Maintenance TMS Therapy: What is the Evidence? And Why isn’t it Covered?

Maintenance TMS Therapy: What is the Evidence? And Why isn’t it Covered?

You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for this installment of our Grand Round Webinar Series: Maintenance TMS Therapy: What is the Evidence? And Why isn’t it Covered?

Learning Objectives:

1. Review the published evidence base supporting TMS maintenance treatments after a successful acute course for depression; 
2. Identify the areas of gap in the evidence base and their implications; 
3. Consider the rationale behind several different approaches to maintenance care with TMS.

Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Time: 5:00 pm PDT, 8:00 pm EDT

Format: LIVE

Cost: Members: $25 | Non-members $50 | Student Members FREE

SPEAKER: Linda Carpenter, MD

Linda L. Carpenter, MD is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Director of the Butler Hospital TMS Clinic and Neuromodulation Research Facility. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. She did an internship in internal medicine, psychiatry residency, and research fellowship at Yale, then joined the faculty at Brown in 1997. She has continued her path since then as a physician-researcher investigating the neurobiology of, and new treatments for, major depression and other mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Carpenter has also conducted a number of randomized clinical trials sponsored by industry and NIH, investigating investigational drugs and devices for treating depression, including esketamine, Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS). She was engaged in TMS research prior to the first FDA clearance in 2008, and has remained active as a TMS clinician and researcher since then. She is Deputy Director of the new NIGMS-funded COBRE Center for Neuromodulation at Butler Hospital, as well as Director of the Center’s Neuromodulation and Neuroimaging Core. In addition to her leadership roles within CTMSS,  Dr. Carpenter serves on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Council on Research and she has published extensively on TMS and other neuromodulation treatments for depression.
 

Acknowledgement of Financial and/or In-Kind Commercial Support

No financial or in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.

Satisfactory Completion 

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. You must participate in the entire webinar as partial credit is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.   

Physicians             

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and the Clinical TMS Society. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Credit Designation Statement – Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

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