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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Barrow Neurological Institute
Lea Scherschinski, MD, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Translational Neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute. She works in the Barrow Aneurysm and AVM Research Center.
Dr. Scherschinski received her medical doctorate degree from Charité University Berlin in Germany. During her medical studies, she joined the laboratory of Dr. Peter Vajkoczy, where she investigated the Gas6-Axl signaling pathway in glioblastoma multiforme. She completed a stem cell research fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Vijay Kuchroo at Harvard Medical School and completed neurosurgical clerkships at Mount Sinai Hospital and Charité University Berlin.
Dr. Scherschinski’s research interests include developing a mouse model that permits localized induction of brain arteriovenous malformations in transgenic mice. Her clinical investigations focus on evaluating patient outcomes following treatment of cerebrovascular diseases.