BMC’s Yawkey building doors are now closed as an entrance as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance our campus and provide you with the best clinical care.

All patients and visitors on our main campus must enter our hospital via Shapiro, Menino, or Moakley buildings, where they will be greeted by team members at a new centralized check-in desk before continuing to the hospital. We are excited to welcome you and appreciate your patience as we improve our facilities.

Wada Testing


With a Wada test, your doctor can look at how important each side of your brain is for language and memory. During the test, your doctor will anesthetize one half of your brain and have you go through a series of exercises to test your speech and memory. Then they'll repeat the test on the other side of the brain and compare the results from each brain half.

This test will help your doctor plan your epilepsy surgery so they can stop your seizures while making sure you're able to keep as much speech and memory functioning as possible.