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Irma D. Fleming

Irma D. Fleming, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Burn Center
801-581-3050
  • Dr. Irma Fleming is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics. She received her general surgery training at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL. Her specialties include acute burn care, burn surgery and reconstruction. Additionally, she has formal training in surgical critical care with an emphasis on trauma. Dr. Fleming completed a fellowship in Burn Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, and she continued her training in critical care at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Surgery
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: Surgical Critical Care)
  • Dr. Irma Fleming is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics. She received her general surgery training at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL. Her specialties include acute burn care, burn surgery and reconstruction. Additionally, she has formal training in surgical critical care with an emphasis on trauma. Dr. Fleming completed a fellowship in Burn Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, and she continued her training in critical care at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Primary
    Academic Divisions General Surgery
    Board Certification
    American Board of Surgery
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: Surgical Critical Care)

    Education history

    Fellowship Anesthesia Critical Care - University of Chicago Fellow
    Burn Surgery - Vanderbilt University Medical Center Fellow
    Residency General Surgery - University of Chicago Resident
    Medicine - Meharry Medical College M.D.
    Undergraduate Biology - Spelman College B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Labuz DR, Lewis G, Fleming ID, Thompson CM, Zhai Y, Firpo MA, Leung DT (2023). Targeted multi-omic analysis of human skin tissue identifies alterations of conventional and unconventional T cells associated with burn injury. Elife, 12.
    2. Kim SM, DeFazio JR, Hyoju SK, Sangani K, Keskey R, Krezalek MA, Khodarev NN, Sangwan N, Christley S, Harris KG, Malik A, Zaborin A, Bouziat R, Ranoa DR, Wiegerinck M, Ernest JD, Shakhsheer BA, Fleming ID, Weichselbaum RR, Antonopoulos DA, Gilbert JA, Barreiro LB, Zaborina O, Jabri B, Alverdy JC (2020). Fecal microbiota transplant rescues mice from human pathogen mediated sepsis by restoring systemic immunity. Nat Commun, 11(1), 2354.
    3. Thompson LR, Sanders JG, McDonald D, JK, Gilbert JA, Knight R, Fleming I, and The Earth Microbiome Project Consortium (2017). A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity. Nature.
    4. Lax S, Sangwan N, Smith D, Larsen P, Handley KM, Richardson M, Guyton K, Krezalek M, Shogan BD, Defazio J, Fleming I, Shakhsheer B, Weber S, Landon E, Garcia-Houchins S, Siegel J, Alverdy J, Knight R, Stephens B, Gilbert JA (2017). Bacterial Colonization and Succession in a newly opened hospital. Sci Transl Med.
    5. Fleming ID, Krezalek MA, Belogortseva N, Zaborin A, Defazio J, Chandrasekar L, Actis LA, Zaborina O, Alverdy JC (2017). Modeling Acinetobacter baumannii wound infections: The critical role of iron. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 82(3), 557-565.
    6. Kim M, Christley S, Khodarev NN, Fleming I, Huang Y, Chang E, Zaborina O, Alverdy JC (2015). Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound infection involves activation of its iron acquisition system in response to fascial contact. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 78(4), 823-9.

    Abstract

    1. Fleming ID, Tang, C, Lewis GM (2021). Outbreak of Carbapenem-Polymyxin-Quat-Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Associated with Mafenide Acetate shortages:  An Interdisciplinary Approach to Eradication [Abstract]. 42(SI), S164.
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