Alexander Arriaga, MD, MPH, ScD
Alex Arriaga is an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Anesthesiologist for the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He completed his undergraduate studies from Columbia University and graduated from medical school with Honors in Research from Cornell University. He completed two years of categorical general surgery residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He has Master of Public Health and Doctor of Science degrees from Harvard University. He completed his clinical residency in anesthesiology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital with Distinction in Research. He was a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania for two years. He has presented locally and nationally. Dr. Arriaga has over forty co-authored publications, including two book chapters as senior author. His peer-reviewed published work includes first-author original research study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the Annals of Surgery, and Anesthesiology. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is an Affiliate Faculty member for the Center for Surgery and Public Health.
His academic interests include health services research in crisis management, patient safety, perioperative care, and quality improvement, with a focus on the fields of surgery and anesthesiology. His current work includes efforts to understand the perioperative implications of intraoperative critical events, as well as the delivery of interventions aimed to improve outcomes for both patients and providers. He is also involved in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. His work also includes medication education research to understand how to take data driven approaches, including those that intersect patient safety, towards improving medical education and clinical care.