Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank XI
11th Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank

The 2023 Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank meeting takes place in Gainesville, FL on August 9-11, 2023 with a theme of “Pushing the forefront of neuromodulation”.

Select recordings will be available for some sessions following the event.

Wednesday, August 9, 2023


1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cutting Edge Translational Neuromodulation


Moderator: Aryn Gittis, Ph.D. – Carnegie Mellon University

Title TBD

Aryn Gittis, PhD

Aryn Gittis, Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University


Title TBD

Wolf-Julian Neumann, MD

Wolf-Julian Neumann, M.D.
Charité Berlin


Title TBD

Cristin Welle, PhD

Cristin Welle, Ph.D.
University of Colorado


3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Coffee Break


3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Cutting Edge Physiology


Moderator: Helen Bronte-Stewart, M.D. – Stanford University

Title TBD

Simon Little, PhD

Simon Little, Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco


Title TBD

Sameer Sheth

Sameer Sheth, M.D. Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine


Title TBD

Helen Bronte Stewart

Helen Bronte-Stewart, M.D.
Stanford University


5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Pre-dinner Break


6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Dinner & Industry Blitz


Moderator

Alfonso Fasano

Alfonso Fasano, M.D.
University of Toronto





  • Medtronic
  • Boston Scientific
  • Abbott
  • Neuropace
  • Rune Labs
  • Newronika

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Thursday, August 10, 2023


10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Cutting Edge Advances in Europe


Moderator: Huiling Tan, D.Phil. – University of Oxford

Title TBD

Huiling Tan

Huiling Tan, D.Phil.
University of Oxford


Title TBD

Hagai Bergmann, MD, PhD

Hagai Bergmann, M.D., Ph.D
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem


Title TBD

Monika Potter-Nerger

Monika Pötter-Nerger, M.D.
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf


12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch & Networking


1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Cutting Edge Advances in Asia


Moderator: Valerie Voon, M.D., Ph.D. – University of Cambridge

Title TBD

Valerie Voon

Valerie Voon, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Cambridge


Title TBD

TBD


Title TBD

Takashi Morishita

Takashi Morishita, M.D., Ph.D.
Fukuoka University Hospital


4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Neuroethics Cases: Dilemmas that Inform the Future of Neuromodulation


Moderator: Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, Ph.D., J.D. – Harvard University

Title TBD

Gabriel Lazaro-Muñoz

Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, Ph.D., J.D.
Harvard University


Title TBD

Theresa Williamson

Theresa Williamson, M.D.
Harvard University


Title TBD

Laura Cabrera

Laura Cabrera, Ph.D.
Michigan State University


6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Dinner & Networking


7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Title TBD


Nico Dosenbach

Nico Dosenbach, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis





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Friday, August 11, 2023


7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Breakfast


8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Cutting Edge Computational Modeling


Moderator: Cameron McIntyre, Ph.D. – Duke University

Title TBD

Cameron McIntyre

Cameron McIntyre, Ph.D.
Duke University


Title TBD

Jonathan O'Keefe

Jonathan O’Keeffe, M.D.
Machine Medicine


Title TBD

Noam Harel

Noam Harel, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break


10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Obstacles/Controversies in Neuromodulation and How to Overcome Them


Moderators: Helen Mayberg, M.D. – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Phillip Starr, M.D., Ph.D. – University of California San Francisco

Helen Mayberg

Helen Mayberg, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Phillip Starr

Phillip Starr, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco


Nader Pouratian

Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center


Andrew Krystal

Andrew Krystal, M.D.
University of California San Francisco


Andreas Horn

Andreas Horn, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard University


12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Adjourn & Box Lunches



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