This year’s conference is intended for practitioners, mental health professionals, and researchers of ECT and related stimulation techniques. A poster session will allow for the most recent research in ECT and other brain stimulation modalities to be presented. The information presented in this CME offering reflects the opinion of the presenters. As with all science, there may be multiple explanations for the data and multiple reasonable conclusions.
The Annual Meeting will be a live hybrid event. As such, registrants will have the option to select their participation type (in person or online) at the time of registration. The livestream of this event will occur at the posted local agenda times. A link to join the event will be sent to registrants on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Video recordings from this event will be made available to registrants approximately one week after the event. Please note, however, that continuing education credits can only be claimed by registrants who participate in the event live, whether that be in person or online.
All event registrants will have access to program information, including slide sets received from speakers in advance of the event, via their ISEN account. All registrants, both ISEN members and non-members, can log in to their ISEN account in the upper right hand corner of this page.
ISEN will use Slido to facilitate Q&A Sessions at the Annual Meeting. In-person registrants should bring a fully charged smartphone or other mobile device to the event. Wifi will be available.
A refund of the registration fee, less an $85 processing fee, will be made when an email written request followed by an email-written confirmation is received two weeks prior to the event start date. After this time, refunds cannot be made. Fees will not be refunded for failure to participate. The sponsors of the course reserve the right to cancel or postpone any conference because of unforeseen circumstances or insufficient enrollment. In the event of such cancellations, full tuition will be refunded. ISEN reserves the right to refuse registration, or refund registration fees, to any person whose presence has the potential to be disruptive and/or not consistent with the mission and goals of the organization.
In compliance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, all individuals in a position to control/influence the content of this activity are required to disclose relevant financial interests with any commercial interests and/or non-FDA approved use of a drug or a device that is included in the presentation.
If you require assistance with hearing or vision to make this conference accessible to you, please email meetings@isen-ect.org at least three weeks prior to the event date.
This activity provides continuing education credit for physicians and psychologists. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the collaboration of AffinityCE and ISEN. AffinityCE is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AffinityCE designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 6.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AffinityCE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. AffinityCE maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the activity registration fee.
Nurses and other health professionals can receive a participation certificate that states that this activity provides AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This may be used for continuing education credit. Please consult your accrediting organization or licensing board for their acceptance of this CE activity.
Post Event Evaluation
ISEN requests that all attendees complete the event evaluation by visiting
https://isen.cds.affinityced.com. The event sessions will appear for evaluation only after they've concluded. Upon completion of the evaluation, attendees may download and save/print a certificate indicating either the number of continuing education credits earned or proof of attendance.
The deadline to claim continuing education credit is June 4, 2023.
To access the evaluation, you will need to log in to your AffinityCE account. Of note, this is not the same as your ISEN website account.
- If you’ve attended an ISEN event in the past, use your AffinityCE account information to log in, resetting your password, if necessary.
- If you’ve not attended an ISEN event in the past, please first sign up for an AffinityCE account.
8:00a PT
8:30a PT
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15a PT
8:30a PT
Update on The Society
Daniel Maixner, MD [Vice President, ISEN]
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Daniel Maxiner, MD [Program Committee Chair]
The ECT vs. Ketamine Story: What We Know Now
Daniel Maxiner, MD [chair]
8:30a PT
9:10a PT
ECT vs. Ketamine in Patients With Treatment Resistant Depression: Updates from the ELEKT-D Study
Amit Anand, MD
9:10a PT
9:45a PT
Efficacy and Safety of Ketamine vs. ECT in Depression: A Meta-analysis
Greg Rhee, PhD
9:45a PT
10:00a PT
Question and Answer Session
10:00a PT
10:15a PT
Key Updates on Safety and Efficacy of ECT
Irving Reti, MBBS [chair]
10:15a PT
11:00a PT
Population-based Studies Focused on ECT and its Safety and Effectiveness in Preventing Suicide
Tyler Kaster MD, PhD
11:00a PT
11:30a PT
Enhancing Cognitive Domains After ECT
Steve Seiner, MD, Teresa Henderson, BSN, RN and Cynthia Piltch, PhD, MPH
11:30a PT
11:45p PT
Question and Answer Session
11:45p PT
1:15p PT
Awards Luncheon
2020 Trainee Travel Awards presented by Dan Maixner, MD to Joshua Brown, MD, PhD - James Luccarelli, MD, DPhil - Muniza Majoka, MD - Isabel Methfessel, MD - Ana Pinheiro, MD - Cristina Pritchett, MD - Ankitha Shenoy, MD - Eric Silverman, MD - Jonathan Young, MD - Steven Zhixing Yao, MD
Best Abstract by a Trainee Award presented by Irving Reti, MBBS to Kamber Loren Hart, MS for Individual Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy is Not Correlated Between Multiple Treatment Courses
Best Abstract Award presented by Phern-Chern Tor, MBBS, MMed (Psy) to Lauren Marasa, MD for ECT In Combination with Intravenous Ketamine Infusions
Best Publication, Journal of ECT Award presented by W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS to Estela Salagre, MD, PhD for Self-Harm and Suicide Attempts Preceding and Following Electroconvulsive Therapy
Mary Rosedale Patient Advocacy Award presented by Paula Bolton, MS, CNP, ANP-BC to Cynthia Piltch, PhD, MPH
1:15p PT
1:45p PT
Keynote Presentation
Max Fink at 100: Accomplishments and Influence Over the Decades
George Petrides, MD
Novel and Targeted Neurostimulation
Phern-Chern Tor, MBBS, MMed (Psy) [chair]
1:45p ET
2:15p ET
Overview of Ultrasonic Deep Brain Stimulation and Early Findings Targeting Subcallosal Cingulate
Brian Mickey MD, PhD
2:15p PT
2:45p PT
DBS for Depression Targeting the Medial Forebrain Bundle
Jair Soares, MD, PhD
2:45p PT
3:15p PT
Effectiveness of Standard Sequential Bilateral Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation vs Bilateral Theta Burst Stimulation in Older Adults With Depression: The FOUR-D Randomized Noninferiority Clinical Trial
Sean Nestor, MD, PhD
3:15p PT
3:30p PT
Question and Answer Session
3:30p PT
3:45p PT
Break
3:45p PT
4:45p PT
Lightning Talks
Irving Reti, MBBS and Phern-Chern Tor, MBBS, MMed (Psy) [co- chairs]
Pupillometry in ECT: Updated Results
Tuna Hasoglu, MD
Ictal EEG Visual Pattern Recognition on Seizure Adequacy during ECT Treatment Session: NEARS Approach
Kheng Yee Ong, MBBS, Mmed
Cardiac Safety of ECT in Patients on Clozapine: An Electrocardiography-based Comparative Study
Mohammed Arshad, MD
Effects of Anaesthetic Agents on ECT-Associated Cognitive Impairment: Comparison of Propofol with Propofol-Ketamine Mixture
Victor Lasebikan, PhD
A Pilot Open-label Trial of Individualized Repetitive TMS Targeting Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia
Michael Avissar, MD, PhD
4:45p PT
5:45p PT
Poster Session & Reception
Authors of accepted abstracts may submit poster files
here by May 5th.
On-Demand Poster Session
Pre-recorded abstract poster presentations will be available to view on-demand on the ISEN website beginning May 21, 2023. These presentations, whether viewed in person or online, are not accredited for CME.
FRANK M. MOSCARILLO, MD
Executive Director, ISEN
Chevy Chase, Maryland
ADRIANA P. HERMIDA, MD
President, ISEN
Associate Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Director, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University Atlanta, Georgia
DANIEL F. MAIXNER, MD
Vice President, ISEN
Program Chair
ECT Program Director, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Michigan Medicine Ann Arbor, Michigan
IRVING M. RETI, MBBS
Secretary, ISEN
Director, Brain Stimulation Program, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland
PHERN-CHERN TOR, MBBS, MMed (Psy)
Treasurer, ISEN
Head of Neurostimulation Services, Institute of Mental Health (Singapore) Singapore
PAULA BOLTON, MS, CNP, ANP-BC
Nursing Subcommittee Co-Chair, ISEN
Program Director, Infection Control, Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics Program, McLean Hospital Belmont, Massachusetts
DONNA ECKLESDAFER, MSN, BSN, RN
Nursing Subcommittee Co-Chair, ISEN
Neuromodulation Clinic Manager, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services Grand Rapids, Michigan
The ECT vs. Ketamine Story