Dr. Shapiro is the Co-Founder of ISOBS. He is a staff anesthesiologist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree from Kansas City University of Health Sciences and Engineering and completed a residency in anesthesiology at Boston University Medical Center, followed by pediatric and pain fellowships at The Boston Children’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals.

He has extensive research publication experience and a reputation nationally and internationally in the field of patient safety in anesthesia and surgery performed outside the operating room.

He created the first Harvard Medical School office-based anesthesia CME Course, “The Manual of Office Based Anesthesia Procedures,” which led to inception of an OBA curriculum and incorporation into the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) national program.

He wrote the seminal ASA CME article on Office Based Anesthesia: Safety and Outcomes and in August Sept and Oct 2025 featured OBA articles, infographic and podcast in Anesthesia and Analgesia. He participated in The MA Board of Medicine task force to define qualifications for practitioners supervising office-based procedures and surgery, recently revised the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Office Based Surgery Guidelines and act as a resource to ASA governance regarding similar statewide national legislative changes.

He is a member of the Academy of University Anesthesiologists, the AOA Patient
Safety Advisory Board, The APSF Patient Safety Advisory Committee, and CRICO Advisory Task Force on Non-Operating Room Anesthesia. His current research includes a Closed loop anesthesia delivery system with Dr Emery Brown, (CLAD) utilizing targeted controlled total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) in combination with an Artificial intelligence to control real-time unconsciousness intraoperatively.

His educational innovations include: creation of a HMS PCE elective for 3rd and 4th year med students highlighting the differences in the infrastructure, role of the anesthesiologist, and determinants to ensure patient safety in the hospital, ambulatory, and the office based setting; he also created a national and
international mentor -mentee program for medical students interested in office-based anesthesia, in conjunction with SAMBA.

In March 2023, he was awarded the Community Clinician of the Year from
the Mass Medical Society (Suffolk District) based upon his lifetime clinical and academic leadership in healthcare innovation, mentorship, and education of the next generation. In March 2024, he won The Pillars of Excellence Award for his work in the Commitment to an Exceptional Patient Experience at
Mass Eye and Ear, recognized by his peers going “above and beyond” in his daily work collaborating with colleagues, led by example and embracing the Mass General Brigham mission.

In January 2026, his research was featured in the Harvard Medical School Scholars Program. He is the incumbent president, Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) in May 2026.