Speaker: Dr. Barbara A. Dworetzky

Moderator: Dr. Sarah Lidstone

Dr. Barbara Ann Dworetzky, M.D., is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Epilepsy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston where she directs the Edward B. Bromfield Comprehensive Epilepsy Program and Clinical Fellowships as well as the EEG laboratory. Dr. Dworetzky received a Bachelors of Sciences degree from Brown University, her M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed her neurology residency and epilepsy fellowship at the Harvard-Longwood Neurology program, now part of MassGeneralBrigham. Dr. Dworetzky currently serves on the Professional Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Foundation of New England. She is internationally known for work in functional seizures (aka PNES) and is a founding member and on the executive board of directors for the Functional Neurological Disorders Society (FNDS). She becomes president of this society beginning next month. She has been listed as a top doctor in Boston magazine since 2009.