Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Donald A. Mahler, MD, is Director of Respiratory Services, Valley Regional Hospital. The public record shows 325 publications with 23,035 citations (h-index 66), centered on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Asthma and respiratory diseases. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 16 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (1985–1987).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2024 · International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Top research focus: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 16 companies
Generated from the cited public record · current as of 14 Jul 2026. Every fact links its source below.
Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 7 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 164.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Impairments That Affect Correct Inhaler Use in COPD
Sponsor: COPD Foundation
InvestigatorActive, not recruitingNCT06135324 - Differentiating the Effects of Substance P and Beta-endorphin
Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
InvestigatorCompletedNCT01854177 - The Role of Substance P on Perception of Breathlessness During Resistive Load Breathing
Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
InvestigatorCompletedNCT01580423
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
16 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year202513 payments
- GENZYME CORPORATIONProgram year20251 payment
- Viatris Specialty LLCProgram year20255 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 1985–1987 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
2 congress contributions (2019–2022) across ASCO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Alleviating breathlessness in patients with cancer with dexamethasone (ABCD): A parallel-group, double-blind, randomized clinical trial (RCT).
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2022Co-author - Effect of high flow oxygen on exertional dyspnea in cancer patients: A double-blind randomized clinical trial.
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2019Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Revefenacin Area Under the Curve Spirometry in Patients with Moderate to Very Severe COPD.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2024 - Personalizing Selection of Inhaled Delivery Systems in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
2023 - Clinical Implications of Peak Inspiratory Flow in COPD: Post Hoc Analyses of the TRONARTO Study.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2023 - A Systematic Review of Published Algorithms for Selecting an Inhaled Delivery System in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
2022 - Prospective Evaluation of Exacerbations Associated with Suboptimal Peak Inspiratory Flow Among Stable Outpatients with COPD.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2022
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02Evaluation of Clinical Methods for Rating Dyspnea1,836 citations1988
- 03ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription1,489 citations1995
- 04Pulmonary Rehabilitation1,306 citations2007
- 05The Measurement of Dyspnea1,299 citations1984
Contact
An office address from a public listing. This research profile has no federal registry record to draw from.
Office address
243 Elm Street, Claremont, NH 03743
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →providers.dartmouth-health.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →providers.dartmouth-health.org ↗
- Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
- Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Contributor
ATS/ERS Task Force statement 'Research Questions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease'
2014verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →atsjournals.org ↗ - Co-author
ACCP/AACVPR joint evidence-based clinical practice guideline on Pulmonary Rehabilitation
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →journal.chestnet.org ↗ - Developer (with Alvin Feinstein, MD) of the Baseline and Transition Dyspnea Indexes (BDI/TDI)
used as outcome measures in FDA/EMA COPD drug trials
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →donaldmahler.com ↗
Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →donaldmahler.com ↗
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →donaldmahler.com ↗
Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →donaldmahler.com ↗
- Director
Alpha-1 Clinical Resource Center at Valley Regional Hospital (only Clinical Resource Center of the Alpha-1 Foundation in New Hampshire)
Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →vumedi.com ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →touchrespiratory.com ↗
- Author
'COPD: Answers to Your Questions' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015), also released as audiobook
2015provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →audible.com ↗
Every item links to where we found it. verified means we've confirmed it in more than one place; provisional means we found it and are still confirming.
Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
This person's own public accounts first, then places where others mention them. Two different things, listed separately.
Owned accountspublic accounts run by this person
- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/donald-mahler-md
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →doximity.com ↗ - LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/donald-a-mahler-5a8395a7
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →linkedin.com ↗ - ResearchGate
researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Donald-A-Mahler-39088316
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →researchgate.net ↗
Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- LinkedIn
LinkedIn profile listing title 'Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Director Respiratory Services, Valley Regional Hospital'
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →linkedin.com ↗
We list an account only when the public record ties it to this person. verified means we've confirmed the match in more than one place; provisional means it looks right but we're still confirming.
Similar KOLs
Other experts from the same institution or the same specialty.
No other directory profiles share this specialty yet.