Dr. Norman C. Hursh

Norman C. Hursh, Sc.D., CRC, CVE

Associate Professor

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

635 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, Massachuesetts 02215

(617) 353-2709

E-Mail: nhursh@bu.edu

Dr. Hursh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling of the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University since 1978. At Boston University, he directs the Graduate Specialization in Industrial Rehabilitation and Disability Management and the Graduate Specialization in Vocational Evaluation. Dr. Hursh is also the Director of Vocational Rehabilitation Sevices of the Sargent Clinic at Boston University, a free standing rehabilitation clinic that provides evaluation, return-to-work planning, and rehabilitation services and consultation to workers and employers. Dr. Hursh is a certified Rehabilitation Counselor, a Certified Vocational Evaluator, a licensed rehabilitation psychologist, and a licensed rehabilitation counselor.

Dr. Hursh has consulted and provided training to employers, unions, insurance companies, health care providers and governments across the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. He has been awarded research and development grants and contracts with the Social Security Administration, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research in the United States to research and develop innovative strategies, programs, and systems that promote successful return to work. He has consulted with and developed disability management programs and disability compliance programs with Boston Public School System, Gillette Company, Bank Boston, Bull WorldWide Information Systems, and Honeywell Corporation.

Dr. Hursh has been appointed as a Commissioner on the Certified Disability Management Specialists Commission. He has conducted research and development projects to evaluate the direct impact of Disability Management program graduates on the costs of disability management programs and the productivity of workers returning to work.

Dr. Hursh has published extensively in areas of vocational evaluation, job accommodation, and return-to-work for individuals with severe and multiple impairments. He serves on the editorial board of Work, and The Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal.