Chief, Division of Epilepsy, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Neurology

Barbara A. Dworetzky works in the field of Neurology. She graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. She has 1 awards "Boston Magazine". Barbara Dworetzky is also a published MD. She has 40 paper published. The most recent paper is: Preserved vagus nerve stimulator function after radiation therapy. Barbara Dworetzky accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Personalities of patients with nonepileptic psychogenic status.
• Interprofessional simulation to improve safety in the Epilepsy monitoring unit.
• An integrative neurocircuit perspective on psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and functional movement disorders: neural functional unawareness.
• Autonomic changes in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: toward a potential diagnostic biomarker?
• A clinically oriented perspective on psychogenic nonepileptic seizure-related emergencies.
• Treatment of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: Updated Review and Findings From a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Case Series.
• Sleep in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures and Related Disorders.
• Evaluation of a clinical tool for early etiology identification in status epilepticus.
• Advantages of respiratory monitoring during video-EEG evaluation to differentiate epileptic seizures from other events.
• Clinical value of magnetoencephalographic spike propagation represented by spatiotemporal source analysis: Correlation with surgical outcome.
• Comparison of cardiorespiratory and EEG abnormalities with seizures in adults and children.
• Focal cortical dysplasia IIb presenting as slowly progressive aphasia mimicking a Brain tumor.
• Neuropsychological and psychiatric outcomes in poorly controlled idiopathic generalized Epilepsy.
• Seizures and antiepileptic drugs in patients with spontaneous intraCerebral hemorrhages.
• Language Lateralization Represented by Spatiotemporal Mapping of Magnetoencephalography.
• Pre- and postictal, not ictal, heart rate distinguishes complex partial and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
• Female reproductive factors and risk of seizure or Epilepsy: Data from the Nurses' Health Study II.
• Premenstrual dysphoric disorder in women with Epilepsy: relationships to potential epileptic, antiepileptic drug, and reproductive endocrine factors.
• Artifact and recording concepts in EEG.
• Artifact: recording EEG in special care units.
• The role of the interictal EEG in selecting candidates for resective Epilepsy surgery.
• Lacosamide in the treatment of acute recurrent seizures and periodic epileptiform patterns in critically ill patients.
• Current dipole orientation and distribution of epileptiform activity correlates with cortical thinning in left mesiotemporal Epilepsy.
• Effects of seizures on cardiac function.
• Propagation of epileptic spikes reconstructed from spatiotemporal magnetoencephalographic and electroencephalographic source analysis.
• A prospective study of smoking, caffeine, and alcohol as risk factors for seizures or Epilepsy in young adult women: data from the Nurses' Health Study II.
• Evaluation of postoperative sharp waveforms through EEG and magnetoencephalography.
• A comparison of anastrozole and testosterone versus placebo and testosterone for treatment of sexual dysfunction in men with Epilepsy and hypogonadism.
• Utilization of below-the-hairline EEG in detecting subclinical seizures.
• Comparison of outcomes of video/EEG monitoring between patients with epileptic seizures and those with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
• Valproate and lamotrigine level variation with menstrual cycle phase and oral contraceptive use.
• Auditory auras in patients with postencephalitic Epilepsy: case series.
• The utility of conductive plastic electrodes in prolonged ICU EEG monitoring.
• Valproate teratogenicity and Epilepsy syndrome.
• Assessment of hairline EEG as a screening tool for nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
• Differential effects of antiepileptic drugs on neuroactive steroids in men with Epilepsy.
• Clinical characteristics of psychogenic nonepileptic seizure status in the long-term monitoring unit.
• Characteristics of male veterans with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
• Preserved vagus nerve stimulator function after radiation therapy.

Schools

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• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

• Montefiore Mc

• Beth Israel Hospital

• Brigham and Women39s Hospital

• Children39s Hospital Boston

• Brigham and Womens Hospital and Chldns Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• EEG (Electroencephalogram)
• EMG (Electromyography)

Conditions Treated

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• Alzheimer's Disease
• Anterior Horn Disease
• Ataxia
• Bell's Palsy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Neurology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Boston Magazine

Education

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• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Albert Einstein - Montefiore Medical Center
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

Hospital

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• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1033176359
NPPES Provider LastName		DWORETZKY
NPPES Provider FirstName		BARBARA
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		024456002
NPPES Provider State		MA
Specialty Description		Neurology
Total Claim Count		1506.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1033176359
Last Name Of The Provider	DWORETZKY
First Name Of The Provider	BARBARA
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