2018 Annual Meeting - Schedule | Clinical TMS Society

The Annual Meeting Committee is working hard to finalize a great lineup of presentations and keynotes with industry leaders.

Please check back frequently as this page will be updated as we finalize speakers and topics. Check out a list of this year's speakers in the tab above.

The full conference offers 13 hours of CME.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE:*

Friday, May 11th, 2018:
7:00a–4:00p	NEW: PULSES: A TMS Introductory Workshop - Check out the PULSES tab for the full schedule. (This workshop requires separate registration. This workshop is designed for new TMS practitioners and other TMS clinicians)*
6:00p	Registration / Check-In Open
6:00p–8:00p	Welcome Reception
Saturday, May 12th, 2018:
7:00a-8:00a	Sponsored Presentation and Breakfast The Neurostar Advance Therapy Outcomes Registry - On Track to be the Largest Registry of Treatment Resistant Depression TrakStar Cloud - The Next Generation of Patient Data Management Systems Presented by: W. Scott West, M.D., & Greg Harper
8:00a-8:15a	Annual Meeting Committee Welcome
8:15a-9:15a CME: 60 MINS	TMS and the Fall of the Devil Presented by: Saxby Pridmore, M.D.
9:15a-10:15a CME: 60 MINS	Emerging Indications: OCD Presented by: Joseph Zohar, Ph.D.
10:15a-11:00a	BREAK: Visit with Exhibitors
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 11:00a-12:00p CME: 60 MINS	1) Technician Panel: "Tips & Tricks" Moderator: Lauren Valencia, LCSW Panel: Eric Tirrell, Roxane Zotyka, Mohamed Esuf, & Elyssa Sisko, BA, CCRC 2) What to do if TMS Fails? Presented by: John O'Reardon, M.D., William Sauve, M.D., & David Dunner, M.D., FACPsych 3) Advanced MRI Imaging Toolset for Individualized Neuropsychiatric Diagnosis Presented by: Sheldon Jordan, M.D. 4) rTMS for Pain: From Outcome Evidence to Practice Guideline and Clinical Implementation Presented By: Albert Leung, M.D., Richard Bermudes, M.D., & Joshua Kuluva, M.D.
12:00p-12:45p	Member / Business Meeting & Lunch
12:45p-1:30p CME: 45 MINS	Top 4 Posters Flash Presentations Moderator: F. Andrew Kozel, M.D., M.S.C.R. Low Frequency rTMS Combined with Visual Scanning Training in Patients with Post-Stroke Visuospatial Neglect by Szczepan Iwanski, Ph.D. Assessment of the Separation of Responders and Non-Responder to rTMS for Treatment Refractory MDD by Jesse Bastiaens, M.D. Introducing ‘Erik’, a TMS Training and Testing Phantom by Christian Finetto, Ph.D. Utilizing the Brain Network Activation (BNA) Technology for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment Management in Depression by Ziv Peremen, Ph.D.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1:30p-2:30p CME: 60 MINS	1) Preventing Suicide: Risk Assessment and Management Presented by: Jill Harkavy-Friedman, Ph.D. 2) TMS in South America: Recent Clinical and Research Work Moderator by: Michael Kabar, M.D. Panel: Matías Bonanni, M.D., M.Sc, Paul Croarkin, D.O., MSc, & Alexander Lyford-Pike, M.D. 3) It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: TMS in Small Practice Presented by: Mark Schlickman, M.D. 4) Changes in Excitability of Bilateral Motor Cortices Post-Stroke: Implications for Rehabilitation Presented By: Michelle N. McDonnell, Ph.D.
2:30p-3:00p	BREAK: Visit with Exhibitors
3:00p-4:00p CME: 60 MINS	Clinical Standards Town Hall: Consensus Are Controversial Moderator: Paul Croarkin, D.O., MSc Panel: Daniel Press, M.D., M.M.Sc., David Dunner, M.D., FACPsych, John O'Reardon, M.D., Shawn McClintock, Ph.D., MSCS, & Linda Carpenter, M.D.
4:00p-6:00p	Committee Meetings
4:00p-5:00p	Sponsored Presentation Brainsway \| Depression and Beyond: Updates on Current Multi-Center Trials for OCD, PTSD and Smoking Cessation Presented By: Aron Tendler, M.D., Roman Gersner, Ph.D.
4:00p-5:00p	Sponsored Presentation NeuroStar Advanced Therapy \| Treatment for Adolescent Depression and Updates on Bipolar Depression and PTSD Presented By: Paul Croarkin, D.O., MSc, & F. Andrew Kozel, M.D., M.S.C.R.
6:00p-8:00p CME: 60 MINS	Poster Session and Reception
Sunday, May 13th, 2018:
7:00a-8:30a	Board Meeting
7:00a- 8:00am	Sponsored Presentation & Breakfast Brainsway \| Exploring New Frontiers with Deep TMS: Presenting Clinical Data on Deep TMS vs Medication and Geriatric Data Using the Brainsway System Presented By: Aron Tendler, M.D., & David Feifel, M.D., Ph.D.
8:30a-9:30a CME: 60 MINS	A “Circuits First” Approach to Mental Illness Presented by: Amit Etkin, M.D., Ph.D.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 9:30a-10:30a CME: 60 MINS	1) Technician Panel: What's on Your Mind? Moderator: Lauren Valencia, LCSW Panel: Melissa Westerfield, Stephanie Vergara, LVN, & Sherri Capone, CMA 2) Insurance Tips, Coding Authorizations, Appeals, Contracting and More! #1 Presented By: Kevin Kinback, M.D., & Mahmoud S. Okasha, M.D., DLFAPA 3) rTMS for Major Depressive Disorder: Getting at the Heart of It Presented By: Tabitha Iseger 4) Can We Accelerate rTMS Response with Multiple Daily Sessions? Insights from Case Series and Randomized Controlled Trials Presented By: Laura Schulze
10:30a-11:00a	BREAK: Visit with Exhibitors
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 11:00a-12:00p CME: 60 MINS	1) Personalizing and individualizing rTMS in Depression and OCD Presented by: Martijn Arns, Ph.D. 2) Location, Location, Location: Finding F3 for Placement of Coil When Treating Depression Presented by: Todd Hutton, M.D., Michelle Cochran, M.D., DFAPAm, & Linda Carpenter, M.D. 3) Insurance Tips, Coding, Authorizations, Appeals, Contracting, and More! #2 Presented by: Kevin Kinback, M.D., & Mahmoud S. Okasha, M.D., DLFAPA 4) Thalamocortical Dysrythmia: Modeling for Pain, Depression, Tinnitus and Depression Presented by: Jay Gunkelman, QEEG-D
12:00p-12:15p	BREAK: Visit with Exhibitors
12:15p-1:15p	Table Talks and Boxed Lunch
12:15p-1:15p	Sponsored Presentation Brainsway \| Paving the Way for Innovation: Brainsway's Future Technologies Expand the Use of Deep TMS into New Frontiers Presented By: Abraham Zangen, Roie Cohen, David Feifel, M.D., Ph.D., Tal Harmelech, Ph.D., Roman Gersner, Ph.D., & Aron Tendler, M.D.
12:15p-1:15p	Sponsored Presentation NeuroStar Advanced Therapy \| Roadmap to Success - Bringing Marketing Power to Your Practice Presented By: Annie Farley, LPN, Shattuck Groome, & Leanne Scott Brown
1:15p-2:15p CME: 60 MINS	Conducting the Neural Symphony with Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Presented by: Flavio Frohlich, Ph.D.
2:15p-2:45p	BREAK: Visit with Exhibitors
2:45p-3:30p CME: 45 MINS	Non-Invasive brain stimulation in Dementia Presented by: Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D
3:30p-4:15p CME: 45 MINS	From Clinic to Circuit: 5Hz TMS for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression Presented by: Noah Philip, M.D.
4:15p-5:00p CME: 45 MINS	When to stop TMS? Evidence-Based Guidance for Scheduling, Stopping, or Extending the Acute Course of TMS Sessions for Treatment Resistant Major Depression Presented by: Linda Carpenter, M.D.
5:00p	Raffle/Closing Remarks

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2018 Annual Meeting - Schedule