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Robert Riviello, M.D.

Associate Professor of 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, Harvard Medical School
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 the Kletjian Distinguished Chair in Global Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and serves as adjunct Professor of Surgery at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda.

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.

Access to Safe Obstetric Surgical Care in Low-Income Countries.
Authors: Authors: Leow JJ, Riviello R, Rulisa S.
World J Surg
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Influence of sub-specialty surgical care on outcomes for pediatric emergency general surgery patients in a low-middle income country.
Authors: Authors: Shah AA, Shakoor A, Zogg CK, Oyetunji T, Ashfaq A, Garvey EM, Latif A, Riviello R, Qureshi FG, Mateen A, Haider AH, Zafar H.
Int J Surg
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Validation of a community-based survey assessing nonobstetric surgical conditions in Burera District, Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Linden AF, Maine RG, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Kamanzi E, Gauvey-Kern K, Mody G, Ntakiyiruta G, Kansayisa G, Ntaganda E, Niyonkuru F, Mubiligi J, Mpunga T, Meara JG, Riviello R.
Surgery
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Non-technical skills and health care provision in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
Authors: Authors: Scott J, Revera Morales D, McRitchie A, Riviello R, Smink D, Yule S.
Med Educ
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Closing the data gaps for surgical care delivery in LMICs.
Authors: Authors: Riviello R, Scott JW.
Lancet Glob Health
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Extra-large negative pressure wound therapy dressings for burns - Initial experience with technique, fluid management, and outcomes.
Authors: Authors: Fischer S, Wall J, Pomahac B, Riviello R, Halvorson EG.
Burns
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Emergency general surgery in a low-middle income health care setting: Determinants of outcomes.
Authors: Authors: Shah AA, Latif A, Zogg CK, Zafar SN, Riviello R, Halim MS, Rehman Z, Haider AH, Zafar H.
Surgery
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Financial contributions to global surgery: an analysis of 160 international charitable organizations.
Authors: Authors: Gutnik L, Yamey G, Riviello R, Meara JG, Dare AJ, Shrime MG.
Springerplus
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Vital Statistics: Estimating Injury Mortality in Kigali, Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Kim WC, Byiringiro JC, Ntakiyiruta G, Kyamanywa P, Irakiza JJ, Mvukiyehe JP, Mutabazi Z, Vizir JP, Ingabire Jde L, Nshuti S, Riviello R, Roger SO, Jayaraman SP.
World J Surg
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Global Surgery 2030: a roadmap for high income country actors.
Authors: Authors: Ng-Kamstra JS, Greenberg SLM, Abdullah F, Amado V, Anderson GA, Cossa M, Costas-Chavarri A, Davies J, Debas HT, Dyer GSM, Erdene S, Farmer PE, Gaumnitz A, Hagander L, Haider A, Leather AJM, Lin Y, Marten R, Marvin JT, McClain CD, Meara JG, Meheš M, Mock C, Mukhopadhyay S, Orgoi S, Prestero T, Price RR, Raykar NP, Riesel JN, Riviello R, Rudy SM, Saluja S, Sullivan R, Tarpley JL, Taylor RH, Telemaque LF, Toma G, Varghese A, Walker M, Yamey G, Shrime MG.
BMJ Glob Health
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