Brigid Dwyer, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Brigid Dwyer, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School and then completed an internship in Medicine and a residency in neurology at Boston University Medical Center. Dr. Dwyer then completed a fellowship in Brain Injury Medicine and Neurorehabilitation at Boston University/Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System. She is board certified in Neurology and Brain Injury Medicine. Dr. Dwyer's interests includes trumatic brain injury, disorders of consciousness, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Publications

  • Published 6/2/2026

    Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B, Durape S, Dwyer B, Alosco ML, Yew B, Pritchett A, Fernández NB, Hicks A, Uretsky M, Ryder M, Faheem F, Nosek S, Martin B, Palmisano J, Nowinski C, Tripodis Y, O'Connor KD, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Stern RA, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Crary JF, Stein TD, McKee AC, Daneshvar DH. Validity of the NINDS traumatic encephalopathy syndrome criteria for predicting chronic traumatic encephalopathy. medRxiv. 2026 Jun 02. PMID: 42282171.

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  • Published 4/7/2026

    Katz DI, Bodien YG, Faerman A, Schwertfeger J, Bogdanova Y, Blum S, Dwyer B, Gilmore N, Goncalves JV, Hays K, Graf MJP, Marino M, Mallas EJ, Shapiro-Rosenbaum A, Sherer M, Williams MW, Zhang B. Pathophysiology of the Post-Traumatic Confusional State and Post-Traumatic Amnesia: A Scoping Review. J Neurotrauma. 2026 Jun; 43(11-12):835-849. PMID: 41944090.

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  • Published 3/30/2026

    Bradylyons A, Stillman A, Galica A, Dwyer B. Clinical assessment tools for concussion in adults. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2026 Jul; 58:101268. PMID: 42264870.

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  • Published 1/1/2026

    Knopman DS, Koltai D, Laskowitz DT, Becker J, Charvet L, Wisnivesky J, Federman A, Silverstein A, Lokhnygina Y, Pilloni G, Haddad M, Mahncke H, Van Vleet T, Huang R, Cox W, Terry D, Karwowski J, McCray N, Lin JJ, McComsey GA, Singh U, Geng LN, Chu HY, Reece R, Moy J, Arvanitakis Z, Parthasarathy S, Patterson TF, Gupta A, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Parsonnet J, Kiriakopoulos ET, Fong TG, Mullington J, Jolley S, Shah NS, Morimoto SS, Lee-Iannotti JK, Killgore WDS, Dwyer B, Stringer W, Isache C, Frontera JA, Krishnan JA, O'Steen A, James M, Harper BL, Zimmerman KO. Evaluation of Interventions for Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurol. 2026 Jan 01; 83(1):49-59. PMID: 41212544.

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  • Published 1/1/2026

    Layden RM, Groh JR, Miner AE, Kidd A, Nosek SB, Gil SG, Abdolmohammadi B, Lenio S, Nowinski CJ, Tripodis Y, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Dwyer BC, Katz DI, Goldstein LE, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Stein TD, McKee AC, Daneshvar DH, Mez J, Alosco ML. CTE neuropathology alone is associated with dementia and cognitive symptoms. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jan; 22(1):e71032. PMID: 41589584.

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Education

  • Brown University School of Medicine, MD
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS

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