Employment

Summit Health
Voorhees, NJ
Medical Director CASE: August 2022 – present
Medical Director of Anesthesiology: August 2022 – present
Expert in:

• Anesthesiology and Critical Care
• Postoperative Care
• Safety in the Operating Room and Intraoperative Management
• Preoperative Management and Planning
• Resuscitation
• Policy and Protocol Development
• Quality Improvement

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

• Assistant Professor; Department of Anesthesiology: January 3rd – August 2022
• Education Committee: March 2019 – present; created the transition to practice rotation for residents
• ERAS Committee: March 2019 – present; created the colorectal for anesthesia policy
• Peer Review Panel Committee Member: January 2021 – present

ABO Plasma
Cherry Hill & Glassboro, NJ
Center Medical Director and Lab Director: January  1, 2022 – present
Expert in:

• Plasma and Blood products
• Regulatory Compliance
• Quality Assurance and Improvement

Virtua Memorial Hospital
Mt. Holly, NJ

• Anesthesiologist; Mednax: August 5, 2013 – December 31, 2018
• Medical Director of Surgical Services: January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2018
• Leader of Technology Acquisitions: March 2015 – December 2018
• Director of Simulation: January 2016 – December 2018
• Leader of Virtua-wide ERAS (Enhanced Recovery after Surgery) Initiative for Anesthesia: March 2016 – December 2018
• Director of Professional Performance, QCDR (Qualified Clinical Data Registry): September 2013 – January 2017; Using QCDR (Qualified Clinical Data Registry) looking at outcomes, efficiency and patient satisfaction data. It is used for internal quality improvement, hospital metric reporting, hospital contracts, payer contracts, and bundle negotiations
• Peer Review Committee Member: January 2014 – Present
• American Anesthesia Physician Education Advisory Committee Member: October 2014 – December 2018

Education

University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care: 2009 – 2013
Intern, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: 2009 – 2010

Ohio University College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Athens, OH
D.O.: 2005 – 2009
Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society

Miami University
Oxford, OH
B.A., Zoolog:, 2002-2005
Cum Laude
Scholar Leader Program

Consulting

Merck Pharmaceuticals
Speaker for the medication Sugammadex: Traveling to anesthesia departments to educate on the medication
2018 – present

Medtronic
KOL (Key Opinion Leader) and two PowerPoints on Videolaryngoscpy and Safety: Spoke to internal
Medtronic team, peer-to-peer groups, and hosted three 500+ person international conferences

Research Experience/Publications

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

• Thaler A, Gravenstein D, Arciprete J, Peerzada W, Turnquest A, Green M, Torjman M.
  Cost comparison of direct laryngoscopy to a portable video laryngoscope in a large academic center.
  Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Volume 89, 2023.
• Thaler A, Mohamod D, Toron A, Torjman M.
  Cost Comparison of 2 Video Laryngoscopes in a Large Academic Center.
  Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 2021 July;28(4):174-179
• Mastrolonardo E, Stewart M, Alapati R, Campbell D, Thaler A, Zhan T, Curry JM, Luginbuhl AJ, Cognetti DM.
  Improved efficiency of sialendoscopy procedures at an ambulatory surgery center.
  American Journal of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery, Volume 42, Issue 31 May 2021 Article number 102927
• Stewart M, Thaler, A, Hunt P, Estephan L, Boon M, Huntley C.
  Preferential use of total intravenous anesthesia in ambulatory otolaryngology surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  American Journal of Otolaryngology. Vol 41, Issue 5. Sept-Oct 2020.
• Mastrolonardo E, Stewart M, Alapati R, Thaler A, Zhan T, Curry JM, Luginbuhl AJ, Cognetti DM.
  Comparison of general anesthesia and monitored anesthesia care for sialendoscopy procedures.
  Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 Oct 24;42(1):102809. doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102809. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33125904.
• Stewart M, Estephan L, Thaler A, Zhan T, Connors K, Malkani K, Hunt P, Boon M, Huntley C.
  Reduced Recovery Times with Total Intravenous Anesthesia in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Laryngoscope.
  2020 Nov 3. doi: 10.1002/lary.29216. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33141982.
• PI for Protocol No.: 402-C-414 IRB approved study with sponsor Pacira
  “A Multicenter, Randomized, Active-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of EXPAREL When Administered via Infiltration into the Transversus Abdominis Plane versus Standard of Care in Subjects Undergoing Elective Cesarean Section (CHOICE) surgery”
• PI for “Prospectie Randomized study Comparing Sphenopaltine Ganglion Block to Standard Treatment in Patients with Post Dural Punture Headaches”

Virtua Memorial Hospital
Mt. Holly, NJ

• PI for IRB approved study with sponsor Merck
  “A randomized prospective study to compare the effectiveness of Neostigmine versus Sugammadex in length of PACU stay in ASA II and III patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy bariatric surgery”

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

• Thaler A, Gupta A, Cohen SP
  Cannabinoids for Pain Management.
  Clark MR, Treisman GJ (eds): Chronic Pain and Addiction. Adv Psychosom Med. Basel, Karger, 2011, vol 30, pp 125–138
• Thaler A, Siry R, Cai L, Garcia PS, Chen L, et al. (2012)
  Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease and General Anesthesia: A preoperative Concern.
  J Anesthe Clinic Res 3:192. doi:10.4172/2155-6148.100192
• Thaler A, Dunlevy H, Cohn J, Speck R, O’Brien M, McCunn M.
  J Clin Anesth. 2013 Aug;25(5): 388-392. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2013.02.005. Epub 2013 Aug 17.
• Thaler, A. (2013)
  Pain Comorbidities: Understanding and Treating the Complex Patient by Maria Adele Giamberadino & Troels Staehelin Jensen.
  Pain Medicine, 14: 763-764. doi: 10.1111/pme.12111
• Thaler, Adam M., and Nina Singh-Radcliff
  “Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.” The 5-minute Anesthesia Consult.
  Ed. Nina Singh-Radcliff. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013. 4-5.
• Thaler, Adam M.
  “Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.” The 5-minute Anesthesia Consult.
  Ed. Nina Singh-Radcliff. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013. 14-15.
• Frey, David P., and Adam M. Thaler.
  “Electrical Safety in the Operating Room.” The 5- minute Anesthesia Consult.
  Ed. Nina Singh-Radcliff. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013. 352-353.
• Thaler, Adam M.
  “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.” The 5-minute Anesthesia Consult.
  Ed. Nina Singh-Radcliff. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013. 460-461.
• Pieczynski, Lauren Mai., and Adam M. Thaler.
  “Pulmonary Artery Catheter Waveforms.” The 5-minute Anesthesia Consult.
  Ed. Nina Singh-Radcliff. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013. 734-735.
• First Author on poster presentation presented at American Society of Anesthesiology National Conference October 2011
  “Memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease and general anesthesia: Scientific evidence vs. public concern”
• Acceptance of “Anesthetic Management of a Patient with Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome,” in Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Research

Ohio State Univesity School Of Medicine
Columbus, OH

• Research participant at the Ohio State University for a clinical trial on apprepitant for post-operative nausea and vomiting triple therapy, 2009

Ohio University College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Athens, OH

• Sole author in a Letter to the Editor. Journal of the American Medical Director Association (JAMDA) on:
  “Miller Fisher Syndrome in a 66-year-old female after Flu and Pneumovax vaccinations”
  May 2008. Vol. 9, No. 4. Pg 284-5.
• Research participant and poster presentation in a retrospective study focusing on
  “Unrecognized Orthostatic Hypotension in a Population with Dementia: Symptoms and Response to Therapy.”
  November 2007- March 2008
• Co-Investigator for research
  “Awareness of Health Disparities in Organ Donation among Osteopathic Physicians”; implemented survey into a database and distributed survey at the OOA convention in June 2007. Isolated cultured fat cells to study the local effects and secretions before and after intervention treatment
• Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH) program; Columbus, OH under the direction of Dr. William Turek working in family practice underserved area; created information pamphlets for patients on Diabetes, high cholesterol, childhood obesity, and narcotics, summer 2007

Honors & Awards

• Provost Team Award for Interdisciplinary Research
  2021
• Scientific Merit Reviewer for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
  2021 – Present
• Virtua Physician Leader Program Participant
  October 23-26, 2017
• Scholarship recipient to attend the American Pain Society, Fundamentals of Pain Management Interdisciplinary Primer Program
  May 6-11, 2013
• Scholarship recipient from the Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiology to attend the ASA Practice Management Conference
  January 2012
• University of Pennsylvania Department of Anesthesiology Resident Delegate at the ASA
• Sigma Simga Phi (SSP) honor/service fraternity member: participated in funding of Medicine Run, DOC awards advertising, and soup kitchen

Extracurricular Activities

Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiology
President of resident component: October 2011- October 2012
Member: 2008 –present

• Created a resident manual brochure about the PSA for incoming anesthesia residents in the state of Pennsylvania
• Presided over PSA delegates at the 2011 ASA national convention in Chicago
• Organized first ever job fair for anesthesia residents at Pennsylvania Anesthesiology Resident

Research Conference (PARRC) Convention
May, 2012
Author in quarterly PSA newsletter, the Sentinel, updating on resident component events.

• “PSA Organizes Job fair for Resident Members.” Sentinel. Spring 2012. Pg 9.
• “Resident Learns Valuable Information at ASA Practice Management Conference.” Sentinel. Spring 2012. Pg. 10.
• “Resident Component Goals: Job Fair, Volunteer Opportunities, Increased PAC Participation.” Sentinel. Winter 2011. Pg 5.

Created documents on the University of Pennsylvania internal website and devised a plan to get our program and others in the state to achieve goal of 100% ASA PAC contribution.

American Society of Anesthesiology
Delegate for the University of Pennsylvania: 2011 – 2013
Member: 2008 – present

• Representative of the University of Pennsylvania at the 2011 and 2012 ASA national conference and voted on important topics
• Delegate to the 2008 ASA Medical Student Component House of Delegates
• Finalist for Ohio Society of Anesthesiology Scholarship to attend national convention

Certifications

• Board Certified Anesthesiologist
• ACLS
• PALS
• New Jersey and Pennsylvania Medical Licenses
• Botox Certified since August 15, 2015