NeuroRehabilitation 2026
- Continuing Education
Participants of NeuroRehabilitation 2026 will expand their clinical knowledge and enhance the skills needed to maximize the physical, cognitive, and social function of patients with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative disease. Participants will learn of state-of-the-art research and its application to clinical practice in such diverse topics as exercise, pharmacology, technology, wellness, patient motivation, and cognitive rehabilitation.
- Live Online
This program uses state-of-the-art streaming technology to present sessions online in real time. Participants can attend from any location, and can interact with faculty via live chat.
Additionally, all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for on-demand online viewing for 90 days after the end of the course.
$985
This is the full tuition for physicians. A $100 early registration discount is available.
For tuition for other medical professionals, please see the full table below.
Early Registration Deadline:
Continuing Education Credits
Earn up to:
» 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
» 20.25 ANCC contact hours
» 20.25 ECME Credits®
» Commensurate credits through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
This course will be submitted for continuing education credit for PTs, SLPs, and OTs
3 Days
This 3-day course, which is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, presents the most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to neurorehabilitation.
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Overview
Comprehensive Neurorehabilitation Update
Cutting-edge strategies, updates, and best practices for state-of-the-art rehabilitation
NeuroRehabilitation 2026 is a live online course, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
Patients with stroke, SCI, TBI, and functional and degenerative neurological diseases face significant disruption to so many facets of their lives, and clinicians are left with so many treatment dimensions to consider, that rehabilitation is never simple. These challenges are compounded by the fact that rehabilitation approaches are now in a period of rapid expansion. It’s difficult to stay current with, choose, and use the best options for neurorehabilitation—yet this is key to optimizing patient outcomes.
It’s with these challenges in mind that we present NeuroRehabilitation 2026. Many of the country’s most experienced and committed neurorehabilitation experts provide updates and strategies for state-of-the-art clinical interventions. Education is comprehensive and practical. As a participant in the distance learning program, you can rely on this course for:
- Comprehensive updates
- Education to further your expertise in guiding patients to their maximum level of function
- Evidence-based approaches to challenging and complex cases
- Case studies
- Take-home tools
- A learning experience to heighten your success in effectively and efficiently helping your patients gain the skills that will improve their health, function, and quality of life
In addition to being live streamed, all sessions will be recorded and placed in the online course library, enabling registrants to view them at their convenience. Recordings will be available for 90 days after the conclusion of the course.
2026 Course Highlights
Enhanced and Accelerated Recovery
This program includes important updates, new best practices, and state-of-the-art approaches to enhance and accelerate recovery, including:
- Rehabilitation of memory and executive skills after stroke and TBI
- Spasticity management
- Pharmacologic options for aggressive behavior after TBI
- Treatment of pressure ulcers
- Functional neuroimaging in disorders of consciousness
- Early mobilization in the ICU
- Life Participation Approach to Aphasia
- Music therapy
- The shoulder post-stroke
- Lower extremity orthotics after stroke
- Musculoskeletal overuse after SCI
- Pediatric TBI
Improved Quality of Life
This program includes strategies, best practices, and cutting-edge approaches to help foster quality of life:
- Wellness groups for stroke survivors
- The SCI consumer perspective
- Vision rehabilitation after stroke
- Women's health in SCI
- Resilience and adjustment after SCI
- Pharmacologic treatment of dementia
- Approaches to obesity in neurorehabilitation
Evolving Treatment Options
This program offers attendees the opportunity to learn about the future of treatment options and how and when they will impact patient outcomes:
- Artificial intelligence in neurorehabilitation
- Gamified neurorehabilitation treatments
- Forced exercise in Parkinson's disease
- Cryoneurolysis for spasticity
- Psycho-pharmacogenomics
- Brain-computer and brain-spinal interfaces
Expanded Understanding of a Wide Range of Neurological Conditions
Through this program, Physicians, NPs, PAs, PTs, OTs, SLPs, and Psychologists can deepen their knowledge and optimize clinical decisions concerning the following neurorehabilitation issues:
- Stroke recovery
- Functional neurologic disorders
- Mild TBI and PTSD in the military
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Severe TBI and disorders of consciousness
- Chronic TBI
- Emotional dysregulation and affective processing after TBI
- Domestic violence and TBI
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Autonomic dysfunction after SCI
- Visual dysfunction after stroke
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Spaulding Rehabilitation.
Participant Types
Physicians
- Physiatrists
- Neurologists
- Geriatricians
- Internists
- Family Practitioners
Physical Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Nurse Practitioners
Physician Assistants
Nurses
Psychologists
...and other health professionals interested in neurological rehabilitation
Schedule
This program is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses.
All schedule times are Eastern Daylight Time.
Please note that program changes / substitutions may be made without notice.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Welcome and Announcements
Dr. Mel Glenn
9:00-9:10 am
Artificial Intelligence in Neurorehabilitation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dr. Ronald Cotton
9:10-9:50 am
Q&A with Dr. Cotton
9:50-10:00 am
Break
10:00-10:05 am
Insight, Awareness, and Denial in Neurorehabilitation
Dr. Joseph Giacino
10:05-10:55 am
Q&A with Dr. Giacino
10:55-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:20 am
Risk Factors and Clinical Manifestations of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Dr. Ross Zafonte
11:20 am-12:10 pm
Q&A with Dr. Zafonte
12:10-12:20 pm
Break
12:20-1:20 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 1A - 1C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
1:20 pm - 2:10 pm
1A
Interventions to Support Family and Caregivers in Neurorehabilitation
Dr. Thomas Bergquist
1B
Forced Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Jay Alberts
1C
Chemo- and Cryo-Denervation Procedures for the Treatment of Spasticity
Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez
Break
2:10-2:15 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 2A - 2C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
2:15 pm - 3:05 pm
2A
Autonomic Nervous System and Brain Blood Flow after Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr. Shanti Pinto
2B
Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome after TBI and Stroke
Dr. Simon Driver
2C
Cutting-Edge Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Tanuja Chitnis
Break
3:05-3:20 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 3A - 3C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
3:20 pm - 4:10 pm
3A
Pharmacologic Approaches to Attentional Disorders After TBI
Dr. Hannah Steere
3B
Posthospital Residential Rehabilitation Programs for Stroke and TBI
Drs. Mel Glenn, Gordon Horn, and Frank Lewis
3C
The Use of Advanced Technology for SCI in Neurorehabilitation Clinical Practice
Dr. Chad Swank
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 4A - 4C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
4:15 pm - 5:05 pm
4A
Mild TBI and PTSD in the Military
Drs. Johnny Jarnagin and Lauren Brenner
4B
Advances in Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Dr. Qing Mei Wang
4C
Pharmacologic Treatment of Spasticity
Dr. Chloe Slocum
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Morning Introduction
Dr. Mel Glenn
9:00-9:05 am
Functional Neurologic Disorders and Post-Concussive Symptoms
Dr. Ginger Polich
9:05-9:45 am
Q&A with Dr. Polich
9:45-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:00 am
Promoting Critical Analysis of Scientific Literature for Neurorehabilitation Clinicians: How Scientists Fool Themselves
Dr. Grant Iverson
10:00-10:40 am
Q&A with Dr. Iverson
10:40-10:50 am
Break
10:50-11:05 am
Interactive Breakout Sessions 5A - 5C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
11:05 am - 11:55 am
5A
Vestibular Rehabilitation
Dr. Katie MacDonald
5B/C
Chronic Neuropathic Pain in CNS Disorders
Dr. Christine Sang
Break
11:55 am-12:55 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 6A - 6C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
12:55 pm - 1:35 pm
6A
Recovery and Outcome of Patients with Cognitive Motor Dissociation (Covert Consciousness) After Severe TBI
Dr. Yelena Bodien
6B
Effect of Exercise Intensity on Aerobic Fitness After Stroke
Dr. Sandra Billinger
6C
Neurorehabilitation of Adults with Childhood CNS Disorders
Dr. Jason Frankel
Break
1:45-1:50 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 7A - 7C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
1:50 pm - 2:40 pm
7A
Advanced Neuroimaging After TBI
Dr. Sam Snider
7B
Cognitive Impairment, Capacity, and Decision-Making
Joshua Abrams, JD, and Dr. Catherine Leveroni
7C
Home Modifications and Environmental Control Units (ECUs)
Dr. Kevin Berner
Break
2:40-2:45 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 8A - 8C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
2:45 pm - 3:35 pm
8A
The CBI-M Framework for Classifying TBI
8B
Vision Rehabilitation After Stroke
Dr. Samira Mortazavi
8C
Women’s Health After SCI
Dr. Chloe Slocum
Break
3:35-3:50 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 9A - 9C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
3:50 pm - 4:40 pm
9A
Recovery and Outcome After Mild TBI
Dr. Michael McCrea
9B
Swallowing and Dysphagia Management
Dr. Georgia Malandraki
9C
Update on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Dr. Sabrina Paganoni
Break
4:40-4:45 pm
Interactive Breakout Sessions 10A - 10C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
4:45 pm - 5:35 pm
10A
Pediatric TBI
Dr. Brian Wishart
10B
Depression: Advances in Pharmacologic Approaches—Beyond SSRIs and SNRIs
Dr. Rishab Gupta
10C
Research Trends and Innovations in SCI Rehabilitation
Dr. Randy Trumbower
Friday, May 15, 2026
Morning Introduction
Dr. Mel Glenn
9:00-9:05 am
Surgical Approaches to Neuro-Orthopedic Disorders of the Upper Limb Following Stroke, SCI, and TBI
Dr. Rohit Garg
9:05-9:45 am
Q&A with Dr. Garg
9:45-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:00 am
Interactive Breakout Sessions 11A - 11C
Each of these sessions includes 10 minutes of Q&A.
10:00 am - 10:50 am
11A
Pituitary Disorders after TBI
Dr. Nicholas Tritos
11B
The Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome
Dr. Jeremy Schmahmann
11C
ASIA Classification
Dr. Marika Hess
Break
10:50-11:05 am
Recovering Together: Patient-Caregiver Dyads in the Neuro-ICU to Prevent Chronic Emotional Distress
Dr. Ana-Maria Vranceanu
11:05-11:45 am
Q&A with Dr. Vranceanu
11:45-11:55 am
Break
11:55 am-12:55 pm
Virtual Reality in Neurorehabilitation
Dr. Judith Deutsch
12:55-1:35 pm
Q&A with Dr. Deutsch
1:35-1:45 pm
Break
1:45-2:00 pm
Panel: Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment in TBI, Stroke, and SCI
Case Studies
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introduction
Dr. Yelena Bodien
Traumatic Brain Injury Case
Dr. Courtney Gilbert
Stroke Case (or Anoxic Encephalopathy/Cardiac Arrest)
Dr. Courtney Gilbert
Spinal Cord Injury Case
Dr. Chloe Slocum
Q&A
Dr. Yelena Bodien, Moderator
Closing Remarks
Dr. Mel Glenn
3:15-3:20 pm
Optimized for Distance Learning
The 2026 program has been optimized for distance learning.
In addition to being live streamed, all sessions and breakouts will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 90 days after the end of the course. This on-demand archive will permit those in different time zones or who have scheduling conflicts to avoid missing out on any sessions that are important to them. In addition, participants can review sessions to reinforce key learning points.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Summarize the research evidence base for neurorehabilitation practice.
- Integrate state-of-the-art, evidence-based approaches to neurorehabilitation into their care of patients.
- Evaluate advances in research that will lead to future approaches to neurorehabilitation.
- Describe the risk factors for chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
- Discuss the treatment of adults with early childhood disorders of the central nervous system.
- Discuss how virtual reality can be used to treat patients with neurologic disorders.
- Describe the approach to working with patients with functional neurologic disorders.
- Discuss factors in research studies that can lead one to a false presumption of causality.
- Discuss appropriate treatments for spasticity after CNS injury or disease.
- Summarize the relationship between neurologic and psychological denial in people with stroke and traumatic brain injury.
- Describe approaches to obesity and cardiometabolic disease in neurorehabilitation patients.
- Describe three surgical approaches to neuro-orthopedic disorders of the upper limb.
- Describe the use of antidepressants other than SSRIs and SNRIs in neurorehabilitation.
Faculty
Course Director
Mel Glenn
MD
- Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation
- National Medical Director, NeuroRestorative
- Medical Director, Community Rehab Care
Assistant Course Directors
Yelena Guller Bodien
PhD
- Lecturer on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
- Research Scientist, Spaulding Rehabilitation
Chloe Slocum
MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation
Yelena Guller Bodien, PhD, Lecturer on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Part-time
Lauren Brenner, PhD, Instructor in Psychiatry
Tanuja Chitnis, MD, Professor of Neurology
Simon Driver, PhD, Member of the Faculty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Jason Frankel, MD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rohit Garg, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Joseph Giacino, PhD, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Courtney Gilbert, MD, Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mel Glenn, MD, Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rishab Gupta, MD, Instructor in Psychiatry
Marika Hess, MD, Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Grant Iverson, PhD, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johnny Jarnagin, MD, Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Catherine Leveroni, PhD, Neuropsychologist, Mass General Brigham
Kathryn MacDonald, PT, DPT, Clinical Specialist, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Samira Mortazavi, OD, Instructor in Ophthalmology
Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Shanti Pinto, MD, Member of the Faculty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Ginger Polich, MD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Christine Sang, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Jeremy Schmahmann, MD, Professor of Neurology
Chloe Slocum, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Samuel Snider, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Hannah Steere, MD, Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Chad Swank, PhD, Member of the Faculty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Nicholas Tritos, DSc, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine
Randy Trumbower, PhD, Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD, Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry
Qing Mei Wang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Theresa Williamson, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Brian Wishart, DO, Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Jay Alberts, PhD, The Edward F. and Barbara A. Bell Family Endowed Chair; Director, Cleveland Clinic Concussion Center; Vice Chair of Innovation, Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute
Thomas Bergquist, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Kevin Berner, MS, OTR, ATP, OTD, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Sandra Billinger, PhD, Professor of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Ronald Cotton, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine
Judith Deutsch, PhD, Professor of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, Rutgers School of Health Professions
Gordon Horn, PhD, National Deputy Director of Clinical Outcomes Services, Sevita Health
Frank Lewis, PhD, National Director of Clinical Outcome Services, Sevita Health
Georgia Malandraki, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University
Michael McRae, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio
Ross Zafonte, DO, Earle P. and Ida S. Charlton Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School; Executive Vice Dean for Clinical, Academic & Faculty Affairs, Professor Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Missouri School of Medicine/ MU HealthCare
Course Fees
Fee Disclaimer
Registrations for Harvard Medical School CME programs are made via our secure online registration system. At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
Upon receipt of your paid registration, an email confirmation will be sent to you. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently. Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate.
Please review the cancellation policy.
Early Registration Deadline:
| Role | Course Fee | Early Registration Course Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $985.00 | $885.00 |
| Nurse (RN/APRN) | $985.00 | $885.00 |
| PA | $985.00 | $885.00 |
| Psychologist | $985.00 | $885.00 |
| Resident/Fellow | $885.00 | $785.00 |
| Social Worker | $985.00 | $885.00 |
| Allied Health Professional / Other | $985.00 | $885.00 |
All registrants of NeuroRehabilitation 2026 will receive an electronic syllabus.
All sessions will be recorded as they are live streamed and placed in the online course video library, so that registrants can review them at their convenience. The video library will be available for 90 days after the conclusion of the course.
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this for a maximum of 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.25 contact hours, of which 1.00 is eligible for pharmacology credit.
This educational activity will be submitted for continuing education credit.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the European Union of Medical Specialties website.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.