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Biographical Sketch 2007

W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., MD, MPH, is the Director of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology at Rhode Island Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology (Research) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and of Clinical Neurosciences at Brown Medical School.
Dr. LaFrance received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Wake Forest University and his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He completed the combined residency in neurology and psychiatry at Brown Medical School, and he is boarded in both neurology and in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. After residency, he completed a Clinical Research Fellowship in Combined Treatments at Brown University with an institutional NIH T-32 national research service award. He obtained his MPH from Brown University in 2007.
Dr. LaFrance received a 5 year K23 award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to conduct clinical trials for patients with psychological nonepileptic seizures (NES). In 2003, he was awarded the Career Development Award by the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA). His biography is included in Marquis Who's Who Among Future Leaders and Who's Who in the World. In 2008, he was appointed to the Governor's Permanent Advisory Commission on Traumatic Brain Injury. His academic society memberships include American Academy of Neurology, American Neuropsychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Epilepsy Society, and Christian Medical and Dental Associations.
Dr. LaFrance serves on the Committee on Research for the ANPA, the Editorial Board for Epilepsy & Behavior, and he is an ad hoc reviewer for Neurology and the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. He chaired the NINDS/NIMH/AES NES treatment workshop, which took place in May 2005. This international workshop brought neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and allied health members together to set the direction for future NES research. He served on the Neuroethics interdisciplinary panel for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and as a reviewer on The Wellcome Trust's Neuroscience and Mental Health Funding Committee. His research interests include neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy. He has given invited lectures regionally, nationally and internationally on topics in neuropsychiatry, integrative medicine, and on NES. He has published in Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Epilepsia, International Journal of Psychiatry, and Epilepsy & Behavior.

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