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.