MatthewChristensenMD(He/Him)

Emergency Medicine • San Diego, CA

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Office
34800 Bob Wilson Dr
San Diego, CA 92101

Summary

I am an emergency medicine resident interested in aerospace medicine, wilderness medicine, and military leadership. I have held numerous elected and appointed leadership positions, most notably as a founding member and past Chair of the EMRA Government Services Committee, 2-time EMRA National Medical Student Council member, and past Student Dean of Chicago Medical School.

EMRA Leadership Profile - Matthew Christensen

Education & Training

Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Residency, Emergency Medicine, 2022 - 2025
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Internship, Emergency Medicine, 2021 - 2022
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 2021, Doctor of Allopathic Medicine
California State Polytechnic University, PomonaBachelor of Science, Biotechnology major, minors in Physiology and Chemistry, Cum Laude, 2009 - 2015

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

EM Intern of the Year Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2022
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Service to Chicago Medical School Chicago Medical School, 2021
University Student Leadership Award Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2020
Outstanding Representation of a Student Voice Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2020
2019-20 Medical Student Council Member of the Year Emergency Medicine Residents' Association, 2020
New Student Organization of the Year: Student SIMS Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2019
Student Organization of the Year: Emergency Medicine interest group Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2019
Great Plains Region EMIG of the Year Emergency Medicine Residents' Association, 2019
National EMIG of the Year - 2nd Runner Up Emergency Medicine Residents' Association, 2019
DAISY Nursing Excellence Award nominee Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, 2016
David F. Steele Pre-Professional Health Career Scholarship Cal Poly Pomona, 2015
Best Poster Award: Extremophile Category European Astrobiology Network Association, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

16 citations
L-MYC Expression Maintains Self Renewal and Prolongs Multipotency of Primary Human Neural Stem Cells
Zhongqi Li, Diana Oganesyan, Rachael Mooney, Xianfang Rong, Matthew J. Christensen
Stem Cell Reports. 2016-09-13
7 citations
A New Player in the Spermiogenesis Pathway of Caenorhabditis elegans
Craig W. LaMunyon, Ubaydah Nasri, Nicholas G. Sullivan, Misa A. Shaw, Gaurav Prajapati
Genetics. 2015-11-01

Journal Articles

Lower Extremity Sprain and Strain Injuries: Rapid Systematic Review
Christensen MJ, Levin D, Li T, Krainin B, Abraham A, Lee-Winn A, Piper C, Hoyt A, Young M, Lemery J, Medical Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Long Duration Human Spaceflight. NASA Human Research Program, Exploration Capability Element, 4/2021
Lower Extremity Tendinopathy and Overuse Injuries: Rapid Systematic Review
Christensen MJ, Levin D, Li T, Krainin B, Abraham A, Lee-Winn A, Piper C, Hoyt A, Young M, Lemery J, Medical Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Long Duration Human Spaceflight. NASA Human Research Program, Exploration Capability Element, 4/2021
Thank You for Your Service
Christensen MJ, Synapses: The Creative Journal of Chicago Medical School (4):42, 5/2020

Abstracts/Posters

Impact of community outreach screening events on student-led free clinic patient appointment attendance, follow up, and outcomes.
Christensen MJ, Behrens K, Chicagoland Free Clinic Consortium, Chicago, IL, 11/2018
Effect of vasopressin agonists in traumatic brain injury and hemorrhagic shock in the swine model
Christensen MJ, Stapleton D, Stecher J, Gazmuri R, RFUMS Summer Research Poster Session, North Chicago, IL, 10/2018
L-MYC expression promotes human neural stem cell multipotency
Aboody K, Li Z, Oganesyan D, Christensen MJ, et. al, Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, 11/2016
L-myc expression promotes human neural stem cell multipotency
Aboody K, Li Z, Oganesyan D, Mooney R, Christensen M, et. al, Neuro Oncol 2015 Nov; 17(Suppl 5): v210, 11/2015
Expansion and characterization of human mesenchymal stem cells
Christensen MJ, Gutova M, Aboody K, CIRM Bridges to Stem Cell Research Trainee Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 7/2015
Spermiogenesis regulation in C. elegans: developmental genetics reveals how sperm get their move on
Christensen MJ, Clark J, De La Cruz A, et. al, Cal Poly Pomona Student Research Conference, Pomona, CA, 3/2015
Characterization of a novel stem cell line expressing L-myc
Shahmanyan D, Li Z, Oganesyan D, Christensen MJ, et. al, City of Hope Summer Student Academy Research Symposium, Duarte, CA, 8/2014
Characterization of genetically modified neural stem cells in vitro
Khachatrian D, Christensen MJ, Li Z, et. al, City of Hope Summer Student Academy Research Symposium, Duarte, CA, 8/2014
Metagenomics approach to predict functional capabilities of microbes in cleanroom facilities
Christensen M, Vaishampayan P, EANA13: 13th European Workshop on Astrobiology, Szczecin, Poland, 7/2013
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Authored Content

Fall 2020 AMA Delegate ReportDecember 2020
Spring 2020 AMA Delegate ReportJune 2020
Student Dean Corner: Spring UpdateMay 2020
COVID-19 Quarantine Can't Contain Medical Student CreativityApril 2020
Student Dean Corner: Winter UpdateFebruary 2020
Fall Update from the American Medical AssociationDecember 2019
Student Dean Corner: An IntroductionOctober 2019
EMRA introduces the Government Services Committee for military medical students and residentsSeptember 2019
Physicians under-utilizing CT scans in brain injuryDecember 2018
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Professional Memberships

EMRA | Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Member
AAEM | American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Member
ACEP | American College of Emergency Physicians
Member
AMSUS | The Society of Federal Health Professionals
Member
AsMA | Aerospace Medical Association
Member
AMSRO | Aerospace Medicine Student and Resident Organization
Member
WMS | Wilderness Medical Society
Member
AMA | American Medical Association
Member
AAPL | American Academy of Physician Leadership
Member