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Summary
- Medical officer at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
CAPT, US Public Health Service
Education & Training
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), 2009 - 2011
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2007 - 2009
- Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 2004
- Cornell UniversityBA, Biology, 1994 - 1998
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2007 - 2024
- OH State Medical License 2004 - 2007
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Investigation of an mpox outbreak affecting many vaccinated persons in Chicago, IL-March 2023-June 2023.Emily A G Faherty, Taylor Holly, Yasmin P Ogale, Hillary Spencer, Ashley M Becht, Gordon Crisler, Michael Wasz, Patrick Stonehouse, Hannah J Barbian, Christy Zelinski,...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2024 Apr 3
- 1 citationsPathology and Monkeypox virus Localization in Tissues From Immunocompromised Patients With Severe or Fatal Mpox.Rao, A. K., Jana M Ritter, Roosecelis B Martines, Julu Bhatnagar, Agam K Rao, Julian A Villalba, Luciana Silva-Flannery, Elizabeth Lee, Hannah A Bullock, Christina L H...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024 Mar 26
- How the Orthodox Features of Orthopoxviruses Led to an Unorthodox Mpox Outbreak: What We've Learned, and What We Still Need to Understand.John T Brooks, Mary G Reynolds, Elizabeth Torrone, Andrea McCollum, Ian H Spicknall, Crystal M Gigante, Yu Li, Panayampalli S Satheshkumar, Laura A S Quilter, Agam K R...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024 Mar 26
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Journal Articles
- Botulism Associated with Home-Fermented Tofu in Two Chinese Immigrants—New York City, March-April 2012Edward Chai, Eugene Choi, Cristina Gutierrez, Melvin Hochman, Suja Johnkutty, Wael Kamel, Todd Mekles, Joel Ackelsberg, Sharon Balter, Agam K Rao, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 7/5/2013
- Botulism From Drinking Prison-Made Illicit Alcohol—Utah 2011Diana Thurston, Ilene Risk, Agam Rao, MMWR, 10/5/2012
- Botulism from Drinking Prison-Made Illicit Alcohol—Arizona, 2012Graham Briggs, Shoana Anderson, Agam Rao, Rajal Mody, MMWR, 2/8/2012
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Books/Book Chapters
Press Mentions
- CDC Offers Tentative Guidance for Severe Mpox TreatmentMarch 2nd, 2023
- CDC Advisors Are Voting in Favor of Using the Smallpox Vaccine in Future OutbreaksFebruary 22nd, 2023
- CDC Advisers Vote in Favor of Using Mpox Vaccine in Future OutbreaksFebruary 22nd, 2023
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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