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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.

Financial contribution to global surgery: an analysis of 160 international charitable organisations.
Authors: Authors: Gutnik LA, Yamey G, Dare AJ, Ramos MS, Riviello R, Meara JG, Shrime MG.
Lancet
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Community health workers and smartphones for the detection of surgical site infections in rural Haiti: a pilot study.
Authors: Authors: Matousek A, Paik K, Winkler E, Denike J, Addington SR, Exe C, Louis RR, Riviello R.
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Validation of a community-based survey assessing non-obstetric surgical conditions in Burera District, Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Linden AF, Maine R, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Kamanzi E, Mody G, Ntakiyiruta G, Kansayisa G, Ntaganda E, Niyonkuru F, Mubiligi J, Mpunga T, Meara JG, Riviello R.
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Surgical care by non-surgeons in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
Authors: Authors: Hoyler M, Hagander L, Gillies R, Riviello R, Chu K, Bergström S, Meara JG.
Lancet
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Epidemiology of untreated non-obstetric surgical disease in Burera District, Rwanda: a cross-sectional survey.
Authors: Authors: Linden AF, Maine R, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Kamanzi E, Mody G, Ntakiyiruta G, Kansayisa G, Ntaganda E, Niyonkuru F, Mubiligi J, Mpunga T, Meara JG, Riviello R.
Lancet
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Biomechanical and safety testing of a simplified negative-pressure wound therapy device.
Authors: Authors: Mody GN, Zurovcik DR, Joharifard S, Kansayisa G, Uwimana G, Baganizi E, Ntakiyiruta G, Mugenzi D, Riviello R.
Plast Reconstr Surg
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Can focused trauma education initiatives reduce mortality or improve resource utilization in a low-resource setting?
Authors: Authors: Petroze RT, Byiringiro JC, Ntakiyiruta G, Briggs SM, Deckelbaum DL, Razek T, Riviello R, Kyamanywa P, Reid J, Sawyer RG, Calland JF.
World J Surg
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Integrating global health into surgery residency in the United States.
Authors: Authors: Charles AG, Samuel JC, Riviello R, Sion MK, Tarpley MJ, Tarpley JL, Olutoye OO, Marcus JR.
J Surg Educ
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Training surgical residents for a career in academic global surgery: a novel training model.
Authors: Authors: Swain JD, Matousek AC, Scott JW, Cooper Z, Smink DS, Bolman RM, Finlayson SR, Zinner MJ, Riviello R.
J Surg Educ
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Enhancing formal educational and in-service training programs in rural Rwanda: a partnership among the public sector, a nongovernmental organization, and academia.
Authors: Authors: Cancedda C, Farmer PE, Kyamanywa P, Riviello R, Rhatigan J, Wagner CM, Ngabo F, Anatole M, Drobac PC, Mpunga T, Nutt CT, Kakoma JB, Mukherjee J, Cortas C, Condo J, Ntaganda F, Bukhman G, Binagwaho A.
Acad Med
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