Joshua M. Zimmerman,
MD
Vice-Chair, Perioperative Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Josh Zimmerman, M.D. is an anesthesiologist with fellowship training in perioperative echocardiography. Dr. Zimmerman's practice emphasizes anesthesia for patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery as well as those with severe cardiovascular disease. As the medical director of the preoperative clinic Dr. Zimmerman has also worked to develop a sophisticated system of preoperative assessment and management that optimizes patient satisfaction and outcome, both in the short and long term.
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Anesthesiology
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Professor (Clinical) Surgery - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | General Surgery |
| Board Certification | American Board of Anesthesiology |
Josh Zimmerman, M.D. is an anesthesiologist with fellowship training in perioperative echocardiography. Dr. Zimmerman's practice emphasizes anesthesia for patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery as well as those with severe cardiovascular disease. As the medical director of the preoperative clinic Dr. Zimmerman has also worked to develop a sophisticated system of preoperative assessment and management that optimizes patient satisfaction and outcome, both in the short and long term.
Academic Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Anesthesiology
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Professor (Clinical) Surgery - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | General Surgery |
| Board Certification | American Board of Anesthesiology |
Education History
| Other Training | The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medicine , 2018 |
| Fellowship | University of Utah School of Medicine Perioperative Echocardiography Fellow, 2007 |
| Residency | University of Utah School of Medicine Anesthesiology Resident, 2006 |
| Internship | LDS Hospital Transitional Medicine Intern, 2003 |
| Professional Medical | Indiana University Medicine M.D., 2002 |
| Undergraduate | Indiana University Biology B.S., 1998 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Griffee MJ, Tonna JE, McKellar SH, Zimmerman JM (2017). Echocardiographic Guidance and Troubleshooting for Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Using the Dual-Lumen Bicaval Cannula. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 32(1), 370-378.
- Coker BJ, Zimmerman JM (2017). Why Anesthesiologists Must Incorporate Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Into Daily Practice. Anesth Analg, 124(3), 761-765.
- Griffee MJ, Singleton A, Zimmerman JM, Morgan DE, Nirula R (2016). The Effect of Perioperative Rescue Transesophageal Echocardiography on the Management of Trauma Patients. A A Case Rep, 6(12), 387-90.
- Markin NW, Gmelch BS, Griffee MJ, Holmberg TJ, Morgan DE, Zimmerman JM (2014). A review of 364 perioperative rescue echocardiograms: findings of an anesthesiologist-staffed perioperative echocardiography service. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 29(1), 82-8.
- Yeates TM, Zimmerman JM, Cahalan MK (2008). Perioperative echocardiography: two-dimensional and three-dimensional applications. Anesthesiol Clin, 26(3), 419-35.