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Robert Riviello, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine
Associate Professor of Surgery
617-732-7715

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.

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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Division of Trauma, Burns, and Critical Care
75 Francis Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Riviello is a member of the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change. He is contributing to the establishment of global surgery as a field of scholarship. He has published papers on academic needs and curricula related to surgical training in developing countries, training surgical residents for careers in academic global surgery, surgical conditions and approaches to care in low- and middle-income countries, and other important subjects, such as a study of the impact of the 2010 earthquake on pediatric surgical delivery in Haiti. Also among Dr. Riviello’s scholarly contributions is a chapter on “Surgery in the Tropics” in Hunter’s Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Disease. Furthermore, he co-authored two chapters, one on infectious disease and one on burns, in Global Surgery and Anesthesia Manual: Providing Care in Resource-limited Settings (JG Meara, CD McClain, SO Rogers, DP Mooney, CRC Press, December 12, 2014).

Dr. Riviello is co-principal investigator of the clinical contribution of HMS-affiliated hospitals to the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program (HRH), a novel capacity–building program involving physicians from several universities across the United States. He helped to launch Harvard Medical School’s participation in this program in 2012 and is involved in ongoing management including annual recruitment of HMS faculty and building the administrative infrastructure to support faculty development in Rwanda.

Health care leaders develop strategies for improving access to surgical care in Latin America.
Authors: Authors: Saluja S, Citron I, Amundson J, dos Santos Souza JE, Scheffer M, Vaz Ferreira R, Riviello R, Peck G, Lobão A, Moutinho V, Alonso N.
Bull Am Coll Surg
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Building Workforce Capacity Abroad While Strengthening Global Health Programs at Home: Participation of Seven Harvard-Affiliated Institutions in a Health Professional Training Initiative in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Cancedda C, Riviello R, Wilson K, Scott KW, Tuteja M, Barrow JR, Hedt-Gauthier B, Bukhman G, Scott J, Milner D, Raviola G, Weissman B, Smith S, Nuthulaganti T, McClain CD, Bierer BE, Farmer PE, Becker AE, Binagwaho A, Rhatigan J, Golan DE.
Acad Med
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Epidemiologic Characteristics of Pediatric Trauma Patients Receiving Prehospital Care in Kigali, Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Aluisio AR, Umuhire OF, Mbanjumucyo G, George N, Kearney A, Karim N, Nyinawankusi JD, Uwitonze E, Enumah S, Scott JW, Mutabazi Z, Ntakiyiruta G, Jayaraman S, Riviello R, Byiringiro JC, Levine AC.
Pediatr Emerg Care
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Maternal predictors of neonatal outcomes after emergency cesarean section: a retrospective study in three rural district hospitals in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Nyirahabimana N, Ufashingabire CM, Lin Y, Hedt-Gauthier B, Riviello R, Odhiambo J, Mubiligi J, Macharia M, Rulisa S, Uwicyeza I, Ngamije P, Nkikabahizi F, Nkurunziza T.
Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol
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Innovative Techniques for Maximizing Limb Salvage and Function.
Authors: Authors: Singh M, Li H, Nuutila K, Collins KC, Wall J, Riviello R, Weaver MJ, Carty MJ, Pribaz J, Talbot SG.
J Burn Care Res
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Rwanda's Model Prehospital Emergency Care Service: A Two-year Review of Patient Demographics and Injury Patterns in Kigali.
Authors: Authors: Enumah S, Scott JW, Maine R, Uwitonze E, D'Arc Nyinawankusi J, Riviello R, Byiringiro JC, Kabagema I, Jayaraman S.
Prehosp Disaster Med
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Epidemiology of injuries and outcomes among trauma patients receiving prehospital care at a tertiary teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Mbanjumucyo G, George N, Kearney A, Karim N, Aluisio AR, Mutabazi Z, Umuhire O, Enumah S, Scott JW, Uwitonze E, Nyinawankusi JD, Byiringiro JC, Kabagema I, Ntakiyiruta G, Jayaraman S, Riviello R, Levine AC.
Afr J Emerg Med
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Referral patterns and predictors of referral delays for patients with traumatic injuries in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Nkurunziza T, Toma G, Odhiambo J, Maine R, Riviello R, Gupta N, Habiyakare C, Mpunga T, Bonane A, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Surgery
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Peritonitis in Rwanda: Epidemiology and risk factors for morbidity and mortality.
Authors: Authors: Ndayizeye L, Ngarambe C, Smart B, Riviello R, Majyambere JP, Rickard J.
Surgery
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Non-Obstetric Surgical Care at Three Rural District Hospitals in Rwanda: More Human Capacity and Surgical Equipment May Increase Operative Care.
Authors: Authors: Muhirwa E, Habiyakare C, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Odhiambo J, Maine R, Gupta N, Toma G, Nkurunziza T, Mpunga T, Mukankusi J, Riviello R.
World J Surg
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