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 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 11/24/2025

    Arciniegas DB, Seel RT, Macciocchi SN, Cifu DX, Frazier YG, Kaelin DL, Katz DI, Oyesanya TO, Wagner AK. Practice Guideline for Methylphenidate Use in Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury: Report of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Nov 24. PMID: 41297654.

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  • Published 11/21/2025

    Seel RT, Arciniegas DB, Macciocchi SP, Cifu DX, Frazier YG, Kaelin DL, Katz DI, Oyesanya TO, Pourrahmat M, Schofield T, Wagner AK, Fazeli MS. Systematic Review on Norepinephrine and Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors for Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Symptoms: Report of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Nov 21. PMID: 41276208.

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  • Published 4/15/2025

    Han X, Zhang Y, Petrosky JN, Bald S, Sherva RM, Labadorf A, Cherry JD, Chung J, Farrell K, Abdolmohammadi B, Durape S, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Farrell JJ, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Dams-O'Connor K, Jun GR, Lunetta KL, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Cantu RC, Shenton ME, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Alosco ML, Tripodis Y, Farrer LA, Stein TD, Crary JF, McKee AC, Mez J. A structural haplotype in the 17q21.31 MAPT region is associated with increased risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy endophenotypes. Cell Rep Med. 2025 May 20; 6(5):102084. PMID: 40239644.

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  • Published 3/6/2025

    Emrani S, Koutures A, Tripodis Y, Uretsky M, Abdolmohammadi B, Nowinski C, Daneshvar DH, Dwyer B, Katz DI, Goldstein LE, Cantu RC, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Dams-O'Connor K, Crary JF, Stern RA, Mez J, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, McKee AC, Stein TD, Alosco ML. Characterizing white matter and vascular pathologies in brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts. Acta Neuropathol. 2025 Mar 06; 149(1):24. PMID: 40047953.

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Education

  • Stony Brook University, MD
  • Brandeis University, BA

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