About the Epilepsy Program Multidisciplinary Team

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 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.

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Neurologists

Barbara Dworetzky, MD

Barbara Dworetzky, MD

Chief, Division of Epilepsy

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Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD

Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD

Clinical Director, Division of Epilepsy

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Sattar Khoshkhoo, MD

Sattar Khoshkhoo, MD

Director, Epilepsy Genetics Clinic

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Milena Pavlova, MD

Milena Pavlova, MD

Medical Director, BWFH Sleep Testing Center

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P. Emanuela Voinescu, MD, PhD

P. Emanuela Voinescu, MD, PhD

Director, Women's Epilepsy Program

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Lauren Bolden, PhD

Lauren Bolden, PhD

Neurologist

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Ellen J. Bubrick, MD

Ellen J. Bubrick, MD

Neurologist

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Jonathan Dashkoff, MD, PhD

Jonathan Dashkoff, MD, PhD

Neurologist

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Amr Ellaithy, PhD, MBBCH

Amr Ellaithy, PhD, MBBCH

Neurologist

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Regan J. Lemley, MD, MS

Regan J. Lemley, MD, MS

Neurologist

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David McCarthy, MD

Neurologist

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Swapna L. Putta, MD

Swapna L. Putta, MD

Neurologist

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Rani Sarkis, MD, MSc

Rani Sarkis, MD, MSc

Neurologist

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Steven Daniel Tobochnik, MD

Steven Daniel Tobochnik, MD

Neurologist

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Amy E. Trecartin, MD

Amy E. Trecartin, MD

Neurologist

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Daniel Weisholtz, MD

Daniel Weisholtz, MD

Neurologist

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Neurosurgeons

Garth Rees Cosgrove, MD

Garth Rees Cosgrove, MD

Director of Functional Neurosurgery

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John Rolston, MD, PhD

John Rolston, MD, PhD

Director of Epilepsy Surgery

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Neuropsychologists

Lauren Bolden, PhD

Neuropsychologist

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Kim Willment, PhD

Kim Willment, PhD

Neuropsychologist

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Other Clinical Providers

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.

We also work with several qualified Advanced practice providers who are committed to providing quality care.

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