Clinical TMS Society (CTMSS) PULSES Providence 2026

Clinical TMS Society (CTMSS) PULSES Providence 2026 is organized by Clinical TMS Society (CTMSS) and will be held from Oct 23 - 25, 2026 at Butler Behavioral Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.

Course Overview:
This in-depth training course offers a Certificate of Completion and features lectures and over 3 hours of hands-on training delivered by Clinical TMS Society renowned clinicians, engineers, and researchers, along with special guests. Attendees will receive current, historical, and practical knowledge for treating patients with TMS based on the best available evidence.

The Program Includes:

• A review of the clinical studies that serve as the foundation for treatment of TMS for depression, as well as clinically applicable research and current important studies.
• Four lectures on the practical administration of TMS for patients, including practice setup to patient dosing, scheduling, and management.
• A review of protocols for TMS: high frequency, theta-burst, low frequency, bilateral, alternative brain targets, rescue treatment, and maintenance treatment.
• A revised lecture on TMS risks and their prevention and management, including seizure protocol review.
• Hands-on training on coil location placement & motor threshold determination with multiple TMS devices.
• A review of promising indications beyond depression, including, obsessive compulsive disorder, smoking cessation, migraine, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and pain.
• An extended Q&A Panel with all PULSES faculty and special guests.

The program includes:

1.    TMS history, basic and physical principles, presented by Professor Anthony Barker, engineer of the first-ever TMS machine in 1985.
2.    TMS Effects on Neurons & Networks; Stimulation Parameters and Mechanisms of Action.
3.    TMS for Treatment of Depression – Pivotal Clinical Trials, Appraising the Evidence, Regulatory Pathways and Approvals.
4.    Treating Depression: TMS Protocol Selection, Optimization, Course Extensions, and Maintenance TMS.
5.    Accelerated TMS Protocols and Treating Subtypes of Depression.
6.    TMS for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia.
7.    Treatment Setup: Motor Threshold Procedures, Head Measurements and Methods for TMS Coil Targeting.
8.    Starting and Running a TMS Service: Practice Set Up, Staff Training, Patient Assessment and Insurance Coverage.
9.    TMS for Neurological Disorders: Post-Stroke Recovery, Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Tinnitus, Tourette Syndrome, Migraine, Neuropathic Pain and Fibromyalgia.
10.    TMS for Psychiatric Disorders Other Than Depression: ADHD, Autism, Substance Use Disorders (including Smoking Cessation), Eating Disorders. 
11.    Safe TMS Practice: Preventing and Managing Side Effects including Seizures.
12.    Hands-On Training – EEG Cap Placement, Making Head Measurements and Markings.
13.    Hands-On Training with TMS Equipment –Locate Motor Cortex, Obtain Motor Threshold, Scalp-Based Coil Placement Methods.
14.    Extensive Questions and Answers with PULSES Faculty.

After completion of the course, the clinician will have obtained a historical, current, and practical knowledge of the scientific basis for treating psychiatric patients with TMS.