Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank VII Sept 4-6, 2019

Location: Loews Sapphire Falls Resort, Universal Studios, Orlando FL

“Equal presentation and discussion time”

Wednesday Sept 4, 2019

Ethico-legal Issues in Deep Brain Stimulation Moderator: James Giordano, PhD., Georgetown

Personality and Neuroethics in Parkinson’s Disease DBS1:120PMCynthia Kubu, PhD., Cleveland Clinic

Updates on the NIH Brain Initiative on Neuroethical Issues120PM-140PMLaura Sankary, PhD., Cleveland Clinic

Neuroethics of DBS in Mexico and around the World140-2PMKaren Herrera-Ferrá, PhD., Mexican Association of Neuroethics2-245PM Discussion

Break 245PM-3PM

Mixed Augmented Virtual RealityModerator: Cameron McIntyre, PhD., Case Western

Using Virtual Reality with LFP Acquisition3PM-320PMNanthia Suthana, PhD., UCLA

Using Virtual Reality for Patient Engagement320PM-340PMLeslie Schlachter, PA-C, Mt. Sinai, NY

Holographic DBS340PM-4PMCameron McIntyre, PhD., Case Western

400-520PM Discussion

530-730PM Dinner Key Note and Discussion

Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD., Author of Wired to Create and Ungifted

Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman’s groundbreaking research and Carolyn Gregoire’s popular article in the Huffington Post, Wired to Create offers a glimpse inside the “messy minds” of highly creative people. Revealing the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology, along with engaging examples of artists and innovators throughout history, the book shines a light on the practices and habits of mind that promote creative thinking. Kaufman and Gregoire untangle a series of paradoxes – like mindfulness and daydreaming, seriousness and play, openness and sensitivity, and solitude and collaboration – to show that it is by embracing our own contradictions that we are able to tap into our deepest creativity.

With insights from the work and lives of Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Marcel Proust, David Foster Wallace, Thomas Edison, Josephine Baker, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, musician Thom Yorke, chess champion Josh Waitzkin, video-game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, and many other creative luminaries, Wired to Create helps us better understand creativity – and shows us how to enrich this essential aspect of our lives.

Scott’s latest book soon to come out:

A bold reimagining of Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs—and new insights for living your most authentic, fulfilled, and connected life

When positive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman first discovered Maslow's unfinished theory of transcendence, sprinkled throughout a cache of unpublished journals, he felt a deep resonance with his own work and life. In this groundbreaking book, Kaufman picks up where Maslow left off, unraveling the mysteries of his unfinished theory, and integrating these ideas with the latest research on attachment, connection, exploration, love, purpose and other building blocks of a life well lived. 

Maslow's model provides a roadmap for finding purpose and fulfillment--not by striving for money, success, or "happiness," but by becoming the best version of ourselves, or what Maslow called self-actualization. Transcend reveals a level of human potential that's even higher, which Maslow termed transcendence. Beyond individual fulfillment, this way of being—which taps into the whole person— connects us not only to our best self, but also to each other.

Thursday Sept 5, 2019

730-830AM Breakfast

830-1030AMEmerging Targets and Multiple DBS TargetingModerator: Alfonso Fasano, M.D., University of Toronto

Emerging DBS Targets in Non-motor Disorders830-850AM          Andres Lozano M.D., PhD., University of Toronto

Emerging DBS Targets in Motor Disorders850-910AMThomas Foltynie, M.D., University College London Using Multiple DBS Targets910-930AMAlfonso Fasano, M.D., University of Toronto

930-1020 AM Discussion

BREAK 1020-1040AM

1030AM-1230PM The Intersection of Optogenetics and DBS

Moderator: Annabelle Singer PhD., Georgia Tech

“The ‘Inner Chamber’: Thalamic physiology in preclinical models of autism”1040-1100Audry Brumback, M.D., PhD., UT Austin

Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Memory Retrieval: Toward Mechanistic Insight & Therapeutic Targets11:00-1120Priya Rajasethupathy, PhD., Rockefeller University

Optogenetic STN Deep Brain Stimulation1120-1140Warren Grill, PhD., Duke

1140-1230 Discussion

1230-150PM LONG NETWORKING LUNCH

Closed Loop DBS Clinical150PM-530PMModerator: Ayse Gunduz PhD.

Adaptive DBS in Parkinson's disease - short term studies150-210PMSimon Little, PhD, UCL

Sensing and closed loop stimulation using the Summit RC+S platform: early experience210-230PMRo’ee Gilron, PhD., UCSF

Combining Directional DBS and Physiology Toward a Closed Loop Approach 230-250PMGerd Tinkhauser, M.D., PhD (University of Oxford; University of Bern) 

Discussion250-345PM

BREAK345-4PM

StereoEEG and Deep Brain StimulationModerator: Samer Sheth, MD PhD., Baylor

Using sEEG to identify targets for 4-lead DBS in childhood secondary dystonia4-420PMTerry Sanger, M.D., University of Southern California

420-440PM A personalized circuit-based approach to the treatment of major depression: moving toward closed-loop therapiesKatherine Scangos. M.D., PhD. UCSF 

Use of SEEG for early evaluation of novel targets and indications 440-500PMJonathan Miller, M.D., Case Western

Discussion 500-6PM

NETWORKING DINNER 615-8PM

Friday Sept 6, 2019

700-800AM Breakfast

800AM-1000AMUsing Local Field Potentials in DBS ResearchModerator: Harrison Walker, UAB

DBS Local Evoked Potentials800-820AMWes Thevasthasan, M.D., University of Melbourne

Cortical Evoked Potentials in DBS820-840AMHarrison Walker, M.D., University of Alabama

Neuronal Sources of Evoked Potentials840-900AMWarren Grill, PhD., Duke University

Discussion 900-10AM

1000-1030AM BREAK

1030AM-1230PMIndustry BlitzWhere is the future going?“10 minutes to present”

1030-1130AMMedtronicBoston ScientificNeuropaceOthers?

Discussion1130-1230PM

1230-130PM LUNCH AND DEPART FOR AIRPORT