37th International Symposium

Paradise-Point-San-Diego-California-2026

The American Autonomic Society brings together individuals from diverse disciplines who share an interest in the structure and function of the autonomic nervous system and in the pathology, treatment, and prevention of its disorders.

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Meeting Highlights

Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Tuesday, November 10

Trainee Meet & Greet
Course: Autonomic Practice Playbook: Exploring Models of Care (Bhavaraju-Sanka)

Wednesday, November 11

President’s Welcome
Burnstock Lecture (Ford)
Low Lecture (Chelimsky)
Ultimate Autonomic Challenge (Guzman)
Symposium 1: Interventional neuromodulation in dysautonomia: clinical foundations and emerging therapies (Miglis, Bombardieri)
Symposium 2: Interoception: the basic science and clinical relevance of body-to-brain sensory systems (Williams, Beach)
Sessions 1 & 2: Abstract Presentations
Poster Session and Trainee Poster Competition

Thursday, November 12

Symposium 3: Gastrointestinal complications of autonomic dysfunction: from motility to microbiome (Sonu, Jiang)
Symposium 4: The future of treatment and diagnosis in amyloidosis (Peltier, Gonzlez-Durate)
Sessions 3 & 4: Abstract Presentations
Streeten Lecture (Diedrich)
Autonomic Debate 1: Resolved—Pure Autonomic Failure (PAF) should be abandoned as a diagnostic entity
Autonomic Debate 2: Hidden Variables and Complex Patients: Can We Reliably Interpret Cardiovascular Autonomic Testing in 2026?
Poster Session

Friday, November 13

Business Meeting
Robertson Lecture (Weese-Mayer)
MSA Lecture (Khurana)
Symposium 5: Neural control of cardiopulmonary function in health and disease (Cheng, Tompkins)
Symposium 6: MCAS and the impact on autonomic function (Snapper, Breitbach)
Symposium 7: Intersecting conditions with pathophysiologic overlap: POTS, joint hypermobility syndromes (JHS), migraine, and pain sensitization (Klaas, Choe)
Session 5: Abstract Presentations
AAS Board Meeting
CAR Editorial Board Meeting
Presidential Dinner