Neuromodulation Therapy: An Update on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Mood disorder, particularly Major depressive disorder, continues to be prevalent in our society.  Diagnostic acumen of clinicians have significantly improved.  Psychopharmacologic and psychological approaches to management and treatment have been abundant.  Despite our best efforts, a major study such as the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D)  trial showed that only about 70-80 percent would achieve remission from their symptoms. Treatment resistant depression (TRD) or mood disorder continue to affect individual patients, families, and society at large. In view of this, neuromodulation therapy such as electroconvulsive therapy continues to be a successful alternative. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration approved repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of severe depression. 

Participants in the educational activity will be able to: 

1. Describe the basic principles of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). 
2. Identify the clinical indications of TMS and ECT. 
3. Understand the potential side-effects of TMS and ECT. 
4. Describe the emerging and new clinical tends in TMS and ECT. 

Presenter:  Dr. Nelson F. Rodriguez, M.D., DABPN, FAPA

Dr. Nelson F. Rodriguez, M.D., DABPN, FAPA, is currently the Medical Director of the Neuromodulation (ECT, TMS, VNS) Service at the Frances and Craig Lindner Center of HOPE-UC Health in Mason, OH.  He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. 

Dr Rodriguez earned his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in Manila, Philippines in 1985, where he also finished his Family Medicine residency training in 1990. He also earned a Professional Diploma in Family Ministries (Family Therapy studies) at the Loyola School of Theology at the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.  He practiced as a family physician and in emergency medicine in the Philippines before pursuing psychiatry training in the United States. 

Dr Rodriguez finished his General Psychiatry residency training at the Harvard Medical School -South Shore Psychiatry Training Program in Brockton, Massachusetts where he served as Chief Resident in 1997. He finished his Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry fellowship at the Harvard Medical School-Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge Massachusetts in 1998. While at Lindner Center of HOPE, he also visited the Duke ECT Program in Durham NC. And he was one of the first psychiatrists trained in TMS at LCOH. 

He enjoys educating students, clinicians, colleagues, and peers on Neuromodulation Therapy. He has been a recipient of numerous awards, most recently received 2023 Employee of the Year award from Lindner Center of HOPE-UCHealth. 

A special thank you to The Anxiety Center for sponsoring this event!

Event Details:

5:30 pm Social/Networking

6:00 pm Dinner Served

6:30 pm Program Begins

8:30 pm Program Concludes 

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