About Robert Riviello, MD
Gender
Male
Leadership Title
Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Foundation Distinguished Chair in Global Surgery
Specialties
Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care
Clinical Interests
burn injuries
disaster management
emergency surgery
global surgery
infection, post-surgical
surgical critical care
trauma and critical care
Bio

Dr. Riviello is the medical director of the metabolic support service and an associate surgeon with the Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also the chair of the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda and the Kletjian Distinguished Chair in Global Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Riviello received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, his master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health and his medical degree from the University of California. He completed his general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University. He completed the Fulbright International Fellowship in Global Surgery at Centro Evangelico de Medicina do Lubango in Angola and a research fellowship in global surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health. He completed an acute care and burn surgery fellowship, as well as an anesthesia critical care medicine fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Riviello’s current research focuses on delivering safe, effective, equitable and patient-centered care to vulnerable populations around the world. He has more than 80 peer-reviewed publications in the field of global surgery. Dr. Riviello has developed innovative platforms for surgical care delivery and curriculums to maximize surgeon effectiveness in resource-limited communities.

Education

Medical School
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 1996 - 2001
Board Certifications
General Surgery, 2007
Surgical Critical Care, 2009
Fellowships
Centro Evangelico De Medicina Do Lubango, 2006 - 2007
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2007 - 2008
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