The 2022 Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank meeting took place August 17-19, 2022 with a theme of “Women in Neuromodulation” inspired by the article led by Dr. Petra Heiden highlighting the careers of some of the most important women who contributed to the development of functional neurosurgery.
All session chairs for DBS Think Tank X were women.
Select recordings are available for some sessions below.
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Bench Therapies “Inspiring Neuromodulation”
Moderator: Svjetlana Miocinovic, M.D., Ph.D. – Emory University
Optimizing DBS using physiologic signals and biophysical modeling
Svjetlana Miocinovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University
Contribution of Non-Human Primate models in neuromodulation
Annaelle Devergnas, Ph.D.
Emory University
Cerebellar deep brain stimulation
Roy Sillitoe, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Advances and challenges in applying closed loop physiology to neuromodulation
Moderator: Stephanie Cernera, Ph.D. – University of California, San Francisco
At-home closed-loop trials in Parkinson’s disease: UCSF experience
Stephanie Cernera, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Carina Oehrn, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome
Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Developing aDBS for OCD: Progress and Challenges
Wayne Goodman, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Transforming the OR into the laboratory
Moderator: Doris Wang, M.D., Ph.D. – University of California, San Francisco
Understanding movement control during DBS surgery
Doris Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Studying speech production during DBS implantation
Mark Richardson, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
A library of human basal ganglia representations of appetition
Casey Halpern, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Industry Blitz
Moderators: Erika Petersen, M.D. – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Helen Bronte Stewart, M.D., M.S. – Stanford University
- Medtronic
- Boston Scientific
- Newronika
- Neuropace
- Rune Labs
- PINS Medical
Thursday, August 18, 2022
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Updates from Europe
Moderator: Petra Heiden, M.D. – University of Cologne
Advancements in deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders
Petra Heiden, M.D.
University of Cologne
Local field potentials and closed loop stimulation in movement disorders
Huiling Tan, D.Phil.
University of Oxford
Deep brain stimulation for non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
Jens Volkmann, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Würzburg
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Updates from Asia
Moderator: Valerie Voon, Ph.D. – University of Cambridge
Insights from modulation of intracranial recordings on cognitive processes
Valerie Voon, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Cambridge
DBS in China, from clinical to clinical research
Luming Li, Ph.D.
Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders
A biomarker for DBS outcome in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
Pankaj Sah, Ph.D.
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Terry Coyne, OAM, MBBS, FRACS
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Peter Silburn, M.D.
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Neuroethics cases: Dilemmas that inform the future of Neuromodulation
Moderator: Cynthia Kubu, Ph.D. – Cleveland Clinic
Measuring What Matters
Cynthia Kubu, Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Ethical issues in intraoperative neuroscience research: Assessing recall of informed consent and motivations for participation
Anna Wexler, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Psychiatric Neurosurgery Laws and Incapable Patients: What would a model law say?
Jennifer Chandler, BSc, LLB, LLM
University of Ottawa
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Keynote Speaker : Musings on Pragmatic Alliances Between Foxes and Hedgehogs in Life, Science and DBS
Helen Mayberg, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Friday, August 19, 2022
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
DBS Candidacy: The next frontier in emerging therapies
Moderator: Nicole Provenza, Ph.D. – Baylor College of Medicine
Identification of candidate neural biomarkers of obsessive-compulsive symptom intensity in ecologically valid environments
Nicole Provenza, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Building a wiring diagram of the brain: Tools for translational neuroscience
Sarah Heilbronner, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
A novel, simple, rapid, and inexpensive biomarker of the ventral reward system
Jim Cavanagh, Ph.D.
The University of New Mexico
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
What’s next for clinical neuromodulation
Moderator: Marta San Luciano, M.D. – University of California, San Francisco
Cerebellar neuromodulation for acquired dystonia
Marta San Luciano, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Informing clinical decisions in psychiatric neuromodulation with AI
Chris Rozell, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Is the future of DBS a return to brain lesions?
Michael Fox, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Emerging Consumer BCI
Moderator: Cora de Hemptinne, M.S., Ph.D. – University of Florida
Cora de Hemptinne, M.S., Ph.D.
University of Florida
Joshua Wong, M.D.
University of Florida
Jaimie Henderson, M.D.
Stanford University
Sameer Sheth, M.D., Ph.D.
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