Clinical Standards |
Clinical Standards Chairs |
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The duties of this committee shall be to develop and maintain the clinical standards of treating patients with TMS. These guidelines shall cover patient selection, use of protocols, and the level of training and supervision required for administration of treatment. As other indications arise, the committee shall develop and maintain further standards consistent with the previous standards.
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 Tracy Barbour, MD |
 Daniel M. Blumberger, MD |
Research |
Research Chairs |
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The research committee's responsibilities include reviewing current and past applicable research to keep the Society members informed of new research developments. The committee encourages members to share and pool their clinical outcome data to submit ideas to institutions for research to help the goals of the society. The committee is responsible for promoting and coordinating the research poster section at the Annual Meeting Committee. The committee supports and organizes the TMS Affinity Groups. The research committee meets for one hour, on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT.
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 Joshua C. Brown, MD, PhD |
 Angela L. Phillips, PhD |
Insurance |
Insurance Chairs |
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The duties of this committee shall be to liaise with public and private payors to create policies relevant to treatment guidelines and will provide Members with materials that will assist in the pre-authorization and appeals processes. The insurance committee meets for one hour, on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT.
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 Baron Short, MD |
 Carlene MacMillan, MD |
Education |
Education Chairs |
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This committee concerns itself with a broad range of educational issues. Our scope of influence includes organizing and running the PULSES certificate workshops, developing programs for psychiatric residency / trainee doctor education, including clinician and community slide decks, and all other related matters which may be referred by the Executive Committee. All decisions and resolutions will be referred to the Executive Committee or Board of Directors for review and approval. Due to the nature of this committee, we are committed to remaining device neutral. The Education committee meetings for one hour on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:00pm ET/3:00pm PT.
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Carlos Lowell, DO |
Saydra R. Wilson, MD, FCTMSS |
Membership and Outreach |
Membership and Outreach Chairs |
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Per the bylaws, the Membership and Outreach Committee shall be responsible for promoting the value of membership in the Society and expanding the membership of the Society. It will also serve as the communication liaison between the Society, the members, and the general public. As far as membership, the duties of this committee include the expansion of membership, which shall include all TMS providers and others who are involved with administering, selling, manufacturing, testing, servicing, or otherwise using TMS devices. In addition, this committee shall be responsible for reviewing applications for new membership and for reviewing membership of existing members. The Membership and Outreach Committee shall make recommendations, as is necessary, to the Board, for acceptance and termination of membership. Duties of this committee shall include developing and maintaining outreach to patients, family members, members of the organization, medical professionals who are not TMS prescribers, and the general public via the website, press releases, social media, and the newsletter. The website is under the umbrella of this committee. The membership committee meets for one hour, on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT.
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Rebecca S. Cohen, MD |
Nicholas Ara Mischel, MD, PhD
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Legal, Business, and Ethics |
Legal, Business, and Ethics Chairs |
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Per the bylaws, the Legal, Business, & Ethics Committee manages all legal, business, and ethical issues related to the Corporation. The duties of this committee shall be to inform and educate the Members on legal, business and ethical issues. This information can be made available through coordination with Outreach Committee in the newsletter or on the website. In addition, the Legal, Business, & Ethics Committee shall periodically review the Bylaws and make recommendations to the Board with respect to such Bylaws if necessary. This committee shall be responsible for reviewing all board of director and committee chairs and cochairs conflicts of interest. The Legal, Business and Ethics committee meets for one hour, on the 4th Thursday of every month at 8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT.
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Ian A. Cook, MD, DLFAPA, FCTMSS |
Rick Trautner, MD, FCTMSS |
Annual Meeting |
Annual Meeting Chairs |
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Per the bylaws, the Annual Meeting Committee shall plan and host the corporation’s Annual ‘educational’ Meeting. The President of the corporation, and other members of the Executive Committee may serve an advisory role on this committee. The duties of this committee shall be to organize and hold the annual meeting of the society.
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Todd Hutton, MD, DLFAPA, FCTMSS |
Mohamed Abdelghani |
TMS Training |
TMS Training Chairs |
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The TMS Training Committee shall be responsible for overseeing in-person and online training courses. By the 3rd Board meeting of each board year, the TMS Training Committee will present the slate of proposed PULSES course locations and dates for the following calendar year. The TMS Training Committee meets for one hour, on the 4th Thursday of the month at 5:00pm ET/2:00pm PT.
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Leo Chen, PhD, FRANZCP, MBBS |
Albert Leung, MD |
