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Guy A. Zimmerman

Guy A. Zimmerman, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Pulmonary, Clinic 3
801-581-7806
  • Guy A. Zimmerman, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Chair in the Department of Medicine the University of Utah School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center. He has a specialty focus in internal medicine and subspecialty training and experience in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He attended on the inpatient and ICU services of the University of Utah Hospital, the Salt Lake Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the LDS Hospital for 25 years after his appointment to the faculty in 1980, and also saw patients in the University of Utah Medical Center clinics. His current practice is limited to inpatient consultations. Zimmerman received his M.D. degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed internship, residency, and fellowship training at the University of Utah and the University of Washington in Seattle. He is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and has been a visiting professor in many schools of medicine and research institutions in the U.S. and abroad.

    Specialties

  • Guy A. Zimmerman, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Chair in the Department of Medicine the University of Utah School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center. He has a specialty focus in internal medicine and subspecialty training and experience in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He attended on the inpatient and ICU services of the University of Utah Hospital, the Salt Lake Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the LDS Hospital for 25 years after his appointment to the faculty in 1980, and also saw patients in the University of Utah Medical Center clinics. His current practice is limited to inpatient consultations. Zimmerman received his M.D. degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed internship, residency, and fellowship training at the University of Utah and the University of Washington in Seattle. He is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and has been a visiting professor in many schools of medicine and research institutions in the U.S. and abroad.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Emeritus
    Academic Divisions Guy A. Zimmerman [u0035260] > Division List

    Education history

    Residency Anesthesiology - University of Washington Resident
    Pulmonary Diseases - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Chief Resident Internal Medicine - Veteran's Affairs Medical Center Chief Medical Resident
    Internal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Internship Internal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Cell Biology - Baylor College of Medicine M.S.
    Professional Medical Medicine - Baylor College of Medicine M.D.
    Biology - Emory University B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Maishan M, Lim DL, Zimmerman GA, Matthay MA (2022). A decoy mutant ACE2 designed to reduce COVID-19. Trends Pharmacol Sci, 43(9), 703-705.
    2. Eustes AS, Campbell RA, Middleton EA, Tolley ND, Manne BK, Montenont E, Rowley JW, Krauel K, Blair A, Guo L, Kosaka Y, Medeiros-de-Moraes IM, Lacerda M, Hottz ED, Neto HCF, Zimmerman GA, Weyrich AS, Petrey A, Rondina MT (2021). Heparanase expression and activity are increased in platelets during clinical sepsis. J Thromb Haemost, 19(5), 1319-1330.
    3. Granja MG, Alves LP, Leardini-Tristo M, Saul ME, Bortoni LC, de Moraes FM, Ferreira EC, de Moraes BPT, da Silva VZ, Dos Santos AFR, Silva AR, Gonalves-de-Albuquerque CF, Bambini-Junior V, Weyrich AS, Rondina MT, Zimmerman GA, de Castro-Faria-Neto HC (2021). Inflammatory, synaptic, motor, and behavioral alterations induced by gestational sepsis on the offspring at different stages of life. J Neuroinflammation, 18(1), 60.
    4. Barbosa-Lima G, Hottz ED, de Assis EF, Liechocki S, Souza TML, Zimmerman GA, Bozza FA, Bozza PT (2020). Dengue virus-activated platelets modulate monocyte immunometabolic response through lipid droplet biogenesis and cytokine signaling. J Leukoc Biol, 108(4), 1293-1306.
    5. de Azevedo-Quintanilha IG, Medeiros-de-Moraes IM, Ferreira AC, Reis PA, Vieira-de-Abreu A, Campbell RA, Weyrich AS, Bozza PT, Zimmerman GA, Castro-Faria-Neto HC (2020). Haem oxygenase protects against thrombocytopaenia and malaria-associated lung injury. Malar J, 19(1), 234.
    6. Azevedo-Quintanilha IG, Vieira-de-Abreu A, Ferreira AC, Reis PA, Silva TI, Nascimento DO, Campbell RA, Estato V, Weyrich AS, Bozza PT, Zimmerman GA, Castro-Faria-Neto HC (2019). Integrin αDβ2 influences cerebral edema, leukocyte accumulation and neurologic outcomes in experimental severe malaria. PLoS One, 14(12), e0224610.
    7. Middleton EA, Rowley JW, Campbell RA, Grissom CK, Brown SM, Beesley SJ, Schwertz H, Kosaka Y, Manne BK, Krauel K, Tolley ND, Eustes AS, Guo L, Paine R 3rd, Harris ES, Zimmerman GA, Weyrich AS, Rondina MT (2019). Sepsis alters the transcriptional and translational landscape of human and murine platelets. Blood, 134(12), 911-923.
    8. Campbell RA, Cody MJ, Manne BK, Zimmerman GA, Yost CC (2019). Interleukin 6 receptor alpha expression in PMNs isolated from prematurely born neonates: decreased expression is associated with differential mTOR signaling. Pediatr Res, 86(1), 55-62.
    9. Hottz ED, Quirino-Teixeira AC, Valls-de-Souza R, Zimmerman GA, Bozza FA, Bozza PT (2019). Platelet function in HIV plus dengue coinfection associates with reduced inflammation and milder dengue illness. Sci Rep, 9(1), 7096.
    10. Weyrich AS, Denis MM, Schwertz H, Tolley ND, Foulks J, Spencer E, Kraiss LW, Albertine KH, McIntyre TM, Zimmerman GA (2006). mTOR-dependent synthesis of Bcl-3 controls the retraction of fibrin clots by activated human platelets. Blood, 109(5), 1975-83.
    11. Wu X, Zimmerman GA, Prescott SM, Stafforini DM (2004). The p38 MAPK pathway mediates transcriptional activation of the plasma platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase gene in macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide. J Biol Chem, 279(34), 36158-65.
    12. Prescott SM, McIntyre TM, Zimmerman G (1999). Two of the usual suspects, platelet-activating factor and its receptor, implicated in acute lung injury. J Clin Invest, 104(8), 1019-20.

    Review

    1. Middleton EA, Zimmerman GA (2021). COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Lessons from Tissues and Cells. [Review]. Crit Care Clin, 37(4), 777-793.
    2. Bozza FA, Shah AM, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA (2008). Amicus or adversary: platelets in lung biology, acute injury, and inflammation. [Review]. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 40(2), 123-34.
    3. Zimmerman GA, McIntyre TM (2004). PAF, ceramide and pulmonary edema: alveolar flooding and a flood of questions. [Review]. Trends Mol Med, 10(6), 245-8.
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