Ryan Sindewald, MD

Undergraduate: San Diego State University, BA in Chemistry

Medical School: University of California-San Diego

Email: KPU8FA@uvahealth.org

President Neurosurgery Research Group, UCSD 2024 – 2025

Science Laboratory Technician II
Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College  2017 – 2021
El Cajon, CA

Student Researcher Chien Lab, UCSD 2024 – 2025
Managed cell culturing and conducted research in aneurysms.

Chu T, Sindewald RW, Stone LE, Wali AR, Santiago-Dieppa DR. Middle meningeal artery embolization: A scoping review of trends and outcomes by embolization material. Surgical Neurology International. (2025, Mar); 16(88): 1-8.
https://surgicalneurologyint.com/surgicalint-articles/middle-meningeal-artery-embolization-a-scoping-review-of-trendsand-
outcomes-by-embolization-material/

Hernandez NS, Sindewald RW, Brandel MG, Wali AR, Murthy NK, Steinberg JA, Pannell JS, Khalessi AA, Santiago-Dieppa DR. The middle meningeal artery Patency After Coil Embolization (PACE) score: A novel descriptor of angiographic occlusion. Interventional Neuroradiology. (2024, Dec); 0(0): 1-1.
Cited in PubMed; PMID: 39716843.

Paulsen ER, Moore CE, Rheingold AL, Pullman DP, Sindewald RW, Cooksy AL, Grotjhan DB. Dynamic Pi-Bonding of Imidazolyl Substituent in a Formally 16-Electron Cp*Ru(Kappa2-P,N)+ Catalyst Allows Dramatic Rate Increases in (E)-Selective Monoisomerization of Alkenes. ACS Catalysis. (2019, Jul); 9(8): 7217-7231. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acscatal.8b04345

Sindewald RW, Brandel MG, Wali AR, Khalessi AA, Santiago-Dieppa DR. Simultaneous resolution of arachnoid cyst and chronic subdural hematoma after middle meningeal artery embolization: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons. (2024, Jul); 8(5): 1-3.
https://thejns.org/caselessons/view/journals/j-neurosurg-case-lessons/8/5/article-CASE24192.xml?
product=caselessons&body=pdf-32070

Sindewald RW, Brandel MG, Wali AR, Yan CH, Santiago-Dieppa DR. Surgical management of a lateral sphenoid sinus encephalocele: 2-Dimensional operative video. World Neurosurgery X. (2024, Sep); 25(1): 1-2.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590139724001339?via%3Dihub

Sindewald RW, Gonzalez HFJ, Brandel MG, Steinberg JA. Enlarging symptomatic arachnoid cyst in an elderly patient: illustrative case.. Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons. (2023, Apr); Volume 5 (2023)(Issue 15): 1-4.
https://thejns.org/caselessons/view/journals/j-neurosurg-case-lessons/5/15/article-CASE2379.xml?product=caselessons

Sindewald RW, Wali AR, Murthy NK, Brandel MG, Steinberg JA, Pannell JS, Khalessi AA, Santiago-Dieppa DR. Noninferiority of coiling versus coiling with particles in middle meningeal artery embolization: A technical note and case series. Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery. (2025, Apr); 1(1): 1-8.
Cited in PubMed; PMID: 40235121.
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Stone LE, Sindewald RW, Kelly MP. Self-image in spinal deformity: a state-of-the-art review. Spine Deformity. (2024, May); 12(5): 1179-1202.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43390-024-00875-2

Wali AR, Pathuri S, Brandel MG, Sindewald RW, Hirshman BR, Bravo JA, Steinberg JA, Olson SE, Pannell JS, Khalessi AA, Santiago-Dieppa DR. Reducing frame rate and pulse rate for routine diagnostic cerebral angiography: ALARA principles in practice. The Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery. (2023, Dec); 26(1): 46-50.
https://www.the-jcen.org/journal/view.php?year=2024&vol=26&spage=46

Wali AR, Sindewald RW, Brandel MG, Bravo JA, Steinberg JA, Pannell, JS, Khalessi AA, Santiago-Dieppa DR. Optimizing suction force in mechanical thrombectomy: Priming the aspiration tubing with air versus saline. The Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery. (2024, Feb); 26(3): 260-264.
https://www.the-jcen.org/journal/view.php?year=2024&vol=26&spage=260

Wali AR, Sindewald RW, Brandel MG, Pathuri S, Hirshman BR, Bravo JA, Steinberg JA, Pannell JS, Khalessi AA, Santiago-Dieppa DR. ALARA principles in practice: reduced frame and pulse rates for middle meningeal artery embolization. The Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery. (2024, Aug); 26(3): 293-297.
https://www.the-jcen.org/journal/view.php?year=2024&vol=26&spage=293