Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds | Ronald Sahyouni, MD, MS, PhD

Neurorestoration: A New Paradigm for Restoring Function Across the Neural Axis Ronald Sahyouni, MD, MS, PhD, is Chief Resident in Neurological Surgery at UC San Diego and a physician-scientist and biomedical engineer focused on advancing neurorestoration as an emerging field within neurosurgery. He completed his BA at UC Berkeley and earned his MD and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UC Irvine. His work focuses on developing and translating neuromodulation technologies to restore neurological function following stroke, spinal cord injury, and other neurological disorders. He is co-founder of Asayena, Inc., a neurotechnology company developing implantable peripheral nerve interfaces to restore voluntary movement following paralysis. He was selected as a 2026 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Innovation Institute Fellow and Innovator of the Year finalist. His broader vision is to establish neurorestoration as a multidisciplinary clinical paradigm integrating neural repair, neuroplasticity, and emerging technologies to restore lost neurological function