Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Robert Canelli, MD Director of Anesthesia Critical Care
Mauricio Gonzalez, MD Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
Robert Canelli, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, and Director of Anesthesia Critical Care at Boston Medical Center. He is also the Associate Director of the Surgical and Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit and the Associate Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship program.
Mauricio Gonzalez, MD has served with distinction in our department since 2004 and has been our Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for over a decade. During his career, he has continued to develop new skills and has embraced new technologies and procedures with enthusiasm.
Dr. Gonzalez attended medical school at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. He then trained in anesthesiology and completed a fellowship in cardiac and vascular anesthesia at Boston Medical Center in 2000. Since then, he has excelled in patient care, education, and administration. His interests in operating room management and patient safety led him to complete additional courses at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Institute for Medical Simulation, as well as courses at the Wharton School of Business. Dr. Gonzalez’s expertise in airway management, TEE, and thoracic and cardiac anesthesia makes him a sought-after clinician. He has been instrumental in numerous initiatives, including the launch of the Emergency Airway Response Team and the TAVR Program. He has also held leadership positions on the Hospital Transfusion Committee, the Sedation Council, and the Code Committee. Currently, he leads the peer review process and chairs the Clinical Review Committee. As Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, he oversees clinical operations and anesthesia providers across various locations within Boston Medical Center. Dr. Gonzalez is also passionate about environmental sustainability. In 2019, he was featured in a story by WBUR discussing Boston Medical Center’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. He is currently leading a project to eliminate the central supply of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.
Dr. Canelli received his medical degree from St. George’s University in 2009 and completed his anesthesiology residency at UMass Memorial Medical Center in 2013, earning chief resident honors in his final year. He went on to complete his critical care fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with a focus in echocardiography, before joining Boston Medical Center as a full-time member of our faculty. Dr. Canelli’s career has been highlighted by active education in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) through the Society of Critical Care Medicine, World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound, and the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education. He is the lead educator for POCUS at BMC for the Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of General Surgery, Division of Trauma Acute Care Surgery. His genuine interest in education has been highlighted by multiple resident teaching awards, departmental patient safety awards, and most recently, the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. Dr. Canelli has published in peer-reviewed journals on topics ranging from POCUS to preoperative carbohydrate load to awareness during trauma anesthesia. He has written chapters in leading anesthesia and critical care text books and has co-authored a multimedia patient safety book entitled “OK to Proceed? What Every Health Care Provider Should Know About Patient Safety. Dr. Canelli is board certified in anesthesiology and critical care medicine. He holds an active testamur status from the National Board of Echocardiography for Special Competence in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
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