Christopher Muratore, MD, FACS, FAAP

Clinical Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Christopher S. Muratore, MD, is Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. Dr. Muratore is an academic pediatric surgeon who specializes in the full spectrum of pediatric general, thoracic, trauma and critical care surgery. He focuses on fetal surgery, congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and extracorporeal life support—in particular, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). He comes to BU/BMC from Stony Brook Children’s Hospital in NY where he served as the Knapp-Swezey professor, chief of pediatric surgery and surgeon-in-chief of Stony Brook Children’s Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital in RI where he was the program director of the pediatric surgery fellowship at The Alpert Medical School of Brown University. While at Hasbro, he developed a successful interdisciplinary ECMO program for pediatric and adult patients, serving as medical/surgical director. The program is considered among the best in the nation for the management of critically ill individuals who require this lifesaving technology. Additionally, as one of a small number of pediatric surgeons trained and experienced in the highly complex field of fetal surgery, Dr. Muratore played a key role in the establishment and ongoing success of comprehensive interdisciplinary fetal treatment programs at Hasbro and, later, at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Dr. Muratore also spearheaded and served as co-director of an interdisciplinary vascular anomalies clinic at Hasbro, which provides high-level specialty care previously available only in very large pediatric centers. As chief of pediatric surgery at BMC he aims to optimize care and provide comprehensive leadership and expertise to promote quality and assure equity for children’s surgical services.

Publications

  • Published 8/30/2024

    Muratore CS. Commentary on: Environmental Impact of Traveling to the Annual American Pediatric Surgical Association Meeting. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Nov; 59(11):161889. PMID: 39244416.

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  • Published 8/3/2024

    Moore W, Setty SN, Stolarski AE, Muratore C, Somayaji N. A Rare Case of a Heterotopic Sacrococcygeal Glial Nodule. Cureus. 2024 Aug; 16(8):e66085. PMID: 39224747.

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  • Published 3/1/2020

    Biagas KV, Muratore CS. Plasma and Platelet Utilization in Children on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Call for Targeted Anticoagulation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 03; 21(3):296-297. PMID: 32142031.

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  • Published 6/1/2019

    Biagas KV, Gross ER, Muratore CS. Evaluation of the Pediatric Trauma Patient: Support for Judicious Use of CT Imaging. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Jun; 20(6):579-580. PMID: 31162355.

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  • Published 10/18/2017

    Abbasi A, Devers C, Muratore CS, Harrington C, Ventetuolo CE. Examining the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients following suspected or confirmed suicide attempts: A case series. J Crit Care. 2018 04; 44:445-449. PMID: 29203213.

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Other Positions

  • Director, Surgery
    Boston Medical Center

Education

  • Georgetown University, MD
  • Georgetown University, MS
  • Syracuse University, BS