Christopher W. Connor, MD, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Applying the principles of minimally-invasive medical engineering, physiology and information technology to clinical issues in anesthesiology.

Computerized assessment of patient facial appearance to predict the ease or difficulty of endotracheal intubation at surgery.

Improving the delivery of intravenous anesthetic agents through improved, interactive modeling of their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

Simulating free-swimming ascent from disabled submarines at depths greater than 600 feet, and improving the survivability of rapid compression and exposure to high pressure oxygen and nitrogen.

Intelligent alarm systems for intra-operative patient monitoring.

Publications

  • Published 6/12/2026

    Chang AS, Mazuera L, Connor CW, Gabel CV. The volatile anesthetic isoflurane causes global suppression of neuronal activity, disrupting hub neuron function in Caenorhabditis elegans. Front Syst Neurosci. 2026; 20:1795887. PMID: 42368408.

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  • Published 5/12/2026

    Connor CW, Schuller PJ. Aberrantly Low BIS Values during Awake Paralysis. Anesthesiology. 2026 Jul 01; 145(1):248-251. PMID: 42117542.

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  • Published 4/2/2026

    White HA, Bosinski CR, Gabel CV, Connor CW. Neuronal Dynamics During Isoflurane Induction in Caenorhabditis elegans. bioRxiv. 2026 Apr 02. PMID: 41959021.

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  • Published 8/2/2025

    Karakullukcu B, White H, Connor C, Gabel C. Global excitatory synchrony: Ketamine induces global common-mode excitatory network oscillation by decoupling key interneurons. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 02. PMID: 40766714.

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  • Published 5/30/2025

    Chang AS, Mazuera L, Gabel CV, Connor CW. Anesthesia isn't sleep: The neuronal dynamics of immobility in isoflurane-anesthetized C. elegans differ from the activity patterns of previously established sleep-like quiescent states. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0324323. PMID: 40446059.

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Education

  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD
  • Trinity College, Cambridge, MA
  • Trinity College, Cambridge, BA

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