Dr. Caryn Dutton is the Division Director of Family Planning in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and on faculty at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. She obtained her M.D. from the University of Connecticut, then completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, CA and her fellowship in Family Planning at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. Dr. Dutton has long standing expertise in gynecologic and contraceptive care for patients with epilepsy, initially while she was at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI and expanding this role in her collaborative care of patients with the Women’s Neurology Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA from 2010-2020. She has been named by her colleagues as a “Top Doctor” in Boston Magazine and has received numerous teaching awards for her work as a medical educator. Her research interests include evaluating the impact of anti-seizure medications on contraceptive hormones. As a board member for My Epilepsy Story, Dr. Dutton looks forward to continuing to advocate for and educate to advance provider awareness and patient access to high quality reproductive health services for patients with epilepsy.