Stephan A Mayer

Stephan A. Mayer is Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and is Director of Neurocritical Care for the Mount Sinai Health System. He is a graduate of Brown University, received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York, and did his postgraduate medical training in neurology and neurological intensive care at Columbia University. Dr. Mayer is a world leader in the field of neurological intensive care. He has published more than 225 original journal articles, 200 book chapters and review articles, 325 abstracts, and 7 books, including Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 13th Edition. He was principal investigator of the NovoSeven ICH Trial, a worldwide multicenter clinical trial evaluating ultra-early hemsotatic therapy for brain hemorrhage, and is also active in research related to subarachnoid hemorrhage, therapeutic hypothermia, acute ischemic stroke, status epilepticus, and cerebral blood flow monitoring. He is the recipient of many awards, including an American Heart Association Lifesaver Award in 2014. His work in helping patients survive and recover from massive brain injury has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and in the book Cheating Death, by CNN medical correspondant Dr. Sanjay Gupta.