David E. Thaler, MD, PhD, FAHA

Academic Title:

Associate Professor of Neurology,

Tufts University School of Medicine

Division/Program Title:

Director, The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Tufts Medical Center

Office:

800 Washington St., Mailbox #314
Boston, MA 02111

Phone:

617-636-5854

Accepting New Patients

Fax:

617-636-8199

Education and Post Graduate Training:

Medical School: Oxford University, 1992
Medical Residency: John Radcliffe Hospital, UK, 1993

Brigham & Woman’s, Boston, 1994

Neurology Residency: Longwood (Harvard) Neurology, 1997

Fellowship: Critical Care Neurology, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Boston, 1998

Board Certifications:

Neurology

Vascular Neurology

Specialties:

Vascular Neurology

  Stroke in the young  

Clinical Interests:

Acute management of cerebrovascular disease

Secondary stroke prevention

Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale

Research Interests:

Acute management of cerebrovascular disease

Secondary stroke prevention

Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale

Selected Publications:

1. Thaler DE, Saver JL. Cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale. Curr Opinion Cardiol 2008; 23: 537-544
2. Kent DM and Thaler DE. (2008) Stroke prevention – Insights from incoherence. NEJM 359 (12): 1287-1289
3. Alsheikh-Ali AA, Thaler DE, Kent DM. Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke: Incidental or Pathogenic? A Systematic Review and Bayesian Approach. Stroke 2009; 40: 2349-2355
4. Thaler DE and DM Kent, Patent foramen ovale and MRI: can imaging the brain tell us about the heart? Eur J Neurol 2009, 16 (10):1071-2. Epub 2009 Jun 15
5. Thaler DE, Kent DM. Rethinking trial strategies for stroke and patent foramen ovale. Curr Opinion Neurol 2010 23: 73-78

   For a complete list of publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

Honors/Awards:

• Overseas Research Student Award, Oxford University, 1984-87
• Robb-Smith Prize, Medical Journalism, Oxford University,1991
• John Potter Prize, Neurology/neurosurgery, Oxford University,1991
• Cobb Assembly Award, Boston, MA,1998
• Boston Consumers’ Checkbook Outstanding Physician, 2003, 2007
• Train to End Stroke Fund Raising Excellence Award (Amer Stroke Assn), 2007
• Outstanding Tufts University School of Medicine Lecturer, 2009
• Outstanding Tufts University School of Medicine Lecturer, 2010 

Professional Affiliations:

• Member, American Academy of Neurology, 1996-present
• Member, Massachusetts Medical Society, 1996-present
• Member, American Stroke Association – Stroke Council, 1998-present
• Member, Boston Stroke Society, 1998-present
• Fellow, American Heart Association, 2010-present

Gender:

Male