He grew up in Colorado and after completing his training, worked for two years as an Assistant Professor in Orthopedic Oncology at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. After two years of academic medicine, Dr. Adler moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico to pursue his passion in co-creating and co-developing a hospital based acute care orthopedic service line for Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center with his partner Dr. Corey Lieber.