{"id":9136,"date":"2026-09-01T12:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/?post_type=profile&p=9136"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:23:30","slug":"kaarkuzhali-babu-krishnamurthy-md-mbe-hec-c","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/profile\/kaarkuzhali-babu-krishnamurthy-md-mbe-hec-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaarkuzhali Babu Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE, HEC-C"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Kaarkuzhali Babu Krishnamurthy is a board certified neurologist who serves as the Vice-Chair of the Department of Neurology and Division Head of Epilepsy and EEG at Boston Medical Center-Brighton. She specializes in clinical neurophysiology and complex epilepsy management, with a distinct research and clinical focus on the care of women with epilepsy. With over two decades of clinical experience, her academic career spans complex epileptology, clinical neurophysiology, and healthcare bioethics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Board Certifications<\/strong>: American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (ABPN)<\/span>
\nSpecial Interests<\/strong>: Epilepsy, Women’s Health, Bioethics<\/span><\/p>\n

Peer-Reviewed Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kanner AM, Saporta AS, Kim DH, Barry JJ, Altalib HH, Omotola H, Jette N, O’Brien TJ, Nadkarni S, Winawer MR, Sperling MR, French J, Abou-Khalil BW, Alldredge B, Bebin M, Cascino GD, Cole AJ, Cook MJ, Detyniecki K, Devinsky O, Dlugos DJ, Faught E, Ficker DM, Fields M, Gidal B, Gelfand M, Glynn S, Halford JJ, Haut S, Hegde M, Holmes MG, Kalviainen R, Kang J, Klein P, Knowlton RC, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Kuzniecky R, Kwan P, Lowenstein DH, Marcuse L, Meador KJ, Mintzer S, Pardoe HR, Park KL, Penovich P, Singh RK, Somerville E, Szabo CA, Szaflarski JP, Thio LL, Trinka E, Burneo JG. Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Suicidality in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy: An Analysis of a Complex Comorbidity. Neurology. 2025 Oct 21;105(8):e213520.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seligman WH, Sadovnikoff N, Joubert IA, Hutton P, Flint M, Courtwright AM, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Joseph AM, McKechnie S. Variation in timing of decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment in adult ICU patients from three centres in different geographies:\u00a0 Do clinical factors explain the difference?\u00a0 South African Journal of Critical Care, July, 2020; 36(1).<\/span><\/p>\n

Pang TD, Nearing BD, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Olin B, Schachter SC, Verrier RL. Cardiac electrical instability in newly diagnosed\/chronic epilepsy tracked by Holter and ECG patch. Neurology. 2019 Sep 3;93(10):450-458.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goldenholz DM, Goldenholz SR, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, et al.\u00a0 Using mobile location data in biomedical research while preserving privacy.\u00a0 Journal Americal Medical Informatics Association, October, 2018; 25(10):\u00a0 1402-1406.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rosenfeld W, …Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>…SP615 Study Investigators. Safety and efficacy of adjunctive lacosamide among patients with partial-onset seizures in a long-term open-label extension trial of up to 8 years. Epilepsy and Behavior, Dec, 2014; 164-170.<\/span><\/p>\n

Krishnan V, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>. Interictal 12-lead electrocardiography in patients with epilepsy.\u00a0 Epilepsy and Behavior, 2013; 29(1): 240-6.<\/span><\/p>\n

Herzog AG, Smithson SD, Fowler KM, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Sundstrom D, Kalayjian LA, Heck CN, Oviedo S, Correl-Leyva G, Garcia E, Gleason KA, Dworetzky BA.\u00a0 Premenstrual dysphoric disorder in women with epilepsy:\u00a0 relationships to potential epileptic, antiepileptic drug, and reproductive endocrine factors.\u00a0 Epilepsy and Behavior, 2011; 21(4): 391-6.<\/span><\/p>\n

Herzog AG, Blum AS, Farina EL, Maestri XE, Newman J, Garcia E, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Hoch DB, Replansky S, Fowler KM, Smithson SD, Dworetzky BA, Bromfield EB.\u00a0 Valproate and lamotrigine level variation with menstrual cycle phase and oral contraceptive use.\u00a0 Neurology, 2009. 72(10):\u00a0 911-4.<\/span><\/p>\n

Selvitelli MF, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Herzog AG, Schomer DL, Chang BS.\u00a0 Sleep spindle alterations in patients with malformations of cortical development.\u00a0 Brain Development, Feb, 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

DiIorio C, Shafer PO, Letz R, Henry TR, Schomer DL, Yeager K, Epstein CM, Pennell P, Helmers S, Clemons S, Drislane FW, Schachter SC, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Chang B, Sundstrom D,Geary K, Jordan K.\u00a0 Project EASE:\u00a0 A study to test a psychosocial model of epilepsy medication management.\u00a0 Epilepsy and Behavior, 2004; 5(6):\u00a0 926-936.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blum AS, Ives JR, Goldberger AL, Al-Aweel IC, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Drislane FW, Schomer DL.\u00a0 Oxygen desaturations triggered by partial seizures: implications for cardiopulmonary instability in epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2000; 41(5): 536-41.<\/span><\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Drislane FW.\u00a0 Depth of electroencephalogram suppression and outcome in pentobarbital coma for refractory status epilepticus.\u00a0Epilepsia, 1999; 40(6): 759-762.<\/span><\/p>\n

Al-Aweel IC, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Hausdorff JM, Mietus JE, Ives JR, Blum AS, Schomer DL, Goldberger AL.\u00a0 Postictal heart rate oscillations in partial epilepsy.\u00a0 Neurology, 1999; 53(7):\u00a0 1590-1592.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ives JR, Mainwaring NR, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Blum AS, Drislane FW, Schachter SC, Schomer DL.\u00a0 Technical implementation and clinical findings\/results of monitoring oxygen saturation in patients referred for long term EEG monitoring.\u00a0 Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1996; 99:\u00a0432-439.<\/span><\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Drislane FW.\u00a0 Relapse and survival after barbiturate anesthetic treatment of refractory status epilepticus.\u00a0 Epilepsia, 1996; 37(6): 863-867.<\/span><\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Liu GT, Logigian EL.\u00a0Acute Lyme neuropathy presenting with polyradicular pain, abdominal protrusion, and cranial neuropathy.\u00a0Muscle and Nerve\u00a0 1993;16:1261-1264.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reviews, chapters, monographs and editorials<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>. Safeguarding neural data: whose job is it anyway? Neurology, May, 2026; 106(10): e218041.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>. In the Clinic: Epilepsy.\u00a0 Annals of Internal Medicine, April, 2025; 178(4):\u00a0 ITC49-64.<\/p>\n

Tolchin B, Krauss GL, Spanaki MV, Joshi C, Pack AM, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Bonnie RJ; Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee, (a joint committee of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, and Child Neurology Society); and for the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation of America.\u00a0 Seizures, Driver Licensure, and Medical Reporting Update: An AAN Position Statement. Neurology, April, 2025; 104(7).<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0 Should Physicians Be Able to Refuse Care for Patients Insured by Medicare?\u00a0 AMA Journal of Ethics, December, 2023; 25(12):\u00a0E861-865.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cAbraham Verghese\u201d in Contemporary Physician-Authors, ed. Nathan Carlin. Routledge Advances in Medical Humanities, 2021.<\/p>\n

Guidry-Grimes L, Warren M, Lipman HI, Kent K, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, David AM, May T, Jiro MC, Jankowski J. Clarifying a clinical ethics service\u2019s value, the visible and the hidden. Journal of Clinical Ethics, Fall, 2019; 30(3): 251-261.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0 In the Clinic:\u00a0 Epilepsy.\u00a0 Annals of Internal Medicine, February, 2016; 164(3):\u00a0 ITC17-32.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Morris GL.\u00a0 Folic Acid Supplementation.\u00a0Controversies in Caring for Women with Epilepsy:\u00a0 Sorting Through the Evidence.\u00a0Springer, 2016.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB.\u00a0 <\/strong>Ethical Perspectives:\u00a0 When religious beliefs prohibit a surgical patient\u2019s acceptance of blood transfusion.\u00a0 Continuum, April, 2015; 21(2 Neuro-oncology):\u00a0476-9.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0 Research Ethics.\u00a0 Case Files:\u00a0 Ethics and Professionalism, McGraw-Hill, 2015.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0 Managing epilepsy during pregnancy:\u00a0assessing risk and optimizing care.\u00a0 Current Treatment Options in Neurology, August, 2012:\u00a0 14(4):\u00a0348-355.<\/p>\n

Fountain NB, Van Ness PC, American Academy of Neurology Epilepsy Measure Development Panel and the American Medical Association-Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement Independent Measure Development Process (Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>). Quality improvement in neurology: AAN epilepsy quality measures. Report of the quality measurement and reporting subcomittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology, Jan, 2011; 76(1): 94-99.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0Pregnancy and epilepsy:\u00a0update on pregnancy registries.\u00a0Current Treatment Options in Neurology.\u00a0 2008; 10(4):\u00a0246-52.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0 Status epilepticus.\u00a0 Current Therapy in Neurologic Disease, sixth edition, 2001.<\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0Epilepsy and neurobehavioral disorders.\u00a0Epilepsy Quarterly. Winter 1995; Vol. 3, Issue 2:8-12.<\/p>\n

Books\/Textbooks:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Combs-Cantrell DT, Schachter SC. Epilepsy In Our Lives:\u00a0Women Living With Epilepsy. 1999, 2007 Oxford University Press.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dudzinski DM, Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>, Ford PJ.\u00a0 Complex Ethics Consultations, Volume 2:\u00a0 Cases That Haunt Us In A New Era.\u00a0 Cambridge University Press, in press.<\/span><\/p>\n

Letters to the Editor:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Krishnamurthy KB<\/strong>.\u00a0Letter to the editor. Epilepsy and Behavior, June, 2001; 2(3):\u00a0296-297.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":935,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/935"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9147,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9136\/revisions\/9147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}