Matthew Agam, MD | Emory School of Medicine

About me

I hope to complete both enfolded and post-residency fellowships and continue working in academics.

Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society, inducted 2019
Graduation with “Distinction in Research”, May 2019
Integra Foundation Award, CNS Annual Meeting, 2017
Stephen Abrahamson Award for Innovation, Innovations in Medical Education Annual Conference, 2018
Most Meritorious Poster, USC Medical Student Research Forum, 2017
USC MEDSTARS Finalist for best surgical research, 2017
Keck Summer Research Fellow, 2016
USC Baccalaureate/MD, 8-year combined BS/MD program, 2011-2019

Agam M, Wedemeyer MA, Wrobel B, Weiss MH, Carmichael JD, Zada G (2018), Complications associated with microscopic and endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: experience of 1,153 consecutive cases treated at a single tertiary care pituitary center. Journal of Neurosurgery, 1:1-8. PMID: 29999459
Agam M, Zada G (2018), Complications associated with transsphenoidal surgery: review of the literature. Invited topic review accepted for publication in September 2018 issue of Clinical Neurosurgery. PMID: 31076790
Olsen RHJ, Agam M, Davis MJ and Raber J (2012), ApoE isoform-dependent deficits in extinction of contextual fear conditioning. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 11:806-812. PMID 22883220
Nelson A, Agam M, Nguyen DT, Vo A. Aiding the Transition to Medical School with a Curriculum-Based Online Study Tool: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study. (submitted).

Agam M, Wedemeyer MA, Weiss MH, Carmichael JD, Zada G. Complications associated with transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: experience of 1,171 consecutive cases treated at a single tertiary care pituitary center. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. October 2017.
Agam M, Nelson A, Nguyen DT, Shah I, Vo A. Keck Online Learning Initiative: Evaluating a Medical Education E-Learning Innovation. American Evaluation Association 32^nd Annual Conference in Cleveland, OH. November 2018.
Nelson A, Nguyen DT, Agam M, Schooner L, Vo A. Keck Online Learning Initiative: Improving a Medical School Peer Education Model. American Evaluation Association 32^nd Annual Conference in Cleveland, OH. November 2018.
Nguyen BS, Agam M, Nelson A, Vo A. How do first year medical students study? Investigating an institutional E-learning initiative in its second year. Innovations in Medical Education Conference in Los Angeles, CA. February 2018.
Agam M, Inaba K, Recinos G, Lam L, Benjamin E, Grabo D, Demetriades D. The injured cyclist: an epidemiological analysis of cyclist trauma and the effects of drug and alcohol use on injury severity and outcome. Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting in Santa Barbara, CA. January 2017.

Agam M, Chesney K, Memel Z, Carmichael JD, Weiss MH, Zada G. Microscopic versus Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach for Resection of Giant Pituitary Adenomas: Surgical Outcomes in 44 Patients. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. October 2018.
Agam M, Chesney K, Memel Z, Fredrickson V, Rutkowski M, Shiroishi M, Carmichael JD, Weiss MH, Zada G. Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach for Resection of Giant Pituitary Adenomas: Surgical Outcomes in 37 Patients Treated at a Single Tertiary Academic Center. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. April 2019.
Nguyen BS, Agam M, Nelson A, Vo A. How do first year medical students study? Investigating an institutional E-learning initiative in its second year. AAMC Western Group on Educational Affairs conference in Denver, CO. March 2018.