Professional Advisory Board
Our Leadership
Our Foundation Leadership is responsible for guiding our efforts, our staff, and our community members in leading the charge to help people and families affected by epilepsy in New England.
Professional Advisory Board
Phillip L. Pearl, M.D.
Chair
Director of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology
Boston Children's Hospital
William G. Lennox Chair and Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Andrew S. Blum, MD, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Director, EEG Lab
Chief, Division of Adult Epilepsy
Rhode Island Hospital
Director, Neurology Residency Training Program
Associate Professor of Neurology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Cheryl Cahill, MSN, RN
Epilepsy Center
Boston Children’s Hospital
Bernard S. Chang, MD, MMSc
Advisory Dean and Director, Francis Weld Peabody Society
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Catherine J. Chu, M.D., M.A., M.M.Sc.
Director, Neonatal and Pediatric Continuous EEG Monitoring
Divisions of Child Neurology and Neurophysiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Laurie Douglass, MD
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy
Director, Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative
Division of Child Neurology
Boston Medical Center
Barbara Dworetzky, MD
Chief, Epilepsy Division
Director, Edward B. Bromfield Epilepsy Program
Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Eduardo Garcia, MD
Neurologist
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Gregory L. Holmes, MD
Chair, Department of Neurological Sciences
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Barbara C. Jobst, MD, Dr. med, FAAN
Professor of Neurology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Director, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Epilepsy Center
Vice Chair, Department of Neurology
Elaine T. Kiriakopoulos, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
Co-Director, Hobscotch Institute for Cognitive Health & Well-Being
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Epilepsy Center
Managing Epilepsy Well Network Coordinating Center at Dartmouth
James Kryzanski, MD
Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program
Tufts Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery
W Curt LaFrance Jr MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology,
Alpert Medical School
Brown University
Director of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology,
Rhode Island Hospital
Susan Linn
Ex Officio
President & CEO
Epilepsy Foundation New England
Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD
Neurologist
Harvard Medical School
David C. McCarthy, Jr., MD
Director of EEG Laboratory and Epilepsy Division
VA Boston Healthcare System
Assistant Professor in Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Patricia Osborne Shafer, RN, MN
Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Senior Director of Health Information and Resources,
Associate Editor of Epilepsy.com Epilepsy Foundation
Lacey Smith, MS, CGC
Licensed Genetic Counselor
Epilepsy Genetics Program
Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Elizabeth A. Thiele MD PhD
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program
Director, Herscot Center for TSC Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Alcy Torres, MD
Boston Medical Center
Kim Celone Willment, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Karen Zelano, RN, CPN
Certified School Nurse Teacher
Mark Richardson, MD PhD
Director of Functional Neurosurgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles Pappas Associate Professor of Neurosciences
Harvard Medical School