Robert J. Canelli, MD
Anesthesiologist and Intensivist; Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency, BMC Brighton
About
Robert J. Canelli, MD, is a board-certified anesthesiologist and intensivist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston Medical Center – Brighton (BMC Brighton). He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and serves as Program Director of the BU-affiliated Anesthesiology Residency at BMC Brighton.
Dr. Canelli was Chief Resident in Anesthesiology at the University of Massachusetts and completed a critical care fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Dr. Canelli serves as the Site Officer for Anesthesiology within BMC’s Integrated Procedure Platform, where he works with surgical and nursing leadership to improve operating room efficiency. He is the coeditor of the interprofessional patient safety book OK to Proceed? What Every Health Care Provider Should Know about Patient Safety, which serves as the blueprint for BMC’s hospitalwide patient safety curriculum.
In 2015, Dr. Canelli was named Clinical Director for Simulation for Anesthesiology and he has served as Associate Clinical Director of Anesthesiology at the Alan D. Solomont & Susan Lewis Solomont Clinical Simulation & Nursing Education Center at BMC. In this role, he developed a simulation-based anesthesia curriculum for BMC’s residency program, including a biannual Objective Structured Clinical Examination. In addition, he worked with his surgical and nursing counterparts to develop interprofessional simulation programs including the Perioperative Team Training Simulation Curriculum and the Emergency Airway Response Team Training Simulation Curriculum. These initiatives helped him earn the Teacher of the Year Award given by anesthesiology residents to most outstanding faculty. Other past leadership roles for Dr. Canelli include Director of Critical Care for Anesthesiology; Associate Director of the Surgical and Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit; and Deputy Director for the Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship.
In the clinical environment, Dr. Canelli’s interests include neuroanesthesia and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).
Administrative Title
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada - 2006
Residency
Anesthesiology, UMass Memorial Medical Center/UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2009–2013
Fellowship
Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2013–2014
Board Certifications
Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology; Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology
Department
Specialties
Neuroanesthesia; patient safety; point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
Pronouns
He/Him
Location
Primary Location
Boston, MA 02118
Additional Locations
Brighton, MA 02135