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
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
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.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology, 2025
- American Medical Association, National
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, International
- Women in Anesthesiology, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
B.D. Mergler; C.C. Duffy; R.J. Mergler Patient-centred strategies in obstetric anaesthesia , BJA Education, 25(2): 2025,80-86
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
Mergler BD, Kim EJ, Miranda JE, Nilforoshan M, Schlichter RA, Ejiogu NI, Duffy CC, Mergler RJ. Anesthesiologists' Role in Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment of Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. , Anesthesia & Analgesia: 2024
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: 2023
Rachel A Hadler, Franklin Dexter, Blake D Mergler Lack of Useful Predictors of Dignity-Related Distress Among the Critically Ill as Assessed with the Patient Dignity Inventory , Anesthesia & Analgesia: 2023
McNicholas BA, Rezoagli E, Simpkin AJ, Khanna S, Suen JY, Yeung P, Brodie D, Bassi GL, Pham T, Bellani G, Fraser JF, Laffey J; CCCC Consortium. Correction : Epidemiology and outcomes of early-onset AKI in COVID-19-related ARDS in comparison with non-COVID-19-related ARDS: insights from two prospective global cohort studies , Critical Care , 27: 2023,202
Wainstein M, Spyrison N, Dai D, Ghadimi M, Chávez-Iñiguez JS, Rizo-Topete L, Citarella BW, Merson L, Pole JD, Claure-Del Granado R, Johnson DW, Shrapnel S; ISARIC Characterization Group. Association of Country Income Level With the Characteristics and Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients Hospitalized With Acute Kidney Injury and COVID-19 , Kidney International Reports, 8: 2023,1514-30
Kartsonaki C, Baillie JK, Barrio NG, Baruch J, Beane A, Blumberg L, Bozza F, Broadley T, Burrell A, Carson G, Citarella BW, Dagens A, Dankwa EA, Donnelly CA, Dunning J, Elotmani L, Escher M, Farshait N, Goffard JC, Gonçalves BP, Hall M, Hashmi M, Sim Lim Heng B, Ho A, Jassat W, Pedrera Jiménez M, Laouenan C, Lissauer S, Martin-Loeches I, Mentré F, Merson L, Morton B, Munblit D, Nekliudov NA, Nichol AD, Singh Oinam BC, Ong D, Panda PK, Petrovic M, Pritchard MG, Ramakrishnan N, Ramos GV, Roger C, Sandulescu O, Semple MG, Sharma P, Sigfrid L, Somers EC, Streinu-Cercel A, Taccone F, Vecham PK, Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan B, Wei J, Wils EJ, Ci Wong X, Horby P, Rojek A, Olliaro PL; ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group. Characteristics and outcomes of an international cohort of 600 000 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 , International Journal of Epidemiology, 52: 2023,355-376
Shah N, Xue B, Xu Z, Yang H, Marwali E, Dalton H, Payne PPR, Lu C, Said AS; ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group. Validation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation mortality prediction and severity of illness scores in an international COVID-19 cohort , Artificial Organs: 2023