Date and Time: March 18, 2026, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Chairperson(s): Natalie Sadon, OT and Colleen Craven, OT
Location: Zoom - to be sent out day before the event
Title: Introducing BrainSense Adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) for Parkinson’s Disease
Speaker: Colleen (O’Quinn) Coste, OT
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the presentation, participants will:
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Understand what deep brain stimulation is and how the system is implanted
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Be able to identify which patients with Parkinson’s Disease are appropriate for DBS
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Understand the role of OT in treating patients who have DBS or who may be eligible for DBS
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Learn how Adaptive DBS can help patients with PD regain more “on-time” with good symptom control
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Understand expectations for DBS from a therapy perspective
Bio/Focus: Colleen is an occupational therapist by background, now working as a clinical specialist at Medtronic in the Deep Brain Stimulation division. She worked for 6 years full time as an OT at 3 different clinical sites, including a SNF, long-term acute care hospital, and outpatient neuro clinic. She specializes in treating neurological conditions and spent most of her full-time years working on a neuro unit which had a Disorders of Consciousness rehabilitation program. She now work per diem on the weekends at Spaulding Cambridge Hospital to maintain her OT skills and continue my passion for helping patients. Colleen’s current role at Medtronic involves being in the operating room for product/technological support during DBS implantation procedures, providing patients with education on their DBS technology, and assisting physicians with programming the device to control each patient’s unique symptoms while minimizing side effects.
References:
- Stanslaski, S., Summers, R.L.S., Tonder, L. et al. Sensing data and methodology from the Adaptive DBS Algorithm for Personalized Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease (ADAPT-PD) clinical trial. npj Parkinsons Dis. 10, 174 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-024-00772-5. Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Jimenez-Shahed J. Device profile of the percept PC deep brain stimulation system for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2021 Apr;18(4):319-332.
- Thenaisie Y, Palmisano C, Canessa A, et al. Towards adaptive deep brain stimulation: clinical and technical notes on a novel commercial device for chronic brain sensing. J Neural Eng. 2021 Aug 31;18(4).
- Yin Z, Zhu G, Zhao B, et al. Local field potentials in Parkinson's disease: A frequency-based review. Neurobiology of Disease. 2021;155:105372’
- Morelli N, Summers RLS. Association of subthalamic beta frequency sub-bands to symptom severity in patients with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2023;110.
- Van Wijk BCM, de Bie RMA, Beudel M. A systematic review of local field potential physiomarkers in Parkinson’s disease: from clinical correlations to adaptive deep brain stimulation algorithms. Journal of Neurology. 2023;270(2):1162-1177.
- Darcy N, Lofredi R, Al-Fatly B, et al. Spectral and spatial distribution of subthalamic beta peak activity in Parkinson's disease patients. Experimental Neurology. 2022:114150.
- Hvingelby, V., Khalil, F., Massey, F., Hoyningen, A., San Xu, S., Candelario-McKeown, J., ... & Krüger, M. T. (2025). Directional deep brain stimulation electrodes in Parkinson’s disease: meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 96(2), 188-198
This event will be closed day before event. Please register by 4:00PM on 03/17/2026.
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