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Christopher E Marrero MD was born and raised in New Orleans and graduated from St.
Augustine High School and Xavier University. He received his medical degree from Howard
University in Washington, DC and completed a general surgery internship at the Medical
College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency
at King / Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles and then returned to New Orleans where
he joined his father in private practice until Hurricane Katrina. Displaced by the
storm, he went back to Los Angeles and joined the orthopedic faculty of King / Drew
Medical Center as an assistant professor. After 10 months he moved to Texas and opened
a private practice in the Beaumont /Port Arthur area. Three and a half years later
in December 2009 he returned to New Orleans to become an assistant professor in the
LSU orthopaedic surgery department. He now practices general orthopedics with emphasis
in sports medicine, adult reconstruction, and trauma.
Degrees
Residency: 1998 - Martin Luther King Jr./Charles R. Drew Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
Internship: 1992 - Preliminary Surgery Internship Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA
Medical School: MD 1991 - Howard University College of Medicine Washington, DC
Undergraduate Training: BS 1987 - Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
Selected Publications
Balfour, G. W., and Marrero, C.E.: Fracture brace for the treatment of humerus shaft
fractures caused by gunshot wounds. Orthpaedic Clinics of North American. 26:1:55-63,
1995.
