[6][5] Muraszko obtained her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1981.
[7] She was the first neurosurgery resident with a physical disability at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center where the chairman of the neurological surgery department described her as "...the most outstanding person I've met in medicine" and further "...her intelligence, tenacity and motivation have enabled her to make a remarkable contribution to the care of our patients".
[8] From 1988 to 1990 Muraszko worked as a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institutes of Health-NINDS.
[12] Muraszko is the first woman to serve as director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, and still was the only one as of 2010.
[13][9] Muraszko serves on the Physician's Advisory Committee of the Spina Bifida Association of America and the March of Dimes.
[9] Muraszko was elected as the first woman to be president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons during the SNS Centennial celebration year.