CTMSS

January 18, 2023 Town Hall Member Meeting
2023-01-18
January 18, 2023 Annual Town Hall Member Meeting
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for the January 18, 2023 Annual Town Hall Member Meeting.
Presentation Overview:
Join the Clinical TMS Society President Mohamed Abdelghani, MBBCh, MSc, FRCPsych, FCTMSS, Executive Director Ashleigh Servadio, and our current committee co-chairs for an update on all 2022-2023 committee projects.
This is your opportunity to learn more about the various goals and projects, ask questions and provide feedback.
Date: January 18, 2023
Format: Zoom Meeting
This meeting is for current members only.

SPEAKERS:
Bob Sammons, MD, PhD, CTMSS Annual Meeting Committee Co-chair
Dr. Sammons received a bachelors and master’s degree from Auburn University, a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He did a residency in psychiatry at the University of Virginia as well as a forensic psychiatry fellowship. While a Captain in the Air Force he helped set up and run the treatment phase of the Air Force Drug Treatment program in1971. He practiced adult psychiatry in Grand Junction for 30+ years. He received training in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in 2006 from Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, from Dr. Mark George in 2017 and returned to Harvard for Dr. Pascual-Leone’s intensive course in TMS in 2018. He is Medical Director for TMS Solutions with fourteen TMS offices in various locations in the West. He is on the national Clinical TMS Society Board of Directors, sits on three national committees and is Chairman of the 2022 Annual Meeting. He has been known to cook a little BBQ.
Tracy Barbour, MD, CTMSS Clinical Standards Committee Co-chair
Dr. Barbour is the Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) clinical service and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Barbour’s research interests focus on addressing ways of improving treatment outcomes using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) through individualized treatment planning. Dr. Barbour received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, and completed psychiatry residency at MGH/McLean combined residency program. During residency, she served as the chief resident of McLean Hospital’s Clinical Evaluation Center.
Carlos Lowell, DO, CTMSS Education Co-chair
Dr. Lowell is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice in Sandusky, OH. He formed the fifth fully functional TMS program in Ohio in 2013 and was the first osteopathic physician to start a program in Ohio; since then, he has been the medical director of the TMS Institute of Ohio. Dr. Lowell is a member of the Clinical TMS Society (CTMSS), an international organization of more than 1,000 members whose mission is to optimize the clinical practice, accessibility, and awareness of TMS. He is currently serving on the membership and education committees; resident task force and has served on the clinical standards committee for the Clinical TMS Society. One of Dr. Lowell's goals is to get the word out about TMS to the osteopathic profession during his tenure, and he says he looks forward to working with osteopathic educators across the country.
Baron Short, MD, CTMSS Insurance Co-chair
Dr. Short is a Psychiatry Specialist in Charleston, SC, and has over 21 years of medical experience, with extensive experience in Addiction & Substance Abuse, and Psychotic Disorders. He graduated from the MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA in 2001 and is affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center. His office accepts new patients.
Ian Cook, MD, DLFAPA, FCTMSS, CTMSS Legal Business Ethics Co-chair
Dr. Cook received his medical degree from Yale and completed his residency at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute (now the UCLA Semel Institute) before completing an NIMH T32 research fellowship there and joining the full-time faculty. He held the Miller Family endowed chair in Depression Research and founded the Depression Research and Clinic Program in 2006 and the TMS Service in 2009. At UCLA he was Chair of the Faculty for the School of Medicine and Chief of Staff of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. In 2018 he left the University and launched the Los Angeles TMS Institute, focused on providing advanced neuromodulation treatments in the community. He was a member of the Executive Committee on Practice Guidelines for the APA and is a Distinguished Life Fellow. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Clinical TMS Society since 2013, has been co-chair of the Legal, Business, and Ethics committee since 2017, and was elected to be an inaugural Fellow of the Society in 2022
Samir Ibrahim, MBBS, MPsych, FRANZCP, OAM, CTMSS Membership Co-chair
Nate Upshaw, MD, CTMSS Outreach Committee Co-chair
Dr. Upshaw began his medical training at the University of Florida and Tulane University School of Medicine. After attaining his doctorate at Tulane, Upshaw continued onto the University of South Florida School of Medicine, where he completed his internship and residency in Psychiatry. While at the University of South Florida, Dr. Upshaw, under the stewardship of a forward-thinking chairman, received training to practice TMS shortly after being FDA cleared in 2008. The department’s progressive approach eventually led to the university obtaining two of the first TMS chairs in the entire state of Florida.
Angela Phillips, PhD, CTMSS Research Committee Co-chair
Dr. Phillips is a licensed therapist and clinical researcher and has worked in public, private, government, and not-for-profit organizations across clinical and research-oriented roles. Dr. Phillips's clinical and research experience has included suicide prevention, cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based therapies, teletherapy delivery, understanding global stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, integrated therapeutics, and treatments such as non-invasive brain stimulation for more severe psychiatric or neurological conditions. In addition, Dr. Phillips has co-developed and led randomized and controlled trials in neuromodulation and has provided consultation and training for new providers, centers, and academic centers entering collaborative psychiatric and behavioral healthcare using novel treatment interventions and approaches. Additionally, she is excited to cohost our new podcast, Dear Mind, You Matter, focusing on creating greater awareness and access to various mental health and wellness tools.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES:
Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA, FCTMSS, CTMSS FACTMS Committee Chair
Dr. Pardell is currently the Immediate Past-President of the Clinical TMS Society. He has served on the Board of Directors of CTMSS for the past 5 years. He has been past Chairman of the Outreach Committee and has served on the Membership and Education Committees. He has been a returning lecturer for the CTMSS Pulses Course. He has been practicing TMS therapy since 2009. He co-wrote the first lay book on TMS called 3000 Pulses. Dr. Pardell is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University where he performed smoking cessation research with Alexander Glassman MD. After graduation from his psychiatric training, Dr. Pardell moved up with his wife to the beautiful Hudson Valley, New York to start a practice and raise a family. Dr. Pardell is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been a past President of the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society and had been its Program Director for over a decade. Dr. Pardell founded Riverview Psychiatric Medicine, PC and TMS Center of the Hudson Valley and leads an active group psychiatric and TMS practice.
Rebecca Allen, MD, MPH, CTMSS Identity Committee Chair
Dr. Allen graduated with a B.A. in Psychology with honors from Stanford University. She attended Oregon Health and Science University for medical school and earned a Masters of Public Health in biostatistics and epidemiology. She completed her psychiatry residency at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, a joint program between Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Massachusetts Mental Health Center. She served as Chief Resident of the psychiatry consult service at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She then completed a 2-year fellowship in Neuropsychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She has participated in research on sleep and memory consolidation, quality of life in multiple sclerosis, the efficacy of different TMS protocols, EEG biomarkers of TMS response, the RECOVER VNS trial, and other projects. She has authored several papers. Dr. Allen has had several roles with the Clinical TMS Society, including serving on the Board of Directors, as the Treasurer, as Co-Chair of the Insurance Committee, and as Vice President. She was presented with a service award from the CTMSS in 2021.
Debra Stultz, MD, CTMSS Budget & Finance, and Structure Committee Chair
Dr. Stultz is the Director and Owner of Stultz Sleep and Behavioral Health in Barboursville, West Virginia. Dr. Stultz earned her medical degree from Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia. She completed a residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in child/adolescent psychiatry through West Virginia University at their Charleston Division through Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia. She is board certified in psychiatry, sleep medicine, and behavioral sleep medicine. With a special interest in Narcolepsy, she treats a variety of sleep disorders and psychiatric issues. Her specialty in psychiatry is treatment-resistant depression. She is also the editor for the Clinical TMS Society Newsletter, on their Board of Directors, Co-Chair of the Education Committee, and the chairman of the TMS and Sleep Disorders Affinity Group.
MODERATED BY:
Mohamed Abdelghani, MBBCh, MSc, FRCPsych, FCTMSS, CTMSS President
Dr. Abdelghani completed his post-graduate psychiatric training at South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation trust (SLaM) which is the biggest mental health trust in the UK, a center of excellence and one of the most influential mental health organizations in the world. During his training at SLaM he worked alongside some of the most prominent professors and clinicians in the field. Dr. Abdelghani worked at the National Affective Disorders Service, which was one of six national affective disorders units in the UK. The time he spent on the National Affective Disorders Unit and outpatient clinic equipped him with clinical skills and excellent experience to manage and treat the most treatment resistant depressed and bipolar patients. After working in the National Affective Disorders service for a year he became involved in a multicenter international cutting edge research that tested the use of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to treat treatment resistant depression. He was the primary psychiatrist at King’s College London site for this study. Neurostimulation is one of his special interests and working on this study gave him the opportunity to meet and build links with leading figures in the field around the world. Another special interest of Dr. Abdelghani is Adult ADHD. Dr Abdelghani trained at the first Adult ADHD clinic in the UK that was opened at the Maudsley Hospital in London.
After finishing his higher psychiatry training at SLaM he worked as a consultant psychiatrist for almost a year at the same organization before moving to work in central London at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. At the present time he is the Lead Consultant Psychiatrist for Adult ADHD at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust besides working as a consultant psychiatrist in CDAT (Complex depression, Anxiety and Trauma) service. Dr Abdelghani continues being actively involved in research in the field of Adult ADHD and mood disorders. He has a keen interest in spreading mental health awareness and knowledge through teaching medical students, training junior doctors, giving lectures to fellow psychiatrists and media interviews.

When
January 18th, 2023 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Interventional Psychiatry in Training and Clinical Practice
2023-01-03 20:00 - 21:00 UTC
This presentation will review current viewpoints on the definition and scope of practice of an interventional psychiatrist, as well as discuss training needs, dilemmas, and future directions of this new subspecialty.
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for this installment of our Grand Round Webinar Series: Interventional Psychiatry in Training and Clinical Practice: Definitions, Dilemmas, and Future Directions of a Subspecialty, featuring Tracy Barbour, MD! Don't miss out on our Q&A portion of the webinar!
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to identify:

Three treatment modalities that might be in the scope of practice of an interventional psychiatrist;
Three ways of improving access to interventional psychiatry educational opportunities;
Two benefits of acquiring training in more than one neuromodulation modality.

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

SPEAKER:
Tracy Barbour, MD
Medical Director
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) clinical service
Massachusetts General Hospital

Dr. Barbour works at the Massachusetts General Hospital as the Medical Director of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) clinical service, the Associate Director of the ECT service, and the Program Director of the Interventional Neuropsychiatry and Neuromodulation Fellowship. Dr. Barbour received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, and completed psychiatry residency at MGH/McLean combined residency program. During residency, she served as the chief resident of McLean Hospital’s Clinical Evaluation Center. Following residency, Dr. Barbour was awarded the Dupont-Warren Fellowship from Harvard Medical School, to learn advanced methods in neuroimaging and neuroscience research. Clinically, Dr. Barbour treats patients in the TMS, ECT, and ketamine clinical services. Her research interests focus on addressing ways of improving treatment outcomes using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) through individualized treatment planning. Dr. Barbour is a member of the Clinical TMS Society and services as co-chair of the Clinical TMS Society’s clinical standards committee.

If it’s not a chemical imbalance, then what do I have?
2022-12-06 20:00 - 21:00
This presentation will summarize recent findings on the neurobiology of depression, and distill these findings into a narrative form that is more clearly comprehensible to practitioners and patients alike. Updated explanatory models of depression may help patients better understand their own illness, make sense of the symptoms they experience, and make better informed choices about which treatment options to pursue, as neuromodulation treatments enter increasingly widespread use in the community.
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for this installment of our Grand Round Webinar Series:
"If it’s not a chemical imbalance, then what do I have?”, featuring Jonathan Downar, MD, PhD, FRCPC!
Don't miss out on our Q&A portion of the webinar!
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
(1) To review recent advances in our understanding of the neurobiology of depression.
(2) To understand how these advances shed light on the mechanisms of old and new treatments for depression.
(3) To acquire more accurate and more comprehensible updated narratives for explaining depression and its treatment to patients and members of the lay public
Format: On-Demand
Cost: Members: $25 | Non-members $50 | Student Members FREE

SPEAKER:
Jonathan Downar, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Dr Jonathan Downar is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry and a Senior Fellow at Massey College at the University of Toronto. His work over the last 25 years has spanned the translational spectrum from basic science work using functional neuroimaging to randomized controlled trials of novel treatment protocols for transcranial magnetic stimulation. He is the senior author of the widely cited THREE-D study, published in Lancet in 2018, that led to formal FDA approval for 3 minute theta-burst TMS in depression. He enjoys close collaborations with colleagues in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia on projects dedicated to making TMS treatments more effective, and above all more accessible, for patients with depression and other psychiatric disorders. The long-term objective of this work is to achieve large and measurable reductions in the worldwide prevalence of depression and mental illnesses, within our lifetimes, via a new generation of safe, scalable, and effective brain-based interventions.

Getting to the Heart of Precision-TMS: Brainmarkers and Heart-Brain Coupling to optimize TMS clinical outcomes.
2022-11-01 15:00 - 16:00
Given relatively modest remission rates for all antidepressant treatments available, there is a need for approaches that help tailor existing treatments to the individual in order to improve remission rates. In addition, such techniques should be clinically actionable and well validated in blinded out-of-sample validations. Here we introduce the concept of Stratified Psychiatry, that is better suited for implementation in clinical practice, and demonstrate that Brainmarker-I, an EEG biomarker, can successfully help stratify patients between 1-Hz right and 10-Hz left rTMS, as well as for ECT and various other antidepressant treatments, as a clinically actionable stratification marker.
Furthermore, a novel update of NCG-TMS called Heart-Brain Coupling is introduced that provides real time evidence of frontal-vagal activation, simply measured using an iPhone app. This technique not only helps identify the right target for frontal-vagal activation, but also provides frontal excitability thresholds (which are known to differ substantially from motor-thresholds).
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for this installment of our Grand Round Webinar Series: Getting to the heart of precision-TMS: Brainmarkers and Heart-Brain Coupling to optimise TMS clinical outcomes, featuring Martijn Arns, PhD!
Don't miss out on our Q&A portion of the webinar!
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
(1) How specific TMS stimulation can directly influence heart rate via heart-brain coupling;
2) How the motor threshold is different from frontal excitability thresholds; and
3) How specific EEG frequencies can be instrumental in stratifying patients between 1-Hz and 10-Hz rTMS.
Format: On-Demand
Cost: Members: $25 | Non-members $50 | Student Members FREE

SPEAKER:
Martijn Arns, PhD

Dr. Arns graduated in the late 90’s as a biological psychologist and in 2011 received his PhD at Utrecht University on the topic of 'EEG-based personalized medicine for ADHD and depression'. He is founder and research director at the non-profit Brainclinics Foundation, associate professor at Maastricht University, Section Brain Stimulation and Cognition and scientific adviser to neurocare group.

March 2022 New Member Welcome Meeting
2022-03-15
March 15th, 2022 New Member Welcome Meeting
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for the March 15, 2022 New Member Welcome Meeting.
Presentation Overview:
Introductory Orientation Meeting for New Members of the Clinical TMS Society
The Membership Committee of the CTMSS has initiated a new program of bi-yearly virtual orientation meetings to assist new members in how to most effectively engage with our Society and to obtain the most benefit from their CTMSS membership. The meeting will be led by our President Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA, and Membership Committee Co-chair Rebecca Cohen, MD.
Objectives:

Learn the history of CTMSS and its mission statement, bylaws, committee structure and administration.
Learn the different levels of membership and how to maximize your membership experience.
Learn educational opportunities within CTMSS programs.
Understand our website and how to navigate its rich content.
Learn how to keep up to date with the ever changing landscape of TMS therapy and the burgeoning activities of our society through our website and society activities.

Date: March 15, 2022
Time: 5:00 pm PDT, 8:00 pm EDT
Format: LIVE
This meeting is for current members only.

SPEAKERS:
Rebecca Cohen, MD, Membership Committee Co-chair
Dr. Cohen has been an active member of the Clinical TMS Society and now serves as a Board of Director and the Co-Chair of the Membership Committee
Dr. Cohen earned her Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and her Master of Medical Science at Boston University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences based on research completed at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cohen completed her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine where she was recipient of the psychiatry department’s Malamud Award for Excellence. She completed her Psychiatry Residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where she served as Chief Psychiatry Resident at Georgetown Hospital during her final year.
From 2001 to 2012, Dr Cohen joined the staff at Newton Wellesley Psychiatry in Massachusetts, specializing in adult psychiatry and psychopharmacology. She pioneered one of the first private practice TMS Programs in MA in 2010 and was the site contributor to the TMS National Outcome Study. After relocating to Sarasota, Florida in 2012, she became TMS director in a private practice and then in 2018 joined Greenbrook TMS Neurohealth Centers where she serves as Central Florida Regional Medical Director, providing direct clinical care and patient advocacy in her role.
In addition to her TMS work, Dr. Cohen owns and manages her private practice providing concierge level of care throughout Central Florida. She has excelled in her role as Clinical Assistant Professor for psychiatry clerkship instructing students at Florida State University School of Medicine. Dr Cohen has been recognized for excellence in teaching and clinical practice throughout her career. Most recently, Dr. Cohen has been honored as a Doctor of Distinction by Sarasota Scene Magazine in 2018 and 2020, recognized as a Top Doctor by Sarasota Magazine and was inducted into Marquis Who’s Who in June 2020.
Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA, CTMSS President
Dr. Pardell is currently the President of the Clinical TMS Society. He has served on the Board of Directors of CTMSS for the past 4 years and has been elected to the Executive Committee as Member at Large for two terms and Vice President. He has been past Chairman of the Outreach Committee and has served on the Membership and Education Committees. He has been a returning lecturer for the CTMSS Pulses Course as well. He has been practicing TMS therapy since 2009. He co-wrote the first lay book on TMS called 3000 Pulses.
Dr. Pardell is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University where he performed smoking cessation research with Alexander Glassman MD. After graduation from his psychiatric training, Dr. Pardell moved up with his wife to the beautiful Hudson Valley, New York to start a practice and raise a family.
Dr. Pardell is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been a past President of the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society and had been its Program Director for over a decade. Dr. Pardell founded Riverview Psychiatric Medicine, PC and TMS Center of the Hudson Valley and leads an active group psychiatric and TMS practice.

When
March 15th, 2022 5:00 PM to March 15th, 2024 6:00 PM

January 12, 2022 Town Hall Member Meeting
2022-01-12
January 12, 2022 Annual Town Hall Member Meeting
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for the January 12, 2022 Annual Town Hall Member Meeting.
Presentation Overview:
Join the Clinical TMS Society President Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA, Executive Director Ashleigh Sevadio and our current committee co-chairs for an update on all 2021-2022 committee projects.
This is your opportunity to learn more about the various goals and projects, ask questions and provide feedback.
Date: January 12, 2022
Format: Zoom Meeting
This meeting is for current members only.

SPEAKERS:
John O'Reardon, MD, CTMSS Annual Meeting Committee Co-chair
Dr. O’Reardon has been in practice as a psychiatrist for 30 years. He completed his residency training at Penn and Fellowships in Psychopharmacology & Cognitive Therapy (including training at the Beck Institute). In his clinical work as a faculty member at Penn he focused on treatment-resistant mood disorders and neuromodulation. This is the development of brain devices to stimulate the brain and treat mood disorders. These devices, which are increasing all the time, include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), EEG-synchronized TMS (sTMS), deep TMS (dTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
Dr. O’Reardon was an active educator at Penn and over the years helped train more than a hundred psychiatry residents. He taught courses on neuromodulation, mood disorders and the History of Psychiatry. He has been a recipient of numerous teaching awards including the Earl Bond Award for excellence in teaching. He has been a frequent presenter at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Most recently he has presented a symposium on historical figures and mood disorders called Art, Politics and Creativity: Resilience in the Face of Great Odds – including Abraham Lincoln, Vincent Van Gogh, Winston Churchill and Sylvia Plath.
Dr. O’Reardon has been an active and productive researcher during his career. He has authored over a hundred publications in his career encompassing new brain devices (TMS, sTMS, VNS, DBS and tDCS), major depression, bipolar disorder, ECT and the night eating syndrome. He has been a lead investigator in many cutting edge clinical trials of new treatments for patients. He is first author on the primary trial that led to FDA approval for TMS as new exciting treatment for major depression. His current research work is with another exciting emerging treatment modality for major depression, namely tDCS.
Robert Sammons, MD, CTMSS Annual Meeting Committee Co-chair
Dr. Bob Sammons received a bachelor's and master's degree from Auburn University, a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He did a residency in psychiatry at the University of Virginia as well as a forensic psychiatry fellowship. While a Captain in the Air Force he helped set up and run the treatment phase of the Air Force Drug Treatment program in 1971. He has practiced adult psychiatry in Grand Junction for 29 years. He received training in TMS in 2006 from Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, from Dr. Mark George in 2017 and returned to Harvard for Dr. Pascual-Leone's intensive course in TMS in 2018. He is Medical Director for TMS Solutions with TMS offices in various locations in the West.
Michelle Cochran, MD, CTMSS Education Committee Co-chair
Dr. Cochran received her undergraduate degree from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and completed her medical training at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. She received postgraduate medical education at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, where she completed a residency in Psychiatry. During this residency she was Chief Resident. Additionally, she completed the Management Program for Physicians and Senior Healthcare Administrators at Vanderbilt University's Owen School of Management. A diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Cochran is a member of the Tennessee Psychiatric Association, Tennessee Medical Association, Nashville Academy of Medicine, the Clinical TMS Society and Tennessee Women in Medicine. Since her residency years, she has been a member of the American Psychiatric Association, and in early 2011, she was inducted as a Fellow in this organization. Dr. Cochran has been on the Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center since 1996 and has lectured to undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students as well as private practitioners.
For over 20 years, she has been active on numerous advisory boards professionally and personally. Before retiring from inpatient psychiatric care and establishing her outpatient private practice, she was the medical director for many psychiatric units and programs in the Middle Tennessee area. Dr Cochran currently works in a private practice in Nashville. She has experience treating a variety of psychiatric conditions, using therapy, counseling, medicines, neuro-modulation, and integrative care options. Dr. Cochran and her staff have trained extensively in the use of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) including training at Harvard (Berenson Allen Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Clinic), Duke and other training. Dr Cochran has spoken nationally on the use of rTMS in a clinical setting in both industry and continuing education venues. Dr. Cochran has been a integral part of the Clinical TMS Society, currently serving on the Education & Annual Meeting Committees.
Martha Koo, MD, CTMSS Research Committee Co-chair
Dr. Martha B. Koo, M.D., completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University and her medical training at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She obtained her psychiatry residency training at the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Institute and her subsequent psychoanalytic training at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. She is double Board Certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. For over 25 years, Dr. Koo has enjoyed her private practice, providing outpatient psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and pharmacological treatment for individuals, couples and families. A pioneer in the development and application of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Dr. Koo opened the South Bay TMS Therapy Center in 2009. She is currently the founder and CEO of Neuro Wellness Spa, where she offers TMS, Magnetic E-Resonance therapy, iv ketamine, iv nutrition, and photobiomodulation as novel interventions for treatment-resistant mental illness. In pursuit of additional interventions for wellness, she is currently studying psychedelic assisted psychotherapy at the California lnstitute of Integral Studies. Dr. Koo is also the Medical Director at Clear Recovery Center, a residential detox and intensive outpatient treatment center for individuals struggling with mental health, addiction and dual diagnoses. She is on the Board of Directors of the Clinical TMS Society and the Beach Cities Health District and is an active lecturer at the New Center for Psychoanalysis.
Saydra R Wilson, MD, CTMSS Outreach Committee Co-chair
Dr, Saydra Wilson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities where she combines her clinical interventional psychiatry work in ECT and TMS with her research interests in TMS mechanisms and biomarkers for TMS response. She has been a member of the Clinical TMS Society since 2018 and is currently serving on the Board of Directors and enjoy's her role as Outreach committee co-chair and member of the Education Committee.
W. Nate Upshaw, MD, CTMSS Outreach Committee Co-chair
Dr. Upshaw began his medical training at the University of Florida and Tulane University School of Medicine. After attaining his doctorate at Tulane, Upshaw continued onto the University of South Florida School of Medicine, where he completed his internship and residency in Psychiatry. While at the University of South Florida, Dr. Upshaw, under the stewardship of a forward-thinking chairman, received training to practice TMS shortly after being FDA cleared in 2008. The department’s progressive approach eventually led to the university obtaining two of the first TMS chairs in the entire state of Florida.
F. Andrew Kozel, MD, MSCR, CTMSS Clinical Standards Committee Co-chair
Dr. Kozel is Professor and the Mina Jo Powell Endowed Chair for Neurological Sciences at Florida State University College of Medicine where he directs FSU Neuromodulation at Innovation Park, is the Medical Director for FSU Behavioral Health at Apalachee Center and Co-Director for the FSU Mood and Anxiety Center of Excellence in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine. Kozel's work with neuromodulation techniques like TMS has included research, clinical care, teaching, and dissemination for over 20 years. His research uses brain imaging and brain stimulation to better understand and treat neuropsychiatric disorders with the focus of improving the lives of patients with these devastating disorders.
Richard Bermudes, MD, CTMSS Insurance Committee Co-chair
Richard Bermudes, M.D., is the chief medical officer at Mindful Health Solutions in California and a volunteer assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a co-founder of the Clinical TMS Society, former president and board member and currently co-chairs the insurance committee. His clinical practice includes ECT, TMS, Ketamine and Esketamine. He has a column with Psychiatric News on Interventional Psychiatry and he is also the co-editor of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Clinical Applications for Psychiatric Practice from APA Publishing.
Ken Goolsby, MD, CTMSS Membership Committee Co-chair
Kenneth E. Goolsby, M.D. has been in private practice in Gainesville since 1987. As a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, he provides diagnostic evaluations, individual and family psychotherapy, medication evaluation and management, crisis intervention, and chemical dependency evaluations. Dr. Goolsby provides inpatient hospital care as well as outpatient care.
Dr. Goolsby earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Georgia and his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his psychiatric residency at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute Emory University. He then completed his child psychiatry fellowship at William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Ian Cook, MD, CTMSS Legal, Business, and Ethics Committee Co-chair
Ian A. Cook, M.D. is Founder and Director of the Los Angeles TMS Institute, Inc., and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, where he previously held the Miller Family Endowed Chair in Depression Research, was Director of the UCLA Depression Research & Clinic Program, and was the Founding Director of the UCLA TMS Service. Dr. Cook earned his bachelors degree with high honors from Princeton University and his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency training at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute, where he also was an NIMH-funded research fellow, before joining the faculty. Dr. Cook served on the Executive Committee on Practice Guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association and guided the electronic dissemination of their evidence-based guidelines in psychiatry. A board-certified Psychiatrist, he has also served as an examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. His biography is profiled in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Best Doctors. He is the author of numerous publications on brain function in mental illness and in aging and holds several dozen patents on biomedical devices and methods.
Mahmound Okasha, MD, CTMSS Legal, Business, and Ethics Committee Co-chair
Dr. Mahmoud Okasha is a board certified psychiatrist. He has been in clinical practice since 1977. He became an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry after completing his residency at Yale Medical School department of psychiatry. Dr. Okasha is the Medical Director of Comprehensive Psychiatric Care.
He has always been interested in research and began his career in London, England in 1970 where he was doing his residency in psychiatry at the Westminster Medical School. Dr. Okasha has been a primary investigator since 2000 at CPC where he has conducted numerous trials. He is also interested in clinical work with anxiety and treatment-resistant depression, which led to his initiation of TMS at CPC.
MODERATED BY:
Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA CTMSS President
Dr. Pardell is currently the President of the Clinical TMS Society. He has served on the Board of Directors of CTMSS for the past 4 years and has been elected to the Executive Committee as Member at Large for two terms and now as President. He has been past Chairman of the Outreach Committee and has served on the Membership and Education Committees. He has been a returning lecturer for the CTMSS Pulses Course. He has been practicing TMS therapy since 2009. He co-wrote the first lay book on TMS called 3000 Pulses. Dr. Pardell is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University where he performed smoking cessation research with Alexander Glassman MD. After graduation from his psychiatric training, Dr. Pardell moved up with his wife to the beautiful Hudson Valley, New York to start a practice and raise a family. Dr. Pardell is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been a past President of the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society and had been its Program Director for over a decade. Dr. Pardell founded Riverview Psychiatric Medicine, PC and TMS Center of the Hudson Valley and leads an active group psychiatric and TMS practice.

When
January 12th, 2022 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

September 2021 New Member Welcome Meeting
2021-09-21
September 21, 2021 New Member Welcome Meeting
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for the September 21, 2021 New Member Welcome Meeting.
Presentation Overview:
Introductory Orientation Meeting for New Members of the Clinical TMS Society
The Membership Committee of the CTMSS has initiated a new program of bimonthly virtual orientation meetings to assist new members in how to most effectively engage with our Society and to obtain the most benefit from their CTMSS membership. The meeting will be led by our President Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA, and Membership Committee Co-chair Rebecca Cohen, MD.
Objectives:

Learn the history of CTMSS and its mission statement, bylaws, committee structure and administration.
Learn the different levels of membership and how to maximize your membership experience.
Learn educational opportunities within CTMSS programs.
Understand our website and how to navigate its rich content.
Learn how to keep up to date with the ever changing landscape of TMS therapy and the burgeoning activities of our society through our website and society activities.

Date: September 21, 2021
Time: 5:00 pm PDT, 8:00 pm EDT
Format: LIVE
This meeting is for current members only.

SPEAKERS:
Rebecca Cohen, MD, Membership Committee Co-chair
Dr. Cohen has been an active member of the Clinical TMS Society and now serves as the Co-Chair of the Membership Committee and begins her tenure on the National Board in June 2021.
Dr. Cohen earned her Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and her Master of Medical Science at Boston University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences based on research completed at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cohen completed her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine where she was recipient of the psychiatry department’s Malamud Award for Excellence. She completed her Psychiatry Residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where she served as Chief Psychiatry Resident at Georgetown Hospital during her final year.
From 2001 to 2012, Dr Cohen joined the staff at Newton Wellesley Psychiatry in Massachusetts, specializing in adult psychiatry and psychopharmacology. She pioneered one of the first private practice TMS Programs in MA in 2010 and was the site contributor to the TMS National Outcome Study. After relocating to Sarasota, Florida in 2012, she became TMS director in a private practice and then in 2018 joined Greenbrook TMS Neurohealth Centers where she serves as Central Florida Regional Medical Director, providing direct clinical care and patient advocacy in her role.
In addition to her TMS work, Dr. Cohen owns and manages her private practice providing concierge level of care throughout Central Florida. She has excelled in her role as Clinical Assistant Professor for psychiatry clerkship instructing students at Florida State University School of Medicine. Dr Cohen has been recognized for excellence in teaching and clinical practice throughout her career. Most recently, Dr. Cohen has been honored as a Doctor of Distinction by Sarasota Scene Magazine in 2018 and 2020, recognized as a Top Doctor by Sarasota Magazine and was inducted into Marquis Who’s Who in June 2020.
Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA, CTMSS President
Dr. Pardell is currently the President of the Clinical TMS Society. He has served on the Board of Directors of CTMSS for the past 4 years and has been elected to the Executive Committee as Member at Large for two terms and now as Vice President. He has been past Chairman of the Outreach Committee and has served on the Membership and Education Committees. He has been a returning lecturer for the CTMSS Pulses Course. He has been practicing TMS therapy since 2009. He co-wrote the first lay book on TMS called 3000 Pulses. Dr. Pardell is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University where he performed smoking cessation research with Alexander Glassman MD. After graduation from his psychiatric training, Dr. Pardell moved up with his wife to the beautiful Hudson Valley, New York to start a practice and raise a family. Dr. Pardell is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been a past President of the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society and had been its Program Director for over a decade. Dr. Pardell founded Riverview Psychiatric Medicine, PC and TMS Center of the Hudson Valley and leads an active group psychiatric and TMS practice.

2021 Poster Session: A Virtual Experience
2021-07-15
We are excited to announce that the 2021 posters will be available for online viewing through December 31, 2021. As the window to view the posters are limited, we encourage everyone to register asap, to receive the max allotted time.

We have a total of 29 authors/presenters sharing their critical insights and research findings.
Earn up to a max of 7.25 hours of CME depending on how many posters you choose to view.
Instructions on how to access the posters and obtain CME will be included in your confirmation email.
Costs:

CTMSS Members: $25 USD
Non-Members: $85 USD

All registrations will be checked for membership.

Acknowledgment of Financial Commercial Support
No financial commercial support was received for this educational activity.
Acknowledgment of In-Kind Commercial Support
No in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.
Satisfactory Completion
Learners must review each poster chosen and take up to 15 minutes to absorb the information and complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion.
Complete all posters you wish to view before completing the evaluation.
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 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 enduring material for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Objectives - After Attending This Program You Should Be Able To

Identify evidence for various TMS treatment approaches compared to standard TMS approach
Discuss the effectiveness of TMS in various populations and settings
Discuss predictive biomarkers and/or clinical markers of response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatment

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest
The following table of disclosure information is provided to learners and contains the relevant financial relationships that each individual in a position to control the content disclosed to Amedco. All of these relationships were treated as a conflict of interest, and have been resolved. (C7 SCS 6.1-‐6.2, 6.5)
All individuals in a position to control the content of CE are listed on the website. If their name is not listed below, they disclosed that they had no financial relationships with a commercial interest.

First Name
Last Name
Commercial Interest: Relationship

Scott
Aaronson
Neuronetics:Research Grant Site Principal Investigator,Janssen:Consultant,Sage Therapeutics:Consultant,Compass Pathways:Research Grant Site Principal Investigator,Genomind:Scientific/Medical Advisory Board Member,LivaNova:Consultant,Neurolief:Consultant,Neuronetics:Consultant,Compass Pathways:Research Grant Overall Principal Investigator

Paul
Croarkin
Neuronetics, Inc:Research Grant Site Principal Investigator,Pfizer, Inc:Research Grant Overall Principal Investigator,Assurerx Health:Other,Procter & Gamble Company:Consultant,Sunovian :Scientific/Medical Advisory Board Member,NeoSync:Research Grant Site Principal Investigator,MagVenture: Equipment Support ,Myriad Neuroscience:Consultant,Engrail Therapeutics:Scientific/Medical Advisory Board Member,Neuronetics:Equipment Support

Nancy
Donachie
Smart Health & Wellness Centers:Stock Shareholder,Salience TMS Neuro Solutions:Scientific/Medical Advisory Board Member,Smart Health & Wellness Centers:Scientific/Medical Advisory Board Member

David
Dunner
Neuronetics:Other Financial or Material Support/consultant,Cyberonics/Livanova:Other Financial or Material Support/Research support,Janssen:Consultant

Todd
Hutton
Neuronetics:Consultant,Southern California TMS Center:Stock Shareholder

Joseph
Kriske
Salience TMS Neuro Solutions:Stock Shareholder

Adonis
Maiquez
Commercial interest:Own BrainsWay TMS machine

Lucian
Manu
Research Funding:Research Grant Site Principal Investigator

Leigh
Neal
Smart TMS:Medical Director of Smart TMS

Leigh
Neal
Smart TMS:Medical Director of Smart TMS

Randy
Pardell
Neuronetics :Co-marketing

Randy
Pardell
Neuronetics :Co-marketing

Kenny
Perez
SuccessTMS:Consultant

Yiftach
Roth
BrainsWay Ltd.:Stock Shareholder

Debra
Stultz
Jazz Pharmaceticuls:Speakers Bureau,Harmony Biosciences:Speakers Bureau

ARON
TENDLER
Brainsway:Consultant,Brainsway:Stock Shareholder

When
July 15th, 2021 8:00 AM to July 17th, 2021 11:59 PM

Contact

Phone: 8453923238
Email: info@clinicaltmssociety.org
Email: info@clinicaltmssociety.org

Virtual Poster Session Costs

Virtual Poster Session Costs

CTMSS Member
$25.00

Non-Member
$85.00

Complimentary Registration

Registered for Annual Meeting
$0.00

Registered for Live Stream
$0.00

May 18, 2021 New Member Welcome Meeting
2021-05-18
May 18, 2021 New Member Welcome Meeting
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for the May 18, 2021 New Member Welcome Meeting.
Presentation Overview:
Introductory Orientation Meeting for New Members of the Clinical TMS Society
The Membership Committee of the CTMSS has initiated a new program of bimonthly virtual orientation meetings to assist new members in how to most effectively engage with our Society and to obtain the most benefit from their CTMSS membership. The meeting will be led by our Vice President/President-Elect Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA, and Membership Committee Co-chair Rebecca Cohen, MD.
Objectives:

Learn the history of CTMSS and its mission statement, bylaws, committee structure and administration.
Learn the different levels of membership and how to maximize your membership experience.
Learn educational opportunities within CTMSS programs.
Understand our website and how to navigate its rich content.
Learn how to keep up to date with the ever changing landscape of TMS therapy and the burgeoning activities of our society through our website and society activities.

Date: May 18, 2021
Format: ON-DEMAND
This meeting is for current members only.

SPEAKERS:
Rebecca Cohen, MD, Membership Committee Co-chair
Dr. Cohen has been an active member of the Clinical TMS Society and now serves as the Co-Chair of the Membership Committee and begins her tenure on the National Board in June 2021.
Dr. Cohen earned her Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and her Master of Medical Science at Boston University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences based on research completed at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cohen completed her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine where she was recipient of the psychiatry department’s Malamud Award for Excellence. She completed her Psychiatry Residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where she served as Chief Psychiatry Resident at Georgetown Hospital during her final year.
From 2001 to 2012, Dr Cohen joined the staff at Newton Wellesley Psychiatry in Massachusetts, specializing in adult psychiatry and psychopharmacology. She pioneered one of the first private practice TMS Programs in MA in 2010 and was the site contributor to the TMS National Outcome Study. After relocating to Sarasota, Florida in 2012, she became TMS director in a private practice and then in 2018 joined Greenbrook TMS Neurohealth Centers where she serves as Central Florida Regional Medical Director, providing direct clinical care and patient advocacy in her role.
In addition to her TMS work, Dr. Cohen owns and manages her private practice providing concierge level of care throughout Central Florida. She has excelled in her role as Clinical Assistant Professor for psychiatry clerkship instructing students at Florida State University School of Medicine. Dr Cohen has been recognized for excellence in teaching and clinical practice throughout her career. Most recently, Dr. Cohen has been honored as a Doctor of Distinction by Sarasota Scene Magazine in 2018 and 2020, recognized as a Top Doctor by Sarasota Magazine and was inducted into Marquis Who’s Who in June 2020.
Randy Pardell, MD, DLFAPA, CTMSS President-Elect
Dr. Pardell is currently the Vice President/President-elect of the Clinical TMS Society. He has served on the Board of Directors of CTMSS for the past 4 years and has been elected to the Executive Committee as Member at Large for two terms and now as Vice President. He has been past Chairman of the Outreach Committee and has served on the Membership and Education Committees. He has been a returning lecturer for the CTMSS Pulses Course. He has been practicing TMS therapy since 2009. He co-wrote the first lay book on TMS called 3000 Pulses. Dr. Pardell is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University where he performed smoking cessation research with Alexander Glassman MD. After graduation from his psychiatric training, Dr. Pardell moved up with his wife to the beautiful Hudson Valley, New York to start a practice and raise a family. Dr. Pardell is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been a past President of the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society and had been its Program Director for over a decade. Dr. Pardell founded Riverview Psychiatric Medicine, PC and TMS Center of the Hudson Valley and leads an active group psychiatric and TMS practice.

When
May 18th, 2021 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

How to Best Utilize the New CTMSS Recommended OCD Coverage Policy
2021-03-17
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Presentation Overview:
The webinar will review the key elements contained in the recommended coverage policy for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the treatment of patients with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Indication for coverage, patient selection criteria including limitations, and utilization guidelines and recommended TMS protocol will also be reviewed. At the end of the webinar, providers will have a better understanding of how to utilize the coverage policy to advocate for their OCD patients.
Learning Objectives:

Understand the content in the policy;
Understand the recommended patient selection criteria;
Understand the clinical evidence to support the policy;
Understand how to use the policy as a part of your initial payer coverage requests, calls and/or meetings with medical directors and peer to peer conversations and appeals.

Date: March 17, 2021
Time: 5:00 pm PDT / 8:00 pm EDT
Format: ON-DEMAND
*This event is FREE for CTMSS Members Only.

SPEAKERS:
Carlene MacMillan, MD
Carlene MacMillan, MD is the co-Founder and CEO of Brooklyn Minds Psychiatry, a multidisciplinary team-based multi-site practice in the NYC Region. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School and completed her adult psychiatry residency and child and adolescent fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital. In her work at Brooklyn Minds, she has built a robust deep TMS program over the past 4 years. Brooklyn Minds was one of the first practices in the country to offer deep TMS for OCD upon FDA clearance. As a member of the CTMSS Insurance Committee, she focuses primarily on advocating for appropriate OCD coverage policies as her team at Brooklyn Minds has been at the forefront of obtaining insurance coverage from commercial and Medicaid payers. She is a co-author on the post-marketing paper on dTMS for OCD published earlier this year.
Scott Blackman, CMBS
Scott Blackman has 30 years of medical device and pharmaceutical industry experience working in the areas of sales, marketing, and reimbursement. Scott is currently the Director of Market Access for BrainsWay where he leads the reimbursement efforts for Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (Deep TMS) technology. Prior to BrainsWay, Scott was the National Director for payer policy and reimbursement for Medical Technology Partners, Inc. (MTP), a well-known and respected medical device reimbursement consulting company. Scott played an important role at MTP by leading payer coverage acceleration and market access tactics and strategies for a number of medical device companies over the past nine years including neurostimulation technologies. Before joining MTP, he held market access and sales professional roles at Olympus, Cyberonics (now known as LivaNova), and at his first healthcare company, Pfizer. During Scott’s 14-year career at Pfizer, he promoted their CNS therapeutic products for conditions including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s disease. Thus, he is very acquainted with the TMS industry and the challenges our customers face in the mental health market. Before his healthcare career, Scott served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps for nine years and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.
Aron Tendler, MD
Dr. Tendler is board certified in general psychiatry, obesity medicine and sleep medicine. He sees patients thirty hours a week, and is engaged in clinical research and education on neuromodulation as the Chief Medical Officer for BrainsWay thirty hours a week.

January 13, 2021 Town Hall Member Meeting
2021-01-13 - 2024-11-07
January 13, 2021 Annual Town Hall Member Meeting
You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for the January 13, 2021 Annual Town Hall Member Meeting.
Presentation Overview:
Join the Clinical TMS Society President, Kimberly Cress, MD, President-Elect, Randy Pardell, MD, and our current committee co-chairs for an update on all 2020-2021 committee projects.
This is your opportunity to learn more about the various goals and projects, ask questions and provide feedback.
Date: January 13, 2021
Format: ON-DEMAND
This meeting is for current members only.

SPEAKERS:
John O'Reardon, MD, CTMSS Annual Meeting Committee Co-chair
Dr. O’Reardon has been in practice as a psychiatrist for 30 years. He completed his residency training at Penn and Fellowships in Psychopharmacology & Cognitive Therapy (including training at the Beck Institute). In his clinical work as a faculty member at Penn he focused on treatment-resistant mood disorders and neuromodulation. This is the development of brain devices to stimulate the brain and treat mood disorders. These devices, which are increasing all the time, include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), EEG-synchronized TMS (sTMS), deep TMS (dTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
Dr. O’Reardon was an active educator at Penn and over the years helped train more than a hundred psychiatry residents. He taught courses on neuromodulation, mood disorders and the History of Psychiatry. He has been a recipient of numerous teaching awards including the Earl Bond Award for excellence in teaching. He has been a frequent presenter at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Most recently he has presented a symposium on historical figures and mood disorders called Art, Politics and Creativity: Resilience in the Face of Great Odds – including Abraham Lincoln, Vincent Van Gogh, Winston Churchill and Sylvia Plath.
Dr. O’Reardon has been an active and productive researcher during his career. He has authored over a hundred publications in his career encompassing new brain devices (TMS, sTMS, VNS, DBS and tDCS), major depression, bipolar disorder, ECT and the night eating syndrome. He has been a lead investigator in many cutting edge clinical trials of new treatments for patients. He is first author on the primary trial that led to FDA approval for TMS as new exciting treatment for major depression. His current research work is with another exciting emerging treatment modality for major depression, namely tDCS.
Suzanne Kerns, MD, CTMSS Education Committee Co-chair
Dr. Suzanne Kerns is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Brain Stimulation Service at the Medical University of South Carolina. She serves as the Co-Chair of the Education Committee, alongside Dr. Michelle Cochran, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Clinical TMS Society. Dr. Kerns is experienced in the use of a variety of neuromodulation techniques including ECT, TMS, DBS, and VNS. Her special interests include expanding the use of brain stimulation within Women's mental health, neuromodulation education, and holistic and integrative approaches to brain health.
Martha Koo, MD, CTMSS Research Committee Co-chair
Martha B Koo, M.D, has offered psychiatry and psychoanalysis in her private practice in Manhattan Beach, CA, since 1996. In 2009, she certified in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. She is the Founder of Neuro Wellness Spa, a mental health company with four locations that offers rTMS, IV ketamine, iV nutrition and photobiomodulation. Dr. Koo joined the CTMSS Board of Directors in 2020 and is co-chair of the Research Committee.
Mohamed Abdelghani, MBBCh, MSc, MRCPsych, CTMSS Outreach Committee Co-chair
Dr Mohamed Abdelghani is a consultant psychiatrist in London in the UK. He founded the first clinical TMS service in the NHS (public sector) in London and South England. He is actively involved in TMS clinical research and he is the London Principal Investigator for the BRIGhTMIND TMS Randomised Control Trial. In addition to the TMS service he runs in the NHS Dr Abdelghani also offers TMS through his private clinic.
Paul Croarkin, DO, CTMSS Clinical Standards Committee Co-chair
Dr. Croarkin’s research program focuses on adapting and innovating brain stimulation interventions in children and adolescents. This includes biomarker work to optimize diagnostic practices and the delivery of brain based interventions such as transcranial magnetic stimulation. A central theme focuses on the role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate neurotransmitter systems in early-onset mood disorders with the goal of informing safer and more effective biologic treatments. Dr. Croarkin is a professor of psychiatry in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
Rebecca Allen, MD, CTMSS Insurance Committee Co-chair
Dr. Allen has authored several papers and participated in research on sleep and memory consolidation, quality of life in multiple sclerosis, comparing TMS protocols and other projects. She authored a chapter on Sleep and Sleep Disorders for the Harvard textbook Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology: Principles and Practice (2020). Her main clinical interest is neuropsychiatry: she is trained in the neurobiological bases and treatment of cognitive and behavioral manifestations of neurodegenerative diseases (dementia), multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, brain tumors, developmental disorders, traumatic brain injury and other disorders. Other clinical interests include electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and the interaction between sleep and psychiatric disorders. She has held local and national leadership positions, including serving on the Board of the Clinical TMS Society and as the President of the Washington State Psychiatric Association for 2020-21.
Ken Goolsby, MD, CTMSS Membership Committee Co-chair
Kenneth E. Goolsby, MD has been in private practice in Gainesville since 1987. As a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, he provides diagnostic evaluations, individual and family psychotherapy, medication evaluation and management, crisis intervention, and chemical dependency evaluations. Dr. Goolsby provides inpatient hospital care as well as outpatient care.
Dr. Goolsby earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Georgia and his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his psychiatric residency at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute Emory University. He then completed his child psychiatry fellowship at William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Ian Cook, MD, CTMSS Legal, Business, and Ethics Commitee Co-chair
Ian A. Cook, M.D. holds the Joanne and George Miller and Family Endowed Chair in Depression Research. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in the David Geffen School of Medicine, and a Research Scientist at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Dr. Cook received his bachelors degree with high honors from Princeton University and his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency training at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute, where he also was an NIMH-funded research fellow. Dr. Cook served on the Executive Committee on Practice Guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association, and guided the electronic dissemination of their evidence-based guidelines in psychiatry. A board-certified Psychiatrist, he has also served as an examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. His biography is profiled in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Best Doctors. He is the author of numerous publications on brain function in mental illness and in aging, and holds several patents on biomedical devices and methods.
Michelle Cochran, MD, CTMSS Education Committee Co-chair, Practice Guidelines Committee Co-chair, ACROSS Representative to APA
Dr. Cochran currently works as the medical director of the Nashville Center for Hope & Healing and the NeuroScience and TMS treatment centers; in addition she maintains a role as a private practice psychiatrist. Dr Cochran has experience treating a variety of psychiatric conditions, using a comprehensive approach with therapy, counseling, pharmacogenomic testing, medication, and neuromodulation. She received her undergraduate degree at Centre College, her medical training at University of Louisville School of Medicine, and she completed her postgraduate medical education at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. During her psychiatry residency she was Chief Resident. Additionally, she completed the Management Program for Physicians and Senior Healthcare Administrators at Vanderbilt University, Owen School of Management. A current diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (with active maintenance of certification), Dr. Cochran is a member of the Tennessee Psychiatric Association, Tennessee Medical Association, Nashville Academy of Medicine, Tennessee Women in Medicine, and Southern Psychiatric Association. Since her residency years, she has also been a member, Fellow (2011), and now Distinguished Fellow (2018) of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Cochran has been on the Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center since 1996 and has lectured to undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students as well as private practitioners. For over 15 years, she has been active on numerous advisory boards professionally and personally. Before retiring from inpatient psychiatric care and establishing her outpatient private practice, she was the medical director for many psychiatric units and programs in the Middle Tennessee area. Since 2011, Dr. Cochran has offered repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to her patients as an option for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder. Dr. Cochran and her staff have trained extensively in the use of repetitive transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) including training at Berenson Allen’s Non-Invasive Brain Institute, Duke University and other specific advanced device trainings. She has been active in the Clinical TMS Society (CTMSS) on many levels including serving on the executive committee as the VP-Elect (2016-2017), President (2017-2018), and with the Education and Annual meeting committees. Most recently she has been helping advance the PULSES introductory course with other active CTMSS board members.
MODERATED BY:
Randy Pardell, MD, CTMSS President Elect
Dr. Pardell is currently the Vice President/President-elect of the Clinical TMS Society. He has served on the Board of Directors of CTMSS for the past 4 years and has been elected to the Executive Committee as Member at Large for two terms and now as Vice President. He has been past Chairman of the Outreach Committee and has served on the Membership and Education Committees. He has been a returning lecturer for the CTMSS Pulses Course. He has been practicing TMS therapy since 2009. He co-wrote the first lay book on TMS called 3000 Pulses. Dr. Pardell is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University where he performed smoking cessation research with Alexander Glassman MD. After graduation from his psychiatric training, Dr. Pardell moved up with his wife to the beautiful Hudson Valley, New York to start a practice and raise a family. Dr. Pardell is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been a past President of the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society and had been its Program Director for over a decade. Dr. Pardell founded Riverview Psychiatric Medicine, PC and TMS Center of the Hudson Valley and leads an active group psychiatric and TMS practice.

CTMSS Product Theater Webinar with MAGVENTURE
2020-11-18
CTMSS Product Theater Webinar - ON-DEMAND

Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Format: On-Demand
The Advantages of Robotic TMS in The Context of The COVID-19 Pandemic
The TMS-Cobot is the only FDA cleared robotic TMS solution for MagVenture TMS Therapy. MagVenture is proud to be partners with Axilum Robotics in offering a solution to significantly eliminate patient operator contact during routine TMS procedures.
What are the general advantages of The TMS-Cobot?

The TMS-Cobot, with its optical Tracking System, controls the real-time position, orientation and tilt of the TMS coil during the session. There is no need for the operator to adjust coil position during the session.
Automatically compensates for potential head motion during the TMS session and reduces the movement constraint of the patient.
Maintains contact between the coil and head with its integrated contact sensor.

Learning objectives

Introduction to Robotic TMS;
TMS-Cobot implementation and how it works to reduce patient and operator interaction;
Demonstration of the FDA cleared TMS-Cobot.

Format: LIVE
FREE TO REGISTER!
**Webinar log-in information will be sent out via email.
Disclaimer: The content does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Clinical TMS Society or its members and is solely determined by the sponsor.

Presenters:

Michel Berg, MD, CEO of Axilum Robotics
Dr. Berg is a medical doctor and a business school graduate, he built his experience within the pharmaceutical and medical device industry before co-founding Axilum Robotics in 2011 with a team of experts in medical robotics.

Rustin Berlow, MD
Dr. Berlow is a psychiatrist in a California private practice with years of TMS experience. He graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons medical school in 1990. After 23 years of psychopharmacology Dr. Berlow added procedural diagnosis & brain stimulation. Initial visit includes HRV, GSR and EEG. Magnetic stim: rTMS, TBS, accelerated, deep TMS. Electric stim: tDCS, tACS, Trigeminal and tVNS (Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation). EEG-TMS - how to predict and personalize treatment).

When
November 18th, 2020 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

CTMSS Product Theater Webinar with NEUROSTAR
2020-09-29 - 2024-11-07
CTMSS Product Theater Webinar

Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Time: 5:00 pm PDT / 7:00 pm CDT / 8:00 pm EDT
Treating Depression Episodes – New Research Data before Publication
Efficacy of NeuroStar TMS in Bipolar and Unipolar Depression
Treatment of Bipolar Depression: A Pilot Study presented by Scott Aaronson, M.D.
The majority of time patients with bipolar disorder are ill, they are depressed. There are few FDA approved treatments for bipolar depression and all of them are second-generation antipsychotics which carry a high side effect burden. Clinical experience has suggested that TMS might be effective for bipolar depression. This presentation will review the existing literature on the efficacy of TMS for bipolar depression and present the findings from a two-center open-label prospective trial of TMS in bipolar depression including type I and type II patients.
At the end of the presentation, attendees will gain an understanding of the existing literature on the efficacy of TMS for bipolar depression and learn additional insights from an examination of a two-center open-label trial.
Clinical Outcomes of NeuroStar TMS treatment: The Largest Patient Registry for Depression Treatment with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation presented by Harold Sackeim, Ph.D.
NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy System Clinical Outcomes Registry has documented treatment parameters and clinical outcomes in over 9,000 unique individuals treated at over 100 private practice sites in the US. This presentation reports new findings regarding the efficacy of TMS in adult patients treated for an episode of major depressive disorder in community settings. Demographic and treatment parameter correlates of treatment outcomes will be examined. New findings will also be presented regarding the relative efficacy of the Standard NeuroStar protocol (inter-train interval of 26 s; 38-minute session) and the Dash protocol (inter-train interval of 11 s; 19-minute session).
At the end of the presentation, attendees will gain insights into the real-world treatment outcomes of MDD and the efficacy of TMS leveraging the largest clinical data set in MDD.
Format: LIVE
FREE TO REGISTER!
Register online by Monday, September 28, 2020.
**Webinar log-in information will be sent out via email the day prior on September 28, 2020.
Disclaimer: The content does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Clinical TMS Society or its members and is solely determined by the sponsor.

Presenters:

Scott Aaronson, M.D.
Dr. Scott Aaronson is director of clinical research programs, director of transcranial magnetic stimulation services, and chair of the medical executive committee at Sheppard Pratt Health System in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Aaronson specializes in treatment-resistant affective disorders. He is a thought leader in the areas of biological psychiatry, diagnosis, and the integration of somatic and psychological therapies, and is the principal investigator for multiple studies on the development of novel therapies for mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Aaronson is a valued speaker and educator and frequently lectures both regionally and nationally on mood disorders, including the integration of biological and psychotherapies, complex mood disorders, psychoeducation, and the development of new therapies. Much of his research work and publications center on the development of various neurostimulation paradigms including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Direct Current Stimulation, and synchronized TMS to treat severe mood disorders. Recently, he has begun research into the use of psychedelics in mood disorders including three studies looking at psilocybin in various presentations of depression. He is a member of the board of directors of the Clinical TMS Society and the American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology. Dr Aaronson earned his MD with honors from Harvard Medical School. He completed a residency in psychiatry at McLean Hospital, as well as a fellowship in sleep physiology at Harvard Medical School. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists.

Harold A. Sackeim, Ph.D.
Dr. Harold A. Sackeim is Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry and Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. He served as Chief of the Department of Biological Psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute for 25 years. He is also the Founding Editor of the journal, Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation. He received his first B.A. from Columbia College, Columbia University (1972), another B.A. and an M.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford University (1974) and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (1977), where he also completed his clinical training in the Department of Psychiatry. He joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1977, where he remains today.

When
September 29th, 2020 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

CTMSS Product Theater Webinar
2020-09-02
CTMSS Product Theater Webinar

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Time: 5:00 pm PDT / 7:00 pm CDT / 8:00 pm EDT
StimGuide, An Innovative Solution to Optimize TMS Treatments
Adoption of 3D Navigation with EMG in the Clinical Practice Setting
This session will provide an overview of the workflow for the StimGuide 3D Navigation System and how it can be used in the clinical setting to improve:

Precise and consistent coil placement
Quality control and consistency for both novice and expert TMS technicians
Simplifying MT determination utilizing EMG option

Session Objectives: Upon completion of the presentation, the participant should have a clear understanding about how 3D navigation and EMG can be used in the clinical setting to optimize TMS treatments, and how it differs from other navigation systems that require an MRI. Specifically, the following aspects will be covered:

Registration of treatment target(s) and how these can be recalled for subsequent treatment sessions to ensure reliable coil positioning for both novice and expert technicians.
Positioning the coil in the pre-determined treatment target by aligning the 4 parameters (xy location, contact, tilt, & rotation) within the specified tolerances
Utilizing EMG to facilitate rMT Determination
Tracking and monitoring coil position in real-time to maintain consistent positioning during a treatment
How StimGuide can be used as a quality management tool for clinical sites that have multiple technicians and treaters

Format: LIVE
FREE TO REGISTER!
Register online by Monday, September 21, 2020.
**Webinar log-in information will be sent out via email the day prior on September 21, 2020.
Disclaimer: The content does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Clinical TMS Society or its members and is solely determined by the sponsor.

Presenters:

Foster, Lance C, MD
Dr. Lance Foster is a Child and Family Psychiatrist at Northwest Arkansas Psychiatry. He is Board Certified in General Psychiatry and also in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He serves as an adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Foster is a member of the Clinical TMS Society and provides TMS therapy for patients suffering from depression. Dr. Foster was the Chief Medical Officer and a staff psychiatrist at Ozark Guidance Center for 15 years. As a staff psychiatrist, he provided psychiatric care for preschool through adult, Therapeutic Day Treatment programs, and the Child and Adolescent residential program. Dr. Foster is professionally affiliated with the American Psychiatric Association, Arkansas Psychiatric Society, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American College of Physician Executives.

Staley, Randall, MD
Dr. Randall Staley joined Northwest Arkansas Psychiatry in 2018. Dr. Staley is board certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has practiced primarily with children and adolescents for more than 10 years, working with ADHD and other issues in Northwest Arkansas. Dr. Staley is a member of the Clinical TMS Society and provides TMS therapy for patients suffering from depression.

When
September 22nd, 2020 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

TOP 6 Flash Poster Presentations Webinar
2020-08-03 - 2024-11-07
TOP 6 Flash Poster Presentations Webinar
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
8 pm EDT, 7 pm CDT and 5 pm PDT
Since 2018, CTMSS has provided a speaking platform for the Top 4 Poster Abstracts at the Annual Meeting. We are thrilled to be able to continue to share our top research and findings.
The Abstract Review Committee decided to include an additional two abstracts this year to be presented since the 2020 Annual Meeting in Chicago was regrettably canceled. These abstracts were originally scheduled as general presentations for the conference and as such, were not eligible for being selected to present during this session. Thus, this year there will be a total of 6 top abstracts presented.
The following Top 6 Poster Presentations Webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2020, and will be moderated by our Abstract Review Committee, F. Andrew Kozel, M.D., M.S.C.R.

Abstract #6: Anhedonia in Major Depressive Disorder: Can it be the Chicken and the Egg for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation?
Abstract #17: Does it Matter if Depressed Patients get TMS Sessions Less Often than 5 Times per Week? A Treatment Schedule Density Analysis
Abstract #25: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing iTBS vs. TMS vs. Sham in Randomized Controlled Trials
Abstract #41: Evaluation of Cognitive Performance in Clinically Depressed Patients Using THINC-it® After rTMS Treatment
Abstract #45: A Multicenter, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial of Left Prefrontal, 10 Hz, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Adolescents with Treatment-Resistant Depression
Abstract #64: Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT-TRD) Induces Rapid remission from Treatment-Resistant Depression in a Double-Blinded, Randomized, and Controlled Trial

CME will not be provided for this webinar.
FREE TO REGISTER!
Format: Webinar using Zoom Video Communications
*The Webinar log-in information will be sent out via email the day prior and the morning of the webinar.
Online registration ENDS Monday, August 3, 2020, at 3 pm PDT

2020 Annual Member Meeting Webinar
2020-05-06
Please join the Society President, Todd Hutton, MD and Executive Director, Ashleigh Servadio, MSC, for the Society’s Annual Member Meeting webinar on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 4:00 PM (PDT) / 7:00 PM (EDT).
President, Todd Hutton, MD will provide a recap of the 2019-2020 year and we will also introduce the newly elected 2020-2021 Board of Directors.
This meeting is only for current CTMSS members.

2019 Annual Member Meeting Webinar
2019-11-07
Please join the Society President, Todd Hutton, MD, Immediate Past President, Paul Croarkin, DO and Executive Director, Ashleigh Servadio, MSC for the society’s annual members meeting webinar on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 5:30 PM (PDT).
Listen to updates on the society and learn more about the 2019-2020 Board of Directors.
This meeting is only for current CTMSS members.
No longer available
