## 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](https://www.bmchealthsystem.org/bmc-brighton/residencies-fellowships/anesthesiology-residency).

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](https://www.bmc.org/node/175828 "Alan D. Solomont & Susan Lewis Solomont Clinical Simulation & Nursing Education Center | Boston Medical 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).

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- ### Departments
    
    [Anesthesiology](/departments/anesthesiology), [Surgical Intensive Care Unit](/departments/trauma-and-acute-care-surgery/surgical-intensive-care-unit)
- ### Specialties
    
    Neuroanesthesia; patient safety; point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
- ### Pronouns
    
    He/Him
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.638.6590](tel:617.638.6590)
- ### Primary Location
    
    Boston Medical Center  
    [1 Boston Medical Center Pl  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=1+Boston+Medical+Center+Pl%0D%0ABoston%2C+MA+02118)
    
       
    BMC Brighton, Main Hospital  
    [736 Cambridge St  
    Brighton, MA 02135](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=736+Cambridge+St%2C+Brighton%2C+MA+02135)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### 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
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, 2006
 
 

 

 ## Affiliations

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  ## Affiliations

  ###  ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) 

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