W. Curt LaFrance, Jr. MD, MPH, FAAN, FANPA, DFAPA, FAES

W. Curt LaFrance Jr., MD, MPH, is Director of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology at Rhode Island Hospital (RIH), Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Alpert Medical School, Brown University. He is Staff Physician at the Providence VAMC, Clinical Lead for the VA National Expert Consultation & Specialized Services Neuropsychiatry Tele-Seizures clinic, and Director of the VA Mind Brain Program.  He studied at Wake Forest University (BA in psychology), Medical College of Georgia (MD) and Brown University (MPH).  He trained in Brown’s combined neurology/psychiatry residency and is double boarded.

He served on the EF Professional Advisory Board and was inaugural chair of AES and ILAE NES Task Forces.

He has received grants from the EF, AES, Siravo Foundation, Brown, CfNN, the VA and DoD, and an NINDS K23 Award. He directed the combined residency at Brown from 2012-2019 and has served as research advisor or mentor to psychiatry, neurology and neuropsychiatry residents and faculty and to Brown undergraduates in neurobiology and psychology. He trains clinicians around the country using distance supervision in neurobehavioral therapy (NBT), used for neuropsychiatric conditions, including epilepsy, nonepileptic (functional) seizures, functional cognitive disorder, and motor functional neurological disorder. His research interests focus on developing new biomarkers and treatments for neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy, conversion (functional) disorders and TBI. His studies are published in neurology and psychiatry journals. He serves on journal editorial boards and is co-author of Taking Control of Your Seizures: Workbook and Therapist Guide.   A goal of his work at Brown, nationally and internationally has been to bridge neurology and psychiatry clinical practice and scientific research and to dissolve arbitrary boundaries between the two fields.