Robert H Thiele, MD
Critical Care Medicine
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Bio & Overview
Dr. Thiele is a Charlottesville native and an alumnus of both Charlottesville High School (1997) and the University of Virginia (Chemical Engineering, 2001). He attended medical school at Vanderbilt, completed his internship at Northwestern, his anesthesiology residency at UVA and his critical care fellowship at Duke. He is board certified in anesthesiology and critical care.
He returned home to UVA and Charlottesville in 2012, joining the anesthesiology faculty and specializing in cardiothoracic anesthesiology and critical care. His research is focused on non-invasive monitoring technology as well as novel uses of light to combat hospital-acquired infections.
Dr. Thiele lives with his three children in Ivy. He was a member of the UVA track and cross country teams as an undergraduate and continues enjoys running, biking, and immersing himself in the natural beauty of central Virginia by spending time outside.
Academic Information
- Department
- Anesthesiology
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Critical Care Medicine
- Research Interests
- Dr. Thiele’s research interests combine his background in engineering with his medical practice, and are focused on the development of non-invasive patient monitoring equipment. Specifically, arterial waveform analysis, non-invasive cardiac output monitoring, fluid responsiveness, venous oximetry, near infrared spectroscopy, non-contact vital sign monitoring.
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Residency
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Fellowships
- Duke University School of Medicine
- Certification
- American Board of Anesthesiology (Critical Care Medicine), American Board of Anesthesiology (Anesthesiology)
- Appointment
- Assistant Professor - Biomedical Engineering
- Additional Specialties
- Anesthesiology
Highlights
Dr. Robert Thiele video profile
My name is Bob Thiele, and I'm a critical care anesthesiologist. I take care of people in the operating room who are having cardiac and thoracic surgery. And then I also, as an intensivist, take care of the same patient population in the intensive care unit after surgery. My family had an experience in an intensive care unit. One of our family members, actually, was in one of the intensive care units at UVA, spent a great deal of time there. And I was in medical school at the time, making my career decisions and that was pretty impactful for me. At the time, I did not know that I would end up being an intensivist, but I learned a lot about what it's like to be a patient, wanting information, not fully understanding what's happening to somebody that you care about. You'll meet the anesthesiologist before you actually go to the operating room. You have to meet us before you go back. You cannot have surgery without us. What we're really trying to do is make sure we fully understand your medical history, why you're having the surgical procedure, anything about you that would impact what we would do or what the surgeon would do so we can optimize your surgical outcome. UVA I think of as a really sweet spot medical center where it's large enough that there isn't anything that can't be done at UVA, but it's small enough. And I think people in smaller centers treat each other a little bit differently. It has more of a community feel. I've been, in my training, at larger places where everybody is kind of faceless, and it doesn't feel like that at all here. It feels more like a family.
Awards
- 2017-2020 Best Doctors in America® List
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Charles Brown Quality Award
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Mulholland Resident and Fellow Teaching Award
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Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Resident Scholar Award