Dr. McDougle is the director of the Lurie Center for Autism at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Nancy Lurie Marks Professor in the Field of Autism at Harvard Medical School.

Prior to joining the Lurie Center, Dr. McDougle served on the faculty at Yale and Indiana University School of Medicine. He was twice chosen as Teacher of the Year by the Yale Psychiatry Residents. 

In 2002, Dr. McDougle was selected as a recipient of the 12th Annual Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education from the American Psychiatric Association, and in 2007 he was selected as a recipient of the Annual Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents, also by the American Psychiatric Association. 

Dr. McDougle was awarded the Frank J. Menolascino Award from the American Psychiatric Association in 2009 and the George Tarjan Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2012.