Board certified in pediatric neurosurgery by the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery and neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, , Dr. Gary Magram has more than 20 years of surgical experience. He is the Medical Director of Neurosurgery at Children's. His major area of research interest is in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
Aside from his years of surgical experience, Dr. Magram’s career includes Associate Professor positions at Seton Hall, Temple and George Washington Universities, as well as numerous publications and research. He is a member of several professional societies including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Graduating from the University of Maryland, Dr. Gary Magram completed his internship and residency in surgery and neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Publications
Kemp K, Lion JR, Magram G. “Lithium in the treatment of a manic patient with multiple sclerosis: a case report.” Dis Nerv Syst. 1977; 38(3):210-1.
PMID: 837824
Hreidarsson S, Magram G, Singer H. “Symptomatic atlantoaxial dislocation in Down syndrome.” Pediatrics. 1982; 69(5):568-71.
PMID: 6210877
West DW, Levine S, Magram G, MacCorkle AH, Thomas P, Upp K. “Pediatric medication order error rates related to the mode of order transmission.” Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1994; 148(12):1322-6.
PMID: 7951816
Magram G. “A cerebrospinal fluid shunt: a theoretical concept.” Childs Nerv Syst. 1995; 11(10):604-6.
PMID: 8556728
Vieira T, Eppes SC, Magram G. “Recurrent E. coli meningitis associated with an intracranial dermoid cyst.” Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1996; 35(1):32-3.
PMID: 8825848
Gripp KW, Scott CI Jr, Nicholson L, Magram G, Grissom LE. “Chiari malformation and tonsillar ectopia in twin brothers and father with autosomal dominant spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia tarda.” Skeletal Radiol. 1997; 26(2):131-3.
PMID: 9060107
Magram G, Liakos AM. “The CSF accumulator: its role in the central nervous system and implications for advancing hydrocephalus shunt technology.” Pediatr Neurosurg. 1997; 26(5):236-46.
PMID: 9440493
Greenberg SB, Magram G. “Magnetic resonance cystography with gadopenetate dimeglumine of a cystic craniopharyngioma in a child - a technical note.” Pediatr Radiol. 2000; 30(2):85-6.
PMID: 10663517
Magram G, Liakos AM. “The CSF accumulator.” Neurol Res. 2000; 22(1):4-18.
PMID: 10672575
Magram G. “Fetal surgery for spina bifida.” Lancet. 1999; 353(9150):406; author reply 407.
PMID: 9950464
Liakos AM, Bradley NK, Magram G, Muszynski C. “Hydrocephalus and the reproductive health of women: the medical implications of maternal shunt dependency in 70 women and 138 pregnancies.” Neurol Res. 2000; 22(1):69-88.
PMID: 10672583
Dubin MJ, Magram G, Prasad AK. “Intracranial pressure waveform analysis: computation of pressure transmission and waveform shape indicators.” Neurol Res. 1998; 20(6):533-41.
PMID: 9713845
Magram G, Liakos AM. “Cerebrospinal fluid flow through an implanted shunt.” Neurol Res. 2000; 22(1):43-50.
PMID: 10672580
Magram G. “The CSF accumulator: its role in the central nervous system and implications for advancing hydrocephalus shunt technology.” Pediatr Neurosurg. 1997; 27(5):277.
PMID: 9620008