Welcome to the 3rd Psychiatric Surgery Summit (PSS2026) 22-24 October 2026, Freiburg

Satellite meeting - DBS in Depression Interest Group (DBS DIG)

13:00 | DBS DIG Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting DBS DIG

Invited members DBS-DIG only

Satellite Meeting

16:00 | Board Meeting Center for DBS, Freiburg
Invited members CDBSF only

Main Program

Welcome

17:00 | Welcome - Prof. Dr. Wenz, CEO of the Medical Center - University of Freiburg
17:10 | Welcome - Prof. Dr. Lutz Hein, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine - University of Freiburg
17:20 | Welcome - Prof. Dr. Claus Normann, Senior Attending Physician in Charge Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Freiburg

Opening Remarks

17:30-18:00 | Scientific Committee (Coenen, Baldermann, Sajonz)

Keynote

18:00-19:00 | Keynote Lecture: DBS for Schizophrenia. A Delusion Or a Lucid Dream? With a special reference to Camille Claudel | Hagai Bergmann, Israel

19:30 | Dinner

8:00-8:10 | Welcome

8:10-8:50 | Night sleep. A gateway for understanding the thalamus and its interactions with the basal ganglia and the cortex, H. Bergmann, Israel
8:50-9:30 | Poster price #1, Lecture of poster price „preclicnial“
9:30-10:10 | Poster price #2, Lecture of poster price „clinical“
10:10-10:30 | Poster Session & Coffee Break 

Session: Ablative Approaches in Psychiatric Neurosurgery: Past, Present and Future

10:30-11:10 | Highways and byways of psychiatric surgery between 1955 and 1975, C. Moll, Hamburg
11:10-11:50 | ​​The role of stereotactic ablation in psychiatric indications, L. Zrinzo, London
11:50-12:30 | Gamma-Knife radiosurgery for OCD and other psychiatric indications, J. Regis, Marseille
12:30-13:10 | HiFU capsulotomy in psychiatric indications, C. Hamani, Sunnybrook 

13:10-14:15 | Poster Viewing & Lunch

Session: Deep Brain Stimulation for Psychiatric Disorders: From Target Definitions to Clinical Evidence

14:15-14:55 | slMFB-DBS for Psychiatric Disorders: Clinical Data and Mechanistic Insights, J.C. Baldermann, Freiburg
14:55-15:35 | slMFB DBS for depression: Multicenter RCT results from the Netherlands, G.J.J. Mol, Amsterdam
15:35-16:15 | amSTN DBS in OCD - update, S. Chabardes, Grenoble

16:15-17:00 | Poster Viewing & Coffee Break 

17:00-17:40 | From Reward to Compulsivity: The Evolution of DBS for OCD, M. Figee , New York
17:40-18:20 | Why surgery will continue to play a role in treatment of psychiatric disorders, P. Riva-Posse, Atlanta
18:20-19:00 | The relationship between neural connectivity and depression severity in a trial of DBS for severe treatment-resistant depression, A. Krystal, San Francisco 

19:00-20:00 | Pre-Dinner Keynote: History of DBS; the untold story, M. Hariz (Umea, SE)

20:30 | Dinner

8:00-8:10 | Welcome

Session: Less frequent indications

8:10-8:50 | DBS for Tinnitus, Y. Temel, Masstricht
8:50-9:30 | DBS for Aggression, C. Torres, Madrid
9:30-10:10 | Optimal Deep Brain Stimulation Locations for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome,  A. Horn, Cologne

10:10-10:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

Session: Disruptive /new technologies

10:30-11:10 | Neurobehavioral modeling across timescales, S. Sheth, Houston
11:10-11:50 | Neural predictability in OCD and bipolar depression, N. Provenza, Houston
11:50-12:30 | Characterization of the slMFB/VTA DBS target region applying cortical electrophysiological signatures, J. Pereira, Freiburg
12:30-13:10 | Treatment-Resistant Depression at the Academic Interface: Multimodal Treatment Options and Their Underlying Mechanisms, C. Normann / S. Vestring / M. Veleanu, Freiburg 

13:10-14:15 | Lunch & Poster Viewing

Session: Circuits, treatment resistance and ethics

14:15 - 14:55 | Technological advances to modulate dysfunctional circuits in psychiatric disorders, A. Lozano, Toronto
14:55 - 15:35 | Treatment resistance in MDD? - Comparing apples and oranges, R. Mocking, Amsterdam
15:35 - 16:15 | Ethical  aspects of Neuromodulation in psychiatric indications (rTMS, LFUS, VNS, DBS): only a question of invasiveness? L. Cabrera, Philadelphia

16:15-17:00 | Coffee Break  & Poster Viewing

17:00-17:45 | Prefrontal Cortex connectivity in an evolutionary perspective - psychoptahological networks and DBS, V.A. Coenen, Freiburg

17:45-18:30 | "The Last lecture": The molecular differentiation of STN as a target for DBS in NP disorders?, Åsa Wallén-Mackenzie, Lund Sweden

18:30-19:00 | Closing Remarks

19:00 | END of programme

20:00 | Faculty Dinner (invited speakers only)