MGH Martinos Center TMS BASIC SAFETY COURSE – PROGRAM
When: Monday 17 November, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Where: Conference Room 1303A, 1st Floor, 149 13th St., Charlestown
Course Instructors: Aapo Nummenmaa, Tommi Raij, Mohammad Daneshzand, Lucia Navarro de Lara, Evgenii Kim, Netri Pajankar
Part 1: TMS Physics, Background & Physiology (Aapo Nummenmaa, Mohammad Daneshzand, Evgenii Kim) – NEW USERS
Part 2: Overview of TMS
- Stimulators, Coils, Navigators, Modeling (Mohammad Daneshzand)
- TMS/EEG (Tommi Raij)
- TMS/fMRI (Lucia Navarro de Lara)
Lunch: 1:00 – 2:00pm
Part 3: TMS Safety and Protocols – MANDATORY
- Safety guidelines, FDA and IRB regulations (Tommi Raij)
- Martinos TMS policies, operations, and lab etiquette (Netri Pajankar)
- Setting up a TMS study at the Martinos Center (Netri Pajankar)
Part 4: Demo of a TMS session (Aapo Nummenmaa, Tommi Raij, Mohammad Daneshzand, Evgenii Kim)
Background materials to be read before the course:
For parts 1 & 2:
Ilmoniemi R J, Ruohonen J and Karhu J 1999 Transcranial magnetic stimulation – a new tool for functional imaging of the brain. Critical reviews in biomedical engineering 27 241-84.
For part 3:
Rossi S, Antal A, Bestmann S, et al. Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines. Clin Neurophysiol. 2021;132(1):269-306.
Rossi S, Hallett M, Rossini P M, Pascual-Leone A and Group S o T C 2009 Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research. Clinical neurophysiology: official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 120 2008-39.
