FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Oct. 16, 2026
Contact: Gina DiGravio, 617-358-7838, ginad@bu.edu
BU’s Dr. Douglas Katz Receives Highest Honor from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
(Boston)—Douglas I. Katz, MD, professor of neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, was honored with the Gold Key award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM). The highest honor given by the association, it was established in 1932 as a certificate of merit for members of the medical and allied professions who had rendered extraordinary service to the cause of rehabilitation. The award was recently presented at the annual meeting of ACRM in Washington, D.C.
Katz is board certified in adult neurology, brain injury medicine and neural repair and rehabilitation. He is a neurologist at Boston Medical Center and Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, where he has served as medical director of the Brain Injury Program for more than 35 years.
As an educator, Katz has mentored many trainees in neurorehabilitation and brain injury medicine and has been a national leader in developing training and certification standards. He serves on several advisory boards, study sections and editorial boards for major journals on brain injury and neurorehabilitation.
His research interests include traumatic brain injury and neurorehabilitation, including neuropathology, natural history and outcome, disorders of consciousness, post-traumatic confusional state, pharmacologic treatment of cognitive problems, structural and functional imaging and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and has published extensively in these areas. He has co-edited several books, including three editions of a comprehensive text on brain injury medicine.
From 2015 to 2017, he served as ACRM president. His honors include the Sheldon Berrol Clinical Services Award from the Brain Injury Association of America (2001), the Ken Viste, Jr. award from the American Society of Neurorehabilitaiton (2012) and the Compassionate Care Award of the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (2013). He is a fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, American Society of Neurorehabilitation and the American Neurological Association.
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine is a global, interdisciplinary medical association advancing rehabilitation science, clinical practice and the lives of people with disabling conditions through evidence-based research. Their mission is to improve the lives of people of all abilities through education, research, and advocacy to enable interdisciplinary, science-based, and person-centered rehabilitation.