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 1/1/2026

    Pugh HL, Darby EM, Burgess L, Colclough AL, John AM, Dunn S, Connor C, Perry EA, McNally A, Bavro VN, Blair JMA. The Resistance-Nodulation-Division efflux pump EefABC is highly conserved within lineages of E. coli commonly associated with infection. Microb Genom. 2026 Jan; 12(1). PMID: 41521891.

    Read at: PubMed

  • 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.

    Read at: PubMed

  • 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.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/9/2025

    Connor CW. Signal, Not Noise: Aperiodic Dynamics in the Electroencephalogram Under Anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2026 Feb 01; 142(2):245-248. PMID: 40343858.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/10/2025

    Gerner P, Connor CW, Stone AB. Visual assessment of effectiveness of ultrasound probe hygiene using ultraviolet fluorescent powder: a pilot study. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025 Apr 10; 50(4):371-372. PMID: 37263744.

    Read at: PubMed

View All 55 Publications:   View Full Profile in BUMC

Websites

Education

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

View all profiles