Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for Motor Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
Part of Beyond Palliation: Disease Modification with Neuromodulation Therapies
Details
- Date
- Saturday, January 23, 2027
- Time
- 11:20 AM – 11:35 AM
- Session type
- Panel Session
- Schedule
- See this day
About
This panel will review emerging evidence that positions neuromodulation as a restorative and disease-modifying therapy, examining its mechanisms, clinical data, and implications for future research and treatment.
Presenters
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Sharona Ben-Haim, MD
Associate Professor
University of California, San Diego · CARDIFF BY THE SEA, California
Sharona Ben-Haim, MD, is currently an Associate Professor, the Associate Residency Program Director, the Director of the Surgical Epilepsy Program in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Ben-Haim is an academic functional neurosurgeon whose practice focuses on advancing surgery for the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, deep-brain stimulation for movement disorders, and surgery for chronic pain, including facial pain. She studies cerebral networks of pain processing as well as advanced intracranial neurophysiology using novel electrode interfaces.
She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN) and is also a member-at-large of the Executive Committee of the AANS/CNS Section on Pain. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).