"Teenager And Doctor Research Strokes At Mount Sinai" - Kayla Mamelak
Maximilian Bazil is not your average teenager. At 15 years old, he decided he wanted to find a way to prevent strokes. Naturally, being that young and inexperienced, Max needed a doctor to conduct his research with. Christopher Kellner, MD, director of the intracerebral hemorrhage program at Mount Sinai and assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, decided to give Bazil a chance. Dr. Kellner and Bazil have been researching together for the past three years. Through the years the pair has studied strokes extensively, they even came up with a project idea to develop stem cells to try and deliver a certain medication to the area showing a problem in the vasospasm. In 2016, they were awarded $20,000 in grant money by the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery. The grant is typically won by senior residents or early career attending researchers. Bazil was 16 years old at the time. Bazil is now a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill. He works remotely for Dr. Kellner and comes to the hospital every time he is home on break.
- Christopher P. Kellner, MD, Director, Intracerebral Hemorrhage Program at Mount Sinai, Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai