Adam W. Meier

Adam W. Meier, DO

Languages spoken: Portuguese, English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Anesthesiology

Dr. Meier earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He went on to receive his medical degree from Midwestern University in 2007. Dr. Meier was awarded an HPSP scholarship by the United States Air Force and served as an active duty Flight Surgeon for four years in San Antonio, TX. After honorably serving his country, Dr. Meier completed his residency training in Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan in 2015. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. In 2016, Dr. Meier was appointed as an Assistant Professor (Clinical) in the University of Utah Department of Anesthesiology. He was promoted early to Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Department of Anesthesiology in 2021.

Education History

Undergraduate Brigham Young University
 BS
Professional Medical Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
 DO
Internship San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (U.S. Air Force)
 Intern
Residency University of Michigan Hospitals
 Resident
Fellowship Virginia Mason Medical Center
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Meier AW, Auyong DB, Yuan SC, Lin SE, Flaherty JM, Hanson N (2018). Comparison of Continuous Proximal Versus Distal Adductor Canal Blocks for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Noninferiority Trial. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 43(1), 36-42.
  2. Meier AW, Buys MJ, Gill M, Piacenza EW, Nguyen L, Allen CM, Stuart AR, Gililland J, Johnson K (2020). The Effect of Audiovisual Distraction On Patient-Controlled Sedation Under Spinal Anesthesia: A Prospective, Randomized Trial. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 35(2), 355-361.
  3. Flaherty JM, Auyong DB, Yuan SC, Lin SE, Meier AW, Biehl TR, Helton WS, Slee A, Hanson N (2019). Continuous Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Primary Open Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(2), e201-7.
  4. Meier AW, Auyong DB, Yuan SC, Lin SE, Flaherty JM, Hanson N (2019). Reply to Mileo et al. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, (Read full article)
  5. Meier AW, Auyong DB, Yuan SC, Lin SE, Flaherty JM, Hanson N (2018). Comparison of Continuous Proximal Versus Distal Adductor Canal Blocks for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Noninferiority Trial. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 43(1), 36-42. (Read full article)
  6. Radtke L, Blackburn BE, Kapron CR, Erickson JA, Meier AW, Anderson LA, Gililland JM, Archibeck MJ, Pelt C (2024). The Journal of Arthroplasty Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty at a High-Volume Academic Center: An Analysis of Failure to Launch. The Journal of arthroplasty,

Commentary

  1. Meier AW, Buys MJ, Johnson K (2020). Multimodal Analgesia for Spine Surgery: Comment. Anesthesiology, 133(4), 953. (Read full article)

Case Report

  1. Koniuch KL, Harris B, Buys MJ, Meier A (2018). Case Report of a Massive Thigh Hematoma after Adductor Canal Block in a Morbidly Obese Woman Anticoagulated with Apixaban. Case reports in anesthesiology, 2018(7653202), 1-4.
  2. Meier AW, Lin SE, Hanson NA, Auyong D (2016). A Novel Approach to Brachial Plexus Catheter Management: A Brachial Plexus Test Dose for Phrenic Nerve Paralysis and Patient-Controlled, Demand-Only Dosing for a Patient With Extreme Obesity. A & A case reports, 7(6), 139-42. (Read full article)
  3. Meier AW, Kim M, Yuan S (2017). A Selective Anterior Obturator Nerve Block for Total Hip Arthorplasty. 4(1), 45-46.
  4. Koniuch KL, Harris B, Buys MJ, Meier A (2018). Case Report of a Massive Thigh Hematoma after Adductor Canal Block in a Morbidly Obese Woman Anticoagulated with Apixaban. Case reports in anesthesiology, 2018, 7653202. (Read full article)

Letter

  1. Meier AW, Buys MJ, Johnson K (2020). Multimodal Analgesia for Spine Surgery: Comment. Anesthesiology,
  2. Meier AW, Auyong DB, Yuan SC, Lin SE, Flaherty JM, Hanson N (2018). Reply to Dr Salvadores de Arzuaga et al. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 43, 653-54.
  3. Meier AW, Auyong DB, Yuan SC, Lin SE, Flaherty JM, Hanson N (2019). Reply to Mileo et al. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
  4. Meier AW, Auyong DB, Yuan SC, Lin SE, Flaherty JM, Hanson N (2018). Reply to Dr Salvadores de Arzuaga et al. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 43(6), 653-654. (Read full article)

Other

  1. Meier AW, Buys MJ, Gill M, Piacenza EW, Nguyen L, Allen CM, Stuart AR, Gililland J, Johnson K (2021). The effect of audiovisual distraction on patient-controlled sedation under spinal anesthesia: a prospective, randomized trial. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 35(2), 355-361. (Read full article)
  2. Flaherty JM, Auyong DB, Yuan SC, Lin SE, Meier AW, Biehl TR, Helton WS, Slee A, Hanson N (2020). Continuous Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Primary Open Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(2), e201-e207. (Read full article)