Rhoton-de Oliveira Treatment Advances in Neurology and Functional Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders, Epilepsy & Headache 2026
This course is offered Live (in-person) only

Sanjeet S. Grewal, M.D., Vanessa Milanese, M.D., Ph.D., Sara Casagrande, M.D. William Tatum, D.O., Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D., and Erik H. Middlebrooks, M.D.,
June 4 - 6, 2026 - Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville, Florida
With both a neurosurgery and a neurology focus, this course is designed as a review of targeting, programming, surgical approaches, and operative techniques pertaining to surgical treatment of epilepsy, headache, and movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. The course offers a cadaver workshop as well as augmented reality and advanced programming workshops.
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| Registration Fee(s) | |
|---|---|
| M.D., D.O., Ph.D. | $850 |
| Allied Health, NP, PA, Retirees | $600 |
Target Audience
This course is designed for neurosurgeons, pain specialists, neurologists, radiologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, fellows, and residents interested in movement disorders, to provide a global approach to the movement disorder patients.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify the major deep brain stimulation procedures to various movement disorders and epilepsy affecting the brain.
- Determine the appropriate approaches, stereotactic and microsurgical techniques for treatment of complex epilepsy.
- Identify complex surgical approaches for headache treatment.
- Demonstrate proficiency in techniques during hands-on sessions on cadaveric specimens to improve skills.
- Demonstrate proficiency in techniques during hands-on sessions on the programming tablets to improve skills on deep brain stimulation programming.
- Identify multispecialty treatment options for refractory headaches.
- Apply multidisciplinary decision-making to management of complex cases.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION - Due May 4, 2026
As part of the Rhoton-de Oliveira Treatment Advances in Neurology and Functional Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders, Epilepsy & Headache 2026 conference, all trainees involved in neurosurgery and neurology are invited to submit an abstract for presentation of original research dedicated to the field of functional neurosurgery, movement disorders, epilepsy, and headache. Accepted abstract submissions will present their research during the conference. To submit an abstract for consideration, please click here.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Mayo Clinic: Rhoton-de Oliveira Treatment Advances in Neurology and Functional Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders, Epilepsy, and Headache 2026
June 4 - 6, 2026
Mayo Clinic Florida – Kinne Auditorium & Simulation Center
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Thursday, June 4, 2026 | |
Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement Disorders Procedures | |
7:00 AM ET | Registration (In front of Kinne Auditorium) |
Didactic Sessions – Neurosurgery/Neurology (Kinne Auditorium) | |
7:30 AM | Welcome and Introduction |
7:40 AM | Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease – Patient & Target Selection |
8:00 AM | Questions and Answers |
8:05 AM | Functional Neuroanatomy of the Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) |
8:25 AM | Questions and Answers |
8:30 AM | Advanced Imaging for STN Targeting |
8:50 AM | Questions and Answers |
8:55 AM | STN Programming Session: Live Parkinson’s Disease Patient |
9:15 AM | Questions and Answers |
9:20 AM | Refreshment Break and Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
9:50 AM | Advanced Imaging, Anatomy, and Surgery for Dystonia |
10:10 AM | Questions and Answers |
10:15 AM | GPi Programming Session: Live Dystonia Patient |
10:35 AM | Questions and Answers |
10:40 AM | Refreshment Break and Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
11:10 AM | Deciphering the Targets for Tremor: Neuroanatomy in Focus |
11:30 AM | Questions and Answers |
11:35 AM | Advanced Imaging for Thalamic Targets |
11:55 AM | Questions and Answers |
12:00 PM | VIM Programming Session: Live Essential Tremor Patient |
12:20 PM | Questions and Answers |
12:25 PM | Lunch Break/Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
12:45 PM | Lunch and Learn |
1:15 PM | Questions and Answers |
1:20 PM | Transition to Workshops at the Simulation Center/ Sim. Center Exhibits (Walk to the Vincent Stabile Building - 8th Floor) |
Neurosurgery & Neurology Workshops (Learning Center A/B & Procedural Skills Lab in Simulation Center) | |
1:45 PM | Frame Fixation, STN Targeting, and Stereotactic Approach to the STN (Hands-On Laboratory – Procedural Skills Lab) |
2:45 PM | GPi Targeting and Stereotactic Approach to the GPi (Hands-On Laboratory – Procedural Skills Lab) |
3:45 PM | Refreshment Break and Sim. Center Exhibits (In front of the Learning Rooms A/B) |
4:00 PM | VIM Targeting and Stereotactic Approach to the VIM for DBS, Radiosurgery and HiFU (Hands-On Laboratory – Procedural Skills Lab) |
5:00 PM | Adjourn |
Friday, June 5, 2026 | |
Movement Disorders & Epilepsy Procedures | |
7:00 AM ET | Breakfast and Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
Didactic Sessions – Neurology/Neurosurgery (Kinne Auditorium) | |
7:30 AM | Troubleshooting in Deep Brain Stimulation Programming & Challenges in Patient Management |
7:55 AM | Questions and Answers |
8:00 AM | Connectome Based Deep Brain Stimulation |
8:20 AM | Questions and Answers |
8:25 AM | Controversies Panel: DBS x Radiosurgery x HiFU: How and When I Choose Deep Brain Stimulation? |
8:40 AM | Questions and Answers |
8:45 AM | Controversies Panel: DBS x Radiosurgery x HiFU: How and When I Choose Radiosurgery? |
9:00 AM | Questions and Answers |
9:05 AM | Controversies Panel: DBS x Radiosurgery x HiFU: How and When I Choose Focused Ultrasound? |
9:20 AM | Questions and Answers |
9:25 AM | Radiofrequency Ablation in Epilepsy |
9:45 AM | Questions and Answers |
9:50 AM | Refreshment Break and Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
10:10 AM | Probing Connectivity Using Single Pulse Electrical Stimulation in the Human Brain |
10:30 AM | Questions and Answers |
10:35 AM | Invasive Monitoring with sEEG |
10:55 AM | Questions and Answers |
11:00 AM | Advanced Imaging and Surgery for Epilepsy (Centromedian/Parafascicular and Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Focus) |
11:20 AM | Questions and Answers |
11:25 AM | Polineuromodulation for Epilepsy (DBS + VNS + RNS) |
11:45 AM | Questions and Answers |
11:50 AM | Challenging Cases in Epilepsy |
12:10 PM | Questions and Answers |
12:15 PM | Lunch Break/Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
12:35 PM | Lunch and Discussion |
1:05 PM | Questions and Answers |
1:10 PM | Transition to Workshops at the Simulation Center/ Sim. Center Exhibits (Walk to the Vincent Stabile Building - 8th Floor) |
Neurology & Neurosurgery Workshops (Learning Center A/B & Procedural Skills Lab in Simulation Center) | |
1:35 PM | Mapping of STN, GPi and Thalamus Using Microelectrode Recordings |
2:05 PM | Programming DBS Hands-On |
2:35 PM | Refreshment Break and Sim. Center Exhibits (In front of the Learning Rooms A/B) |
2:50 PM | CM/Pf and ANT DBS Targeting (Demonstration & Hands-On) |
3:50 PM | SEEG and LITT Stereotactic Planning and Approach (Demonstration & Hands-On) |
4:30 PM | Adjourn |
6:30 PM | Dinner, Keynote Lecture, and Abstracts (Non-CME) at TPC Sawgrass |
Saturday, June 6, 2026 | |
Deep Brain Stimulation & Pain Procedures | |
8:00 AM ET | Breakfast and Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
Didactic Sessions – Neurology/Neurosurgery (Kinne Auditorium) | |
8:25 AM | Advanced Imaging and Neural Engineering Technologies |
8:45 AM | Questions and Answers |
8:50 AM | Updates on Intractable Headache |
9:10 AM | Questions and Answers |
9:15 AM | Neuromodulation Strategies for Headache |
9:35 AM | Questions and Answers |
9:40 AM | Advances in Neuromodulation for Neuropathic Facial Pain |
10:00 AM | Questions and Answers |
10:05 AM | VTA DBS for Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgia – When We Should Consider It |
10:25 AM | Questions and Answers |
10:30 AM | Refreshment Break and Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
10:50 AM | The Art and Precision of Botulinum Toxin in Neurology |
11:10 AM | Questions and Answers |
11:15 AM | Case Discussion - Decision-Making in Facial Pain |
11:35 AM | Questions and Answers |
11:40 AM | Lunch Break/Exhibit Hall (Conference Rooms CA 01 1106 and 1107) |
12:00 PM | Lunch and Learn |
12:20 PM | Questions and Answers |
12:25 PM | Group Picture and Awards |
12:35 PM | Transition to Workshops at the Simulation Center/ Sim. Center Exhibits (Walk to the Vincent Stabile Building - 8th Floor) |
Neurosurgery & Neurology Workshops (Procedural Skills Lab in Simulation Center) | |
1:00 PM | Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia |
2:00 PM | VTA DBS for Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgia & Peripheral Stimulation for Occipital Neuralgia (Demonstration and Hands-On) |
3:00 PM | Refreshment Break and Sim. Center Exhibits (In front of the Learning Rooms A/B) |
3:15 PM | Advanced Techniques for Botulinum Toxin in Neurology Workshop |
4:15 PM | Closing Remarks and Conference Certificates of Attendance (Learning Rooms A/B) |
4:30 PM | Adjourn |
The morning didactic lectures will take place in the Kinne Auditorium, located on the first floor of the Cannaday Building on the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville campus. The afternoon hands‑on workshops will be held at the J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Simulation Center, located on the eighth floor of the Stabile North Building on the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville campus.
This course does not offer a livestream option.
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.
There is no designated room block for this course. We recommend considering the following nearby hotels:
Hilton Jacksonville at Mayo Clinic
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 1 mile (Mayo Clinic has a shuttle service from this hotel to the campus)
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 26 miles
Residence Inn Jacksonville/Mayo Clinic Area
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 0.8 miles
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 27 miles
This hotel offers a daily shuttle to Mayo Clinic from 7 am-5 pm
The Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 5.3 miles
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 32 miles
Sawgrass Marriott Resort
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 7.6 miles
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 33.8 miles
One Ocean Resort
Distance to Mayo Clinic: 7.2 miles
Distance to Jacksonville International Airport: 25.2 miles
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s):
AMA
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM.
For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s) and staff, please go here to review disclosures.
On behalf of the Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development and course directors Sanjeet S. Grewal, M.D., Vanessa Milanese, M.D., Ph.D., Sara Casagrande, M.D. William Tatum, D.O., Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D., and Erik H. Middlebrooks, M.D., we invite you to consider a sponsorship and/or exhibit opportunity at the upcoming Mayo Clinic Rhoton-de Oliveira Treatment Advances in Neurology and Functional Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders, Epilepsy & Headache 2026 CME Course that will be held on June 4-6, 2026 at Mayo Clinic Florida Kinne Auditorium & J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Simulation Center in Jacksonville, Florida.
With both a neurosurgery and a neurology focus, this course is designed as a review of targeting, programming, surgical approaches, and operative techniques pertaining to surgical treatment of epilepsy, headache, and movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. The course offers a cadaver workshop as well as augmented reality and advanced programming workshops. This course is designed for neurosurgeons, pain specialists, neurologists, radiologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, fellows, and residents interested in movement disorders, to provide a global approach to the movement disorder patients.
Exhibit fees begin at $4,000 for the full course. Additional sponsorship opportunities are offered to expand reach and provide further interaction with attendees. Please review the
prospectus for more information on the exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities being offered.
To sign up to exhibit at this conference, log in to your user account and submit the Exhibitor Agreement Form on our website.
- If you do not already have a user account/profile, create one at https://ce.mayo.edu/. Follow this link for instructions on creating your profile if needed.
- Space is limited and is secured only by completion of the above linked Exhibitor Agreement webform.
Thank you for your consideration. We hope you will take the opportunity to join us for a truly unique educational program.
Price
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| Registration Fee(s) | |
|---|---|
| M.D., D.O., Ph.D. | $850 |
| Allied Health, NP, PA, Retirees | $600 |
Please update your profile to let us know if you have dietary restrictions or access requirements.
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