
Sharona Ben-Haim, MD
@SBenHaimMD
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Neurosurgeon @UCSDHealth | Past Chair @WINSneurosurge1 | Residency Associate Program Director @UCSDNeuroSurg | Views = mine. RT ≠ endorsement. #Epilepsy #Pain
San Diego and La Jolla, CA
Joined January 2020
Delighted to speak with @NBCNews’ @DrAkshaySyal about a cell therapy that may offer a new way for drug-resistant #epilepsy patients to achieve seizure freedom. Grateful as always to the amazing @UCSDHealth team and my collaborator, Dr. Jerry Shih (PI):
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So excited to welcome these three superstars to our @UCSDNeuroSurg family!.
Happy Match Day! We are thrilled to welcome Drs. Guan Li, Julie Necarsulmer, and Kyle Zappi to the #UCSDNeuroSurg team! We look forward to their continued success and future contributions to neurosurgery. #Match2025
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Fran Conley, one of the first female neurosurgeons in the US, will always be remembered for her tenacity and her courage, taking the difficult path and paving the way for the next generation of women. @WomenInNSGY @UCSDNeuroSurg .
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RT @CNS_Update: We wanted to take a moment to recognize @DrAlexKhalessi for his hard work and dedication serving as President of the CNS th….
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So proud of this momentous occasion. Congratulations to Chair-Elect of the CNS, Dr. Martina Stippler, and to incoming Secretary Dr. Lola Chambless! #historicEC, @MartinaStippler @WomenInNSGY.
Join us in congratulating @MartinaStippler on becoming the CNS President-Elect for the 2025-2026 year! We look forward to what you will accomplish!
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RT @UCSDNeuroSurg: Our Chair Dr. Alexander Khalessi concluded his #2024CNS presidency with the gavel exchange to the new CNS President Dr.….
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RT @WomenInNSGY: Thank you to Julie Kent, our WINS reception speaker, and everyone who joined us at the WINS reception tonight! 🎉Your prese….
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Congratulations Dr. Rosseau on this tremendous, well-deserved recognition for blazing the path forward for us all. #2024CNS @grosseaumd @WomenInNSGY.
Congratulations to Gail L. Rosseau, MD, on the WINS Trailblazer Award at #2024CNS. @Grosseaumd works with leaders of other surgical organizations to increase access to quality surgery for patients everywhere. Thank you for your contributions to #neurosurgery!
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RT @BrianNahed: The CNS Leadership Institute has trained hundreds of Neurosurgeons empowering current and future healthcare leaders! Incred….
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Beautiful ode to Randy Smith, MD by Nuvi Mehta of the @SanDiegoSymph at the #WestNsurg2024 meeting. @WestNsurg @UCSDNeuroSurg
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RT @jclauneuro: Excellent session on the Evolution of #Epilepsy Surgery at #ASSFN2024. Awesome to have Dr. Engel on the panel as well! @ASS….
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Wrapping the #ASSFN Psychiatric Neurosurgery Meeting in Nashville, an excellent multidisciplinary forum with surgeons, neurologists, psychiatrists, ethicists, patients, and so many others to truly advance the field forward. @SameerShethMD @drpouratian
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Thanks to everyone who joined us this morning for this fantastic #UCSDNeuroSurg departmental event to celebrate the amazing breadth and depth of research being performed by our @UCSDMedSchool talented medical students and neurosurgery residents. @UCSDHealthSci.
Our #UCSDNeuroSurg Chair Dr. Alexander Khalessi (@DrAlexKhalessi) kicks off Neurosurgery Research Day, where our residents present their latest research that push the boundaries of care and change how we think about neurological disease.
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Congratulations to these two amazing women, who are the first women to win each of these prestigious SNS awards. @WINSneurosurge1 👏.
We are delighted to celebrate the trailblazing work of Dr. Deborah Benzil, who was honored with the SNS Distinguished Service Award, and Dr. Linda Liau for her receipt of the prestigious Winn Prize! @WINSneurosurge1 @AANSNeuro @CNS_Update @UCLANsgy @CleClinicNS
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Fantastic group at the CNS Leadership course this year! @CNS_Update @RushnaAli6 @nsurgchick @UCSDNeuroSurg
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Fantastic turnout. Thank you to everyone who attended in support of WINS!.
What an incredible evening at our #WINSxAANS2024 Reception! A big thank you to everyone who joined us at VU Rooftop during #AANS2024. We thanked Dr. @SBenHaimMD for her work this past year as WINS chair & welcomed Dr. Rahman as incoming WINS chair! 🌟 @AANSneuro #neurosurgery
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Lively discussion at this morning’s Data Science session: AI in medicine is here, and neurosurgery must be at the forefront of leading the conversation in its progress, implementation and regulation. #AANS2024 @AndrewAbumoussa @DrMaxBoakye @UCSDNeuroSurg
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RT @tbeaumont: Excellent talk by our very own @DrAlexKhalessi current President @CNS_Update about “what matters” in Neurosurgery. @AANSNeur….
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Packed house at the WINS reception this evening! Thank you all for joining, and a special thank you to my amazing board, and particularly to @S__Pugazenthi and @ninayoh for all of your hard work, energy and creativity on behalf of @WINSneurosurge1 this year!! #AANS2024
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Great pleasure to honor Professor Mary Heinricher, Ph.D., one of my valued research mentors, and our AANS Pain Section 2024 Loeser Lecturer. Congratulations! #AANS2024
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