Mark Castera, MD Hear my name
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Neonatology

MD, Creighton University
BA, University of Notre Dame

Pronouns: he/him/his



Mark R. Castera, MD, is an attending neonatologist in the Division of Newborn Medicine. His primary interest is medical education, and he is passionate about curriculum design and trainee competency assessments. He serves as an assistant program director in the Boston Combined Residency Program with roles as the co-director of the residency coaching program and simulation-based education for pediatric residents at Boston Medical Center. He is the director of newborn medical education at Boston Medical Center and serves as the residency rotation director for the newborn nursery and neonatal intensive care unit. Mark also serves as a faculty mentor for the Boston Combined Residency Program's Health Equity Rounds series.

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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  1. Bibl K, Wagner M, Dvorsky R, Haderer M, Strasser L, Berger A, Ades A, Castera M, Gross IT, Nishisaki A. Impact of a Two-Person Mask Ventilation Technique During Neonatal Resuscitation: A Simulation-Based Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr. 2025 Jul; 282:114568. PMID: 40158839
     
  2. McLean C, Robin B, Scheurer JM, Berlin KEK, Gray MM, O'Reilly D, French H, Vasquez MM, Castera M, Redford KM, Johnston LC, Myers PJ. Neonatology fellow assessment and evaluation: embracing the word salad of CBME, EPAs, and milestones. J Perinatol. 2025 May; 45(5):572-579. PMID: 39885310
     
  3. Scott K, Castera M, Gray MM, Myers P, Bonachea EM, Karpen H, French H, Carbajal M, Johnston L. One size does not fit all for URiM applicants: a comparison of NPM program size on URiM applications. J Perinatol. 2025 Sep; 45(9):1318-1323. PMID: 39397057; PMCID: PMC11994827; DOI: 10.1038/s41372-024-02151-7;
     
  4. Fischer LJ, Castera M, Chin H, Lee J, Simonsen KA. Impact of asymptomatic detection of non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viruses on pediatric cardiac surgical outcomes. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024; 4(1):e154. PMID: 39371438; PMCID: PMC11450661; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2024.414;
     
  5. Berlin KEK, Gray MM, Myers PJ, Scheurer JM, Robin B, McLean C, O'Reilly D, French H, Vasquez MM, Castera M, Redford KM, Edgar L, Johnston LC. A new era of assessment for neonatal-perinatal medicine trainees: milestones 2.0. J Perinatol. 2023 Dec; 43(12):1506-1512. PMID: 37095228; DOI: 10.1038/s41372-023-01683-8;
     
  6. Otero Luna A, Park KB, Schauer J, Castera M, Quintana Grijalba C, Chikkabyrappa SM, Tjoeng YL, Romberg EK, Olson A, Glass IA, Young L. A unique cardiovascular presentation of Marfan syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2022 Aug; 188(8):2443-2447. PMID: 35679177; DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62865;
     
  7. Castera M, Gray MM, Gest C, Motz P, Sawyer T, Umoren R. Telecoaching Improves Positive Pressure Ventilation Performance During Simulated Neonatal Resuscitations. Telemed Rep. 2022; 3(1):55-61. PMID: 35720453; PMCID: PMC9004288; DOI: 10.1089/tmr.2021.0049;
     
  8. Brei BK, Neches S, Gray MM, Handley S, Castera M, Hedstrom A, D'Cruz R, Kolnik S, Strandjord T, Mietzsch U, Cooper C, Moore JM, Billimoria Z, Sawyer T, Umoren R. Telehealth Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Feasibility Study of Large Group Multiplatform Telesimulation Training. Telemed J E Health. 2021 Oct; 27(10):1166-1173. PMID: 33395364; DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2020.0357;
     

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 8 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2022 and 2024 and 2025

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2025 Boston Medical Center: Boston University Medical Group Clinical Excellence Society Member
2025 Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine : Distinguished Teaching Award from 3rd and 4th year Medical Students
2025 Boston Combined Residency Program: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Honor Roll
2025 Boston Combined Residency Program: Resident Teaching Honor Roll
2025 Boston Combined Residency Program: Resident Feedback Honor Roll
2025 Boston Combined Residency Program: Jerome O. Klein MD Faculty Teaching Award
2024 Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine UPenn & The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Outstanding Teaching by a Fellow in Neonatology
2021 University of Washington Department of Pediatrics: Richard Shugerman Graduate Award
2020 Seattle Children’s Hospital: Seattle Children’s Hospital Making Values a Priority (MVP) Award
2018 Creighton University School of Medicine: Alpha Omega Alpha
2018 Creighton University School of Medicine: Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society
2017 Creighton University School of Medicine: Gold Humanism Honor Society
Contact for Mentoring:

617.638.8000
mcastera@bu.edu
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