Join us for the first-ever Pediatric Mind Body Medicine Symposium, a Harvard Medical School CME sponsored by the Pediatric Mind-Body Medicine Program, Child Resiliency Program(CRP) and the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine (BHI) at Mass General Hospital.

The course will be held live at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA and via livestream May 7-8, 2026.  The symposium brings together leading experts in mind-body medicine, psychology, psychiatry, trauma studies, gastroenterology, neurology, and complementary medicine, including music, art, and body-based therapies, to educate health care professionals about the vital connections between mental, emotional, and physical health in young people.

“We’re very excited to announce a first-of-its-kind CME conference that will bring together clinicians, researchers, and creative healers from the fields of music-, art- and body-based therapies to explore the profound connections between mental, emotional, and physical health in youth facing complex challenges.  We chose the beautiful and historic Coolidge Corner theater to make explicit what seems to have been forgotten, that the arts and sciences are both necessary for whole-person health,” said Mark Salvatore, MD, Founding Clinical Director of the Pediatric Mind-Body Medicine Program at Mass General Brigham for Children.

The two-day CME will empower healthcare providers with practical, evidence-based mind-body approaches to help manage chronic, often complex health conditions such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, disorders of gut-brain interaction, and functional neurologic disorders.

Participants will get the latest research and best practices in mind body approaches to treating physical and mental health conditions, as well as patient and caregiver perspectives.

“Fundamentally, helping our children develop mind body skills is the bedrock for a healthy society,” said BHI Medical Director Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH.  “This course is a first at Harvard to dive into the research and practice of mind body skills in pediatrics.”

For more information or to register, visit https://learn.hms.harvard.edu/programs/pediatric-mind-body-medicine-symposium

Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.