 From 1873 to 1881 he was editor of the "Boston Medical and Surgical Journal" and in 1896 served as president of the American Surgical Association.He published "Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics" (1895); "The Anatomy and Development of Rodent Ulcer"; "Pathology of Carbuncle and Columnal Adipose"; "The Healing of Arteries after Ligature in Men and Animals;" and edited the "International Textbook of Surgery" (1900).Warren was married, May 27, 1873, to fellow Brahmin Amy Shaw of Boston, the daughter of Gardner Howland Shaw and Cora Lyman, and niece of the scientist and congressman Theodore Lyman III.