Brain Stimulation Subspecialty Summit (BraSSS)

Third Annual Meeting of the Brain Stimulation Society, focused on formal recognition of brain stimulation as a clinical subspecialty

About this Event


3rd Brain Stimulation Subspecialty Summit

We are pleased to invite you to the 3rd Brain Stimulation Subspecialty Summit.

The goal of this year's meeting will be to create a network across the inaugural accredited subspecialty fellowship programs, help different programs understand each other, and build a framework for subspecialty training that spans brain stimulation components of interventional psychiatry, movement disorders, epilepsy, functional neurosurgery, and other areas.

We look forward to your participation in this important annual gathering.

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Day 1


🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Saturday, March 23- Breakfast and social hour

Info: • Continental breakfast

• Informal networking

🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
• Welcome, opening remarks, and how-to guide
Host: Shan H. Siddiqi, MD

Info: President's update on the progress of Brain Stimulation as a subspecialty, including an overview of how to launch a new brain stimulation fellowship

🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Nolan R. Williams Memorial Lecture
Host: Mark S. George, MD

Info: The past, present, and future of brain stimulation. This lecture is in memory of the life and work of Dr. Nolan R. Williams, co-President of the Society, who tragically passed away in October 2025.

🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Open Q&A

🕑: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Lunch

🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
The 14 inaugural accredited Brain Stimulation Fellowships

Info: 14 brain stimulation fellowships, from across the US and Canada, will be part of the initial group of accredited programs. The afternoon sessions will include 15-minute descriptions of a sample of these programs.

🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
The 14 inaugural accredited Brain Stimulation Fellowships

🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Coffee break

🕑: 05:00 PM
• Post-meeting networking event

Day 2


🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Sunday, March 24- Breakout Sessions and Strategic Planning

Info: Breakfast and networking

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Overview of Day 2 objectives, Assignment into breakout teams

Info: The goal of Day 2 will be to establish a detailed content outline for each specific content area. Breakout groups will include: Movement disorders; Epilepsy; Interventional psychiatry (TMS); Interventional psychiatry (all other modalities, including ECT and DBS); Emerging and non-FDA approved treatments and protocols

🕑: 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
• Breakout Session Block 1: establishing a content outline

Info: Breakout groups will establish core topics that should be covered in the educational program for each content area.

🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch Break

🕑: 01:30 PM - 04:00 PM
• Breakout Session Block 2: identifying recommended training materials

Info: Breakout groups will establish existing training materials that can adequately cover the topics identified during Block 1, and will also identify which topics still need new materials to be developed.

🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Closing remarks

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