David Agus

David B. Agus is an American physician and author[1] who serves as a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering[2] and the Founding Director and CEO of USC’s Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine.[3] He is also the cofounder of several personalized medicine companies[4] [5] [6][7] and a contributor to CBS News on health topics.[8]

David Agus
Agus at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2013
Born (1965-01-29) January 29, 1965
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University (1987),
University of Pennsylvania
Known for
  • Professor of Medicine and Engineering
    *Co-founder of Navigenics
    *Co-founder of Applied Proteomics
Spouse(s)Amy Povich
Children2
AwardsAmerican Cancer Society Physician Research Award
Clinical Scholar Award
CaP CURE Young Investigator Award
American Society of Clinical Oncology Fellowship Award
The HealthNetwork Foundation's Excellence Award
The 2009 Geoffrey Beene Foundation's Rock Stars of Science
Scientific career
FieldsPersonal genomics,
Biotechnology, Cancer

Agus’s field of expertise is advanced cancer.[9] He has developed new cancer treatments with the aid of private foundations such as the National Cancer Institute.[10] Agus has also served as chair of the Global Agenda Council on Genetics for the World Economic Forum.[11]  

He is also the author of three New York Times best selling books.[12][13][14]

Early life and education

He graduated cum laude in molecular biology from Princeton University in 1987 and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 1991.[15] Agus completed his residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed his oncology fellowship training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.[16] He spent two years at the National Institutes of Health as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute-NIH Research Scholar.[17]

Career

Agus has had a long and varied career. At the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, he was an attending physician in the Department of Medical Oncology and head of the Laboratory of Tumor Biology. He was also Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cornell University Medical Center.[16]

As director of the Spielberg Family Center for Applied Proteomics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, he led a multidisciplinary team of researchers dedicated to the development and use of proteomic technologies to guide doctors in making health-care decisions tailored to individual needs. The center grew out of earlier clinical projects at Cedars-Sinai, where Agus served as an attending physician in oncology, which showed striking differences between the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in certain patients and their ability to respond to treatment.[18]

Agus also formerly served as Director of the Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center, and as an attending physician in the Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.[19] He was also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

He is a Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and is the Director of the USC Center for Applied Molecular Medicine and the USC Westside Norris Cancer Center.[20] Agus is co-Director of the USC-National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences in Oncology Center together with Danny Hillis and Murray Gell-Mann.[21] Agus chairs the Global Agenda Council (GAC) on Genetics for the World Economic Forum,[22] and speaks regularly at TEDMED,[23] the Aspen Ideas Festival[24] and the World Economic Forum.[22]

Agus has received many honors and awards, including the American Cancer Society Physician Research Award, a Clinical Scholar Award from the Sloan-Kettering Institute, a CaP CURE Young Investigator Award and the American Society of Clinical Oncology Fellowship Award, the HealthNetwork Foundation's Excellence Award, and the 2009 Geoffrey Beene Foundation's Rock Stars of Science, as seen in GQ.[16] In 2009, he was selected to serve as a judge for the first Biotech Humanitarian Award.[25]

Agus's research has focused on the use of technology to model cancer and on new treatments cancer.[26] He has published many scientific articles.[27]

He is a member of several scientific and medical societies, including the Council on Foreign Relations,[28] the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Cancer Research, American College of Physicians, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Medical Association.[29]

His first book, The End of Illness, was published January, 2012 by the Free Press Division of Simon & Schuster[30] and is a New York Times best seller.

Agus became a contributor for CBS News in 2013 and appears regularly on CBS this Morning.[31] His second book, A Short Guide to a Long Life, was published in January, 2014 by Simon & Schuster and is a New York Times and international best seller.[32] His third book, The Lucky Years: How to Live in the Age of Smart Medicine, was published in January 2016, and is a New York Times best seller.[33]

Agus is also a regular contributor of the Howard Stern Show, and served as a doctor for the show's co-host Robin Quivers.

Personal life

Agus is married to Amy Joyce Povich, actress and daughter of syndicated television talk show host Maury Povich. Her stepmother, Connie Chung, is a former CBS News anchor. Agus' grandfather, Rabbi Jacob B. Agus, was a theologian and the author of several books on Jewish history and philosophy. Agus has two children, Sydney and Miles.[34] Agus is Jewish.

Miscellaneous

Agus appears in the 2006 documentary Who Needs Sleep?

Agus was also the physician to Johnny Ramone during his battle with prostate cancer.[35]

Bibliography
  • 2012, The End of Illness. Free Press; Illustrated edition  ISBN 9781451610192
  • 2014, A Short Guide to a Long Life, Simon & Schuster ISBN 9781476736099
  • 2017, The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health, Simon & Schuste ISBN 1476712115

References
  1. https://keck.usc.edu/faculty-search/david-b-agus/
  2. "David Agus". TEDMED. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. "Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine". Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. Hsieh, Nathaniel (15 October 2012). "Prof focuses on cancer prevention". Daily Trojan. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. "Ellison-Agus' Sensei separating farm, retreat units". mauinews.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. Belvedere, Matthew J. (13 January 2016). "Top cancer doctor: Do these things to live longer". CNBC. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  7. "How a Los Angeles doctor got swept up in the White House's Covid-19 response". STAT. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  8. "Dr. David Agus". 9 October 2014.
  9. "How a Los Angeles doctor got swept up in the White House's Covid-19 response". STAT. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  10. Belvedere, Matthew J. (13 January 2016). "Top cancer doctor: Do these things to live longer". CNBC. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  11. "WVUToday Archive". wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  12. The End of Illness. 16 October 2012. ISBN 978-1-4516-1019-2.
  13. A Short Guide to a Long Life. 30 December 2014. ISBN 978-1-4767-3609-9.
  14. "David B. Agus, MD | Keck School of Medicine of USC". Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  15. "1990s Donors". Medical Alumni Donors. Penn Medicine Alumni. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  16. USC. "David B. Agus, M.D." Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  17. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "David Agus, M.D." Retrieved May 7, 2009
  18. Entrepreneurs' Organization. "Power Speakers" Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 6, 2009
  19. "D.B. Agus Joins Cedars-Sinai, Prostate Cancer Institute". 13 May 2000. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014.
  20. "USC Westside Norris Cancer Center" Archived 2013-01-22 at Archive.today Retrieved November 22, 2011
  21. http://www.uscpsoc.org
  22. "David B. Agus". David B. Agus - World Economic Forum.
  23. "TEDMED - Speaker: David Agus". TEDMED.
  24. "David Agus - Aspen Ideas Speaker".
  25. "Notables in Research, Health Care and Philanthropy to Serve as Judges for First Annual Biotech Humanitarian Award". Biotechnology Industry Organization. 21 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  26. "David B. Agus, MD". Keck Medicine.
  27. "david agus". NCBI.
  28. "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.
  29. Milken Institute. "Milken Institute Global Conference: Speaker's Biography." Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 7, 2009
  30. The End of Illness | Book by David B. Agus - Simon & Schuster. Books.simonandschuster.com. 17 January 2012. ISBN 9781451610178. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  31. "Breaking News - Pioneering Biomedical Researcher and Leading Oncologist Dr. David Agus Is Named a CBS News Contributor - TheFutonCritic.com".
  32. Agus, David B.; Loberg, Kristin (2014). A Short Guide to a Long Life. ISBN 9781476730950.
  33. "Best Sellers - Jan. 31, 2016". The New York Times.
  34. Amy J. Povich; David B. Agus (5 June 1994). "Weddings". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  35. Loder, Kurt (16 June 2004). "Johnny Ramone Not Dying His Doctor Says". MTV News. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

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