AAPM members are invited to nominate fellow members for our monthly AAPM Member Focus feature by filling out the form found here. Below is this month’s focus member.
The AAPM Member Focus nominee for July 2022 is Jeremy A. Adler DMSc, PA-C.
Jeremy is an active supporter of AAPM, most recently as a co-chair of the Advanced Practice Providers (APP) Shared Interest Group (SIG) and a member of the 2022 Annual Meeting Program Committee.
In his role as co-chair, he helps the SIG advance and promote the education, research and clinical role of APRNs/PAs functioning in interprofessional pain management.
He is also a Founder’s Society member of the AAPM Foundation.
Outside of AAPM, Jeremy is one of the first PAs nationally to practice pain management and is co-owner of Pacific Pain Medicine Consultants in Oceanside, CA.
“It has been my pleasure and honor to work with Jeremy Adler, DMSc, PA-C,” says Robert E. Wailes, MD, medical director, and founder of Pacific Pain Medicine Consultants. “He is our COO and runs the day-to-day operation of the entire practice. His depth of knowledge and compassion for his patients is unmatched. I am proud to call him my partner.”
After receiving his undergraduate degree at UCSD, he went on to earn his PA degree in New York at one of the top public programs in the country, SUNY, Stony Brook. He then graduated at the top of his class with a summa cum laude designation.
Following graduation, Jeremy completed a specialty Masters’ Degree in Pain Management/Physical Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and earned a Doctor of Medical Science from the University of Lynchburg.
He regularly speaks nationwide on a variety of pain medicine topics and was a co-author on evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines jointly developed by the American Pain Society and AAPM on the use of opioids in non-cancer pain.
In addition, he has held a variety of healthcare leadership positions in associations across the U.S. including the National Society of Pain Care Providers and the American Academy of PAs.
To view his full bio, visit the Pacific Pain Medicine website here.
Nominate a fellow AAPM member who exemplifies our mission to advance multidisciplinary pain care innovation, education, advocacy, and research by completing the nomination form here.