Christopher W. Connor, MD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
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.
Education
- Harvard Medical School, MD
- Harvard Medical School, MD
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD
- Trinity College, Cambridge, MA
- Trinity College, Cambridge, BA
Publications
- Published on 8/1/2024
Eckman Basiri LEH, Fabiszak MM, Stone AB, Connor CW. Harnessing Light: Girl with a Pulse-ox Earring. Anesthesiology. 2024 Aug 01; 141(2):401-404. PMID: 38684069.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/19/2024
Connor CW. OpenBSR: An Open Algorithm for Burst Suppression Rate Concordant with the BIS Monitor. Anesth Analg. 2024 Jul 19. PMID: 39028645.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/15/2024
Lee G, Connor CW. "Alexa, Cycle The Blood Pressure": A Voice Control Interface Method for Anesthesia Monitoring. Anesth Analg. 2024 Sep 01; 139(3):639-646. PMID: 39008420.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/22/2024
Lanza E, Lucente V, Nicoletti M, Schwartz S, Cavallo IF, Caprini D, Connor CW, Saifuddin MFA, Miller JM, L'Etoile ND, Folli V. See Elegans: Simple-to-use, accurate, and automatic 3D detection of neural activity from densely packed neurons. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0300628. PMID: 38517838.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/1/2024
Connor CW. Understanding New Machine Learning Architectures: Practical Generative Artificial Intelligence for Anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology. 2024 Mar 01; 140(3):599-609. PMID: 38349761.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/1/2023
Chang AS, Wirak GS, Li D, Gabel CV, Connor CW. Measures of Information Content during Anesthesia and Emergence in the Caenorhabditis elegans Nervous System. Anesthesiology. 2023 Jul 01; 139(1):49-62. PMID: 37027802.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2023
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. 2023 Jun 01. PMID: 37263744.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/19/2023
Connor CW. In Response. Anesth Analg. 2023 Jun 01; 136(6):e35-e36. PMID: 37205819.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/14/2023
Connor CW. In Response. Anesth Analg. 2023 May 01; 136(5):e22-e24. PMID: 37058739.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/27/2022
Connor CW. Open Reimplementation of the BIS Algorithms for Depth of Anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2022 10 01; 135(4):855-864. PMID: 35767469.
Read at: PubMed
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