Boston Medical Center – Brighton

Epilepsy Center

Supportive Care for Seizure Diagnosis and Treatment

Our Epilepsy Program provides comprehensive, holistic, and high-quality epilepsy care for patients throughout Massachusetts. We offer focused diagnostic assessments followed by detailed discussions of both novel and established treatments for seizure disorders. All patients with epilepsy and seizure disorders deserve longer, healthier lives, and our providers and staff are devoted to making those goals a reality. 

Locations and Contact

736 Cambridge St. Brighton, MA 02135617.789.2375

Our Team

Elizabeth Blocker, NP

Neurology

Margarita Ebril-Lel, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine at Boston University, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Neurology Clerkship Site Director at BMC, Brighton, Boston University School of Medicine, Neurology Clerkship Associate Director, Tufts University School of Medicine

Kaarkuzhali Krishnamurthy, MD

Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, Division Head, Epilepsy and EEG, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Terrence Li, MD, FAAN

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Boston University, Pending Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Tufts University, Neurology Clerkship Director of Tufts University, Site Director at Boston Medical Center, Brighton

Specialty Services

The center provides the following treatments and specialty services:

  • Lifestyle and behavioral approaches to seizure management
  • Comprehensive care of women with epilepsy, including reproductive counseling
  • Epilepsy and pregnancy
  • First seizure evaluations
  • Anticonvulsant treatment consultations and optimization of anticonvulsant therapy
  • Management of epilepsy in the elderly
  • Cultural considerations with seizures and epilepsy
  • Evaluation and management of anticonvulsant-related complications
  • Second opinion consults