Blake Darin Mergler, MD
Anesthesiology
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Mergler is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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


Nicholas W Rizer, Benjamin Smood, Blake Mergle, Alexandra E Sperry, Christian A Bermudez, Jacob T Gutsche, Asad A Usman Reduced survival in patients requiring chest tubes with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome , JTCVS Open: 2022


Blake D Mergler, Matthew A Goldshore, Judy A Shea, Meghan B Lane-Fall, Rachel A Hadler The Patient Dignity Inventory and Dignity-Related Distress among the Critically Ill , Journal of Pain and Symptom Management: 2022