripodis Y, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Torres A, Dwyer BC, Katz DI, Goldstein LE, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Stein TD, McKee AC, Mez J, Alosco ML, Daneshvar DH. Younger Age of First Exposure to American Football Is Associated with Worse Informant-Reported Clinical Outcomes in Older Age Brain Donors. J Neurotrauma. 2026 Feb 13; 8977151261424707. PMID: 41688863.

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  • Published 2/2/2026

    Aaronson A, Badlam G, Mulayi SC, Tuz-Zahra F, Goostrey KJ, Tripodis Y, Cole-French WS, Roebuck M, Schneider G, Pine BN, Palmisano JN, Martin BM, Zavitz KH, Katz DI, Nowinski CJ, McKee AC, Stein TD, Mackin RS, McClean MD, Weuve J, Mez J, Weiner MW, Nosheny RL, Stern RA, Alosco ML. Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Function in Former American Football Players. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Feb 02; 9(2):e2560077. PMID: 41758517.

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  • Published 1/2/2026

    Burton R, Durape S, Price E, Chien-Young K, Joshi P, Yhang E, Liu Y, Devine S, Gurnani AS, Ang TFA, Katz DI, Alosco ML, Tripodis Y, Au R, Dams-O'Connor K, Mez J. Traumatic Brain Injury and All-Cause and Dementia-Related Mortality in the Framingham Heart Study. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jan 02; 9(1):e2555138. PMID: 41615690.

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  • Published 1/1/2026

    Layden RM, Groh JR, Miner AE, Kidd A, Nosek SB, Gil SG, Abdolmohammadi B, Lenio S, Nowinski CJ, Tripodis Y, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Dwyer BC, Katz DI, Goldstein LE, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Stein TD, McKee AC, Daneshvar DH, Mez J, Alosco ML. CTE neuropathology alone is associated with dementia and cognitive symptoms. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jan; 22(1):e71032. PMID: 41589584.

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  • Published 11/26/2025

    Wiegand TLT, Pankatz L, Arciniega H, Jung LB, Tuz-Zahra F, Bouix S, Lubeck H, Rojczyk P, Schuhmacher LS, Buring J, Katz DI, Tripodis Y, Pasternak O, Cetin-Karayumak S, Rathi Y, Adler CH, McKee AC, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Coleman MJ, Colasurdo EA, Lin AP, Peskind ER, Ashton NJ, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Alosco ML, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Shenton ME, Koerte IK. Diffusion Alterations at the Gray Matter/White Matter Boundary in Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome. J Neurotrauma. 2026 Feb; 43(3-4):224-235. PMID: 41218808.

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Education

  • Stony Brook University, MD
  • Brandeis University, BA

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