Using TMS and TBS as Treatment for PTSD

Using TMS and TBS as Treatment for PTSD

You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for this installment of our Grand Rounds Webinar Series: Using TMS and TBS as Treatment for PTSD

Learning objectives: 

1.     Describe brain circuitry involved in posttraumatic stress disorders;

2.     Discuss the literature to date using transcranial magnetic stimulation for PTSD;  

3.     Demonstrate understanding of potential utility in short and long-term outcomes of theta burst for PTSD. 

Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Time: 3:00 pm EST, 12:00 pm PST

Format: LIVE

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

Speaker: Noah S. Philip, MD

Noah S. Philip, MD received his BSc from McGill University, and his MD from Albany Medical College where he graduated AOA and with a Distinction in the Study of Biomedical Ethics. He completed his psychiatry residency training at Brown University, followed by an NIH-sponsored T32 Fellowship and a Neuromodulation Fellowship at Brown.

Dr. Philip is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is the founding Director of Psychiatric Neuromodulation at the Providence VA Medical Center, and is Lead for Affective & Cognitive Research at the VA RR&D Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology.

Dr. Philip’s laboratory uses new and emerging technologies to understand and treat serious psychiatric disorders, such as posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression, and suicidality. Methods used integrate non-invasive brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, virtual reality, machine leaning and neuroimaging. Dr. Philip's research has been featured in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative.

Dr. Philip has received numerous awards and recognition from various national organizations, and is funded through independent grants from the VA, NIMH, NIDA, Department of Defense, as well as industry and small-business collaborations. Dr. Philip also plays a significant training and mentoring role at Brown, where he co-directs the psychiatry resident research track, and serves as a mentor locally and through many national organizations.