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The Edward B. Bromfield Epilepsy Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is named in memory of the nationally recognized neurologist-epileptologist Edward Barry Bromfield, MD, who founded the program in 1993, to offer the very latest comprehensive services available to patients with epilepsy. Since 2009, Dr. Barbara Dworetzky, MD, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, is the Chief of the Division of Epilepsy, and has continued to to fulfill Dr. Bromfield’s mission to improve the lives of those with epilepsy by offering patients leading-edge evaluation, diagnosis, care and education, inspired by the latest research and imaging technologies. In addition, Dr. Dworetzky has grown the clinical and research reach of the program and has recruited and cultivated a first-rate team to help with all aspects of epilepsy.
Chief, Division of Epilepsy
Neurologist
Clinical Director, Division of Epilepsy
Neurologist
Medical Director, BWFH Sleep Testing Center
Neurologist
Director, Women's Epilepsy Program
Neurologist
Neurologist
Director, Epilepsy Genetics Clinic
Neurologist
Neurosurgeon
Director of Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery
Haley Distinguished Chair in the Neurosciences
Director, Division of Neuropsychiatry; Co-director, Center for Brain/Mind Medicine
Psychiatrist
Neuropsychologist
Neuropsychologist
Erin Farina, RN, oversees patient education and the assessment and triage of patients with seizure emergencies at the Bromfield Epilepsy Program's ambulatory practice. Ms. Farina is an experience epilepsy nurse spending over 2 decades in research and clinical care for epilepsy patients, with particular expertise in women's issues. Ms. Farina obtained her associate's degree in nursing at Massachusetts Bay Community College in Wellesley. Prior to joining BWH's Neurology Department staff in 2007, she worked in the Harvard Neuroendocrine Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as an ambulatory clinical and research nurse. At BWH, Ms. Farina's interests include safety and education of patients with seizures, including seizure first aid, medication side effects and compliance, and health-related quality of life.
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