About the Conference

The 17th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Neuromodulation Society brings together experts from across Canada and beyond to explore the latest in neuromodulation research and clinical practice. Hosted in Quebec City, this meeting covers a broad spectrum—from innovative research in neural interfaces and bioelectronic medicines to clinical applications in neuroprostheses and neuromodulation therapies.

Upcoming Important Dates

• May 15, 2025: Abstract Submission Deadline
• May 15, 2025: Early Bird Deadline

Abstract Submission

Please submit your abstracts to the Scientific Committee by May 15, 2025. Abstracts should be structured in four parts: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Your abstract may contain a maximum of 300 words.

Submit your abstract (with any supporting tables/figures) directly to Victoria Bains at victoria.bains@uhn.ca with the email title: “CNS Conference Abstract”. Please include:

• Abstract Title
• All authors (first and last names) and affiliations
• Abstract body
• Disclosures/conflict of interest statement for each author (or “none” if applicable)

Program

Day 1: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Time	Session Details
9:30 AM – 2:00 PM	Pre-meeting Industry Sessions
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM	Inauguration and Welcome
Session I: Deep Brain Stimulation (Moderator: Lutz Weise)
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM	Suneil Kalia (ON, Canada) - Cerebellar DBS
2:35 PM – 2:55 PM	TBD - Connectivity and Sweet Spots in DBS
2:55 PM – 3:15 PM	TBD - DBS - a German perspective
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM	Break
3:55 PM – 4:30 PM	Andres Lozano (ON, Canada) - Tasker Lecture: A Canadian perspective, from the beginning to the future
4:30 PM – 5:45 PM	Best Abstracts I: 6 Oral Presentations
5:45 PM – 7:00 PM	Drinks Reception

Day 2: Friday, June 20, 2025

Time	Session Details
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM	Breakfast
8:30 AM – 10:05 AM	Anuj Bhatia (Moderator) - Spinal Cord Stimulation
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM	Scott Lempka (MI, USA) - Studying mechanisms of spinal cord stimulation
8:50 AM – 9:10 AM	Ryan D’Souza (MN, USA) - Mechanisms and outcomes of closed-loop SCS
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM	Andy Parrent (ON, Canada) - Lateral SCS for nerve root stimulation
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM	TBD - SCS - a German perspective
10:05 AM – 10:30 AM	Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:05 AM	Lawrence Poree (CA, USA) - Kumar Lecture: Developing guidelines for neuromodulation therapies – importance, process, and advocacy
11:05 AM – 12:20 PM	Alfonso Fasano (Moderator) - Non-invasive Neuromodulation
11:05 AM – 11:25 AM	Joseph J. Taylor (MA, USA) - Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression and pain
11:25 AM – 11:45 AM	Robert Chen (ON, Canada) - Transcranial Ultrasound
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM	Shirley Fecteau (QC, Canada) - tDDC/tACS and Temporal Interference
12:20 PM – 1:20 PM	Lunch
1:20 PM – 3:00 PM	Jill Osborn and Vishal Varshney (Moderators) - Intrathecal Drug Delivery Sandy Christiansen (OR, USA) - Recent advances in IDD for cancer pain Michael Staudt (OH, USA) - IDD for cervical and facial pain Dirk Rasche (Germany) - IDD – a German perspective Scott Paquette (BC, Canada) - Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Break
Session: Québec-Focused Session (in French) – Moderators: Christian Iorio-Morin and Newton Pimenta
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM	Session 1: Neuromodulation services offered in different hospitals (10 mins per centre)
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM	Session 2: Presentations on ongoing research on neuromodulation in Québec (10 mins per presenter)
5:30 PM – 5:50 PM	Session 3: Roundtable - Access to Neuromodulation services in Québec
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM	President’s Dinner for Invited Faculty

Day 3: Saturday, June 21, 2025

Time	Session Details
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM	Breakfast
8:30 AM – 10:05 AM	Dean Elterman and Antonios El Helou (Moderators) - SNS, PNS and VNS
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM	Peter Staats - CNS Lecture: VNS for new indications
8:50 AM – 9:10 AM	Chris Gilmore - Update on PNS
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM	Simon Bayerl (Germany) - PNS German Perspective
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM	Sandy Vasavada (OH, USA) - SNS
10:05 AM – 10:30 AM	Break
Session: Allied Health Session – Moderator: Victoria Bains
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM	Karen Waterhouse (SK, Canada) - Contact Points, Frequency and Pulse Width: How do optimize mapping for optimal coverage
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM	Hannah Hollett (ON, Canada) - Intrathecal Baclofen: The Patient Journey from testing to implant
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM	Abeer Alomari (ON, Canada) - The role of physiotherapy after spinal cord stimulation, why is it needed
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM	Lunch
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM	CNS AGM
Session: Challenges and opportunities for Neuromodulation across Canada – Moderator: Himanshu Gupta
1:15 PM – 1:35 PM	Tejas Sanker (AB, Canada) - State of the Neuromodulation Address
1:35 PM – 1:55 PM	Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan (ON, Canada) - Non-invasive SCS for SCI
1:55 PM – 2:15 PM	Christian Iorio-Morin (QC, Canada) - New frontiers in Neuromodulation Research
2:15 PM – 2:35 PM	Christine Lee (ON, Canada) - Toward public funding of intrathecal drug delivery and peripheral nerve stimulation: the Ontario experiences
2:50 PM – 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 PM – 3:40 PM	Philippe Rigoard (France) - CNS Lecture: Rescuing Failing Spinal Cord Stimulation
3:40 PM – 4:55 PM	Best Abstracts II: 6 Oral Presentations
4:55 PM – 5:10 PM	Awards for Best Posters and Oral Presentations
6:30 PM	Gala Dinner

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