Christine Castater, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Surgery
Location: 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone: (404)789-3900
E-mail: ccastater@msm.edu
Education
POSTGRADUATE:New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency: General Surgery
Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center
Fellowship: Research
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
New York University School of Medicine, New York NY
Degree: M.D.
GRADUATE:
University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA
Degree: MPH Health Services
UNDERGRADUATE:
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Degree: BA Economics, BA Neuroscience
Specialties
- General Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery - General Surgery
- American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care
Publications
- Taarea, R, Florence, A, Bendixen, B, & Castater, C (2024) Early Experience with Ovine Forestomach Matrix for the
- Reconstruction of Abdominal Defects Following Emergency Open Abdomen Surgery at a Level 2 Trauma Center. Trauma Cases Rev 10:102. doi.org/10.23937/2469-5777/1510102
- Campbell, B., Castater, C., Smith, R. N., Sciaretta, J. D., & Nguyen, J. (2023). Use of Kaolin-Impregnated Gauze Aids in Hemostasis and Blood Loss Mitigation in a Penetrating Injury to the Bladder and Small Bowel. Cureus, 15(10), e46583. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46583
- Kim, P., Noorbakhsh, S., Weeks, A., Roorbach, M., Dantes, G., Adora Santos, Freedberg, M. E., Ramos, C., Smith, R., Castater, C. A., Nguyen, J., Benarroch-Gampel, J., Rajani, R. R., Todd, S. R., & Sciarretta, J. D. (2023). Lower Extremity Vascular Injury in the Pediatric Trauma Patient: Management and Outcomes at an Adult Level I Trauma Center. Annals of vascular surgery, S0890-5096(23)00736-7. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2023.09.078
- Meyer, C. H., Aworanti, E., Santos, A., Castater, C., Bauman, Z. M., Archer-Arroyo, K., Sola, R., Jr, Grant, A., Smith, R. N., Sciarretta, J. D., & Nguyen, J. H. (2023). Is Traumatic Anterior Stove-In Chest Truly so Rare? A Single Institution Experience. The American surgeon, 31348231209530. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348231209530
- Castater C, Bishop E, Santos A, Freedberg M, Kim P, Sciarretta C. Diabetic Soft Tissue Infections. Surg Clin North Am. 2023;103(6):1191-1216. doi:10.1016/j.suc.2023.06.002
- Melmer, P. D., Taylor, R., Vera, L., Wong, D., Santos, A. P., Chung, T., Sola, J. R., Castater, C. A., Nguyen, J., Nottingham, J. M., Berg, A. F., Sleeman, D., Namias, N., Daley, B. J., Procter, L., Aboutanos, M. B., Davis, J. M., Koganti, D., & Sciarretta, J. D. (2023). Optimizing Transitions of Care and Enhancing Surgical Education on Acute Care Surgery: A Multi-Institutional Survey Study. Journal of surgical education, S1931-7204(23)00227-1. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.06.025
- Castater CA, Meyer C, Phillips S, et al. Complete Heart Block After Low Dose Octreotide Infusion for Esophageal Variceal Bleeding [published online ahead of print, 2023 May 5]. Am Surg. 2023;31348231173937. doi:10.1177/00031348231173937
- Castater C, Noorbakhsh S, Harousseau W, et al. Missing Bullets: Bullet Embolization Case Series and Review of the Literature [published online ahead of print, 2022 Nov 21]. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2022;15385744221141295. doi:10.1177/15385744221141295
Honors and Awards
- Morehouse School of Medicine Teaching Competition- First Place Winner- 2023
- Wellstar Kennestone Research Day Poster Winner- 2022
- UCSF East Bay General Surgery Intern of the Year- 2015
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine Student Affairs Award- 2014
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine Health Career Opportunity Programs Bridge Mentoring Award- 2014
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine Jennifer Smith Scholarship Award- 2014
- HCOP Full Tuition Scholarship to UCONN School of Medicine 2009
- Greater Hartford Alumni Association Book Scholarship UCONN- 2008
- Soroptomist Women's Opportunity Award- 2008
- Hartford Campus Scholarship UCONN- 2008
- Alpha Sigma Lambda Honors Society UCONN- 2008
- Babbidge Scholar UCONN (for 4.0 GPA two or more semesters in a row)- 2007-2008
- Dean's list Spring 2007, Fall 2007, and Spring 2008