Author: Department of Surgery

Jon O. Wee, MD
Section Chief, Esophageal Surgery
Director of Robotics, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Jon Wee is the esophageal surgery section chief, director of Robotics in Thoracic Surgery, and co-director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an associate program director for Thoracic Surgery and is an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Wee received his medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine and completed his surgical training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He then went on to complete his cardiothoracic surgery training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is board certified in surgery and thoracic surgery.

Dr. Wee’s clinical interest is in minimally invasive approaches to thoracic diseases. These include minimally invasive and robotic esophagectomy, lobectomy, thymectomy and mediastinal resection for thoracic malignancies.  In addition, he treats benign esophageal disease such as gastro-esophageal reflux disease, giant paraesophageal hernias, diverticulum, etc. He performs POEM procedures for achalasia, as well as sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis and endoluminal therapies such as PDT, laser, and stents for palliation. His research interest is in the use of minimally invasive techniques to decrease pain, improve recovery and improve ultimate outcomes.

Robert Riviello, MD, MPH
Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Foundation Endowed Chair in Global Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine in the Field of Global Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Riviello is the medical director of the metabolic support service and an associate surgeon with the Division of Trauma, Burn, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also the director of the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School. He serves as co-chair of the Center for Equity in Global Surgery at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda and the Kletjian Foundation Endowed 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, San Diego. He completed his general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University. He completed a Fulbright International Fellowship in Global Surgery at Centro Evangélico de Medicina do Lubango in Angola and a research fellowship in global surgery at the BWH Center for Surgery and Public Health. He then completed an acute care and burn surgery fellowship, as well as an anesthesia critical care medicine fellowship at the Brigham.

Dr. Riviello’s current research focuses on delivering safe, effective, equitable and patient-centered care to vulnerable populations in settings of poverty. He has more than 140 peer-reviewed publications in the field of global surgery. Dr. Riviello has developed innovative platforms for surgical care delivery and curricula to maximize surgeon effectiveness in resource-limited communities.