Department of Neurosurgery faculty and staff with friends and family at the Run for Research.
About 50 faculty and staff, patients, and their families in September took part in the Fifth Annual 5k Run for Research, hosted by the Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and TeamCindy, a fundraising arm of the Brain Aneurysm Foundation.
The event in Riverside Park raised more than $38,000. Christopher P. Kellner, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, and Director of Mount Sinai’s Intracerebral Hemorrhage Program, came in third place among the 350 participants and first place in his age division.
“Brain aneurysms are a ‘silent killer’ because most show no symptoms over time. To honor those who have brain aneurysms, we are doing what we can to provide critical awareness, education, support, and research funding to reduce attacks,” says J Mocco, MD, MS, Vice Chair of Neurosurgery, and Director of the Cerebrovascular Center, Mount Sinai Health System.