Blake Darin Mergler, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineMedical School
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Mergler is a Penn Medicine provider.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology, 2025
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA), National
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, International
- Women in Anesthesiology, National
All conditions and treatments
Research
Publications
Mergler, Blake D. MD; Patel, Riya U. BS; Iyer, Shivani BS; Chae, Rebecca S. BS; Gluch, Joan I. PhD, RDH, PHDHP; Mergler, Reid J. MD§; Vail, Emily A. MD, MSc; Duffy, Caoimhe C. MD, MSc Challenges of Motherhood for Anesthesiologists: A Scoping Review , A&A Practice, 18(12): 2024,e01876
Rachel A Hadler, Seth Weeks, William E Rosa, Stephanie Choate, Matthew Goldshore, Miguel Julião, Blake Mergler, Judith Nelson, Jesse Soodalter, Caywin Zhuang, Harvey Max Chochinov Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Dignity-Conserving Practice , Journal of Palliative Medicine: 2024
Blake D Mergler, Allyn O Toles, Anthony Alexander, Diana C Mosquera, Meghan B Lane-Fall, Nwadiogo I Ejiogu Racial and Ethnic Patient Care Disparities in Anesthesiology: History, Current State, and a Way Forward , Anesthesia & Analgesia, 139: 2023,420-431