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 6/2/2026

    Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B, Durape S, Dwyer B, Alosco ML, Yew B, Pritchett A, Fernández NB, Hicks A, Uretsky M, Ryder M, Faheem F, Nosek S, Martin B, Palmisano J, Nowinski C, Tripodis Y, O'Connor KD, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Stern RA, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Crary JF, Stein TD, McKee AC, Daneshvar DH. Validity of the NINDS traumatic encephalopathy syndrome criteria for predicting chronic traumatic encephalopathy. medRxiv. 2026 Jun 02. PMID: 42282171.

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  • Published 5/1/2026

    Bernick C, Kleven BC, Alosco ML, Arciniega H, Ashton N, Bender A, Bieniek KF, Cordes D, Cordes L, Katz DI, Keene D, Kinney J, Mandarino L, Matthews D, McKee A, Mez J, Oh EC, Peskind E, Rabinovici GD, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Vasdev N, Zetterberg H, Zhuang X, Cummings JL. Advancing biomarker development for chronic traumatic encephalopathy: Summary and recommendations from the 2025 Leon Thal Summit. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22(5):e71424. PMID: 42121201.

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  • Published 4/28/2026

    Kleven BC, Chien LC, Surwill D, Alosco ML, Wethe JV, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Shenton ME, Pasternak O, Katz DI, Peskind E, Balcer LJ, Koerte IK, Mez J, Reiman EM, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Zetterberg H, Bernick C, Cummings JL. Cognitive, biomarker, and neuroimaging indices associated with traumatic encephalopathy syndrome across two independent athlete cohorts. Res Sq. 2026 Apr 28. PMID: 42094043.

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  • Published 4/7/2026

    Katz DI, Bodien YG, Faerman A, Schwertfeger J, Bogdanova Y, Blum S, Dwyer B, Gilmore N, Goncalves JV, Hays K, Graf MJP, Marino M, Mallas EJ, Shapiro-Rosenbaum A, Sherer M, Williams MW, Zhang B. Pathophysiology of the Post-Traumatic Confusional State and Post-Traumatic Amnesia: A Scoping Review. J Neurotrauma. 2026 Jun; 43(11-12):835-849. PMID: 41944090.

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  • 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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Education

  • Stony Brook University, MD
  • Brandeis University, BA

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