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Cheryl Pirozzi
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Cheryl Pirozzi, MD, MSCI

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Sugar House Health Center

1280 E. Stringham Avenue
Salt Lake City , UT 84106

University of Utah Hospital

50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Pulmonary Disease)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Critical Care Medicine)

Patient Rating

5.0 /5
( out of 140 reviews )

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The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

Patient Comments

Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr. Pirozzi is very caring and knowledgeable.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Excellent care.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Cheryl is a fantastic doctor. she always takes the time to explain everything which I really appreciate.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr.Pirozzi is great! We review everything and plot going forward. Professional, succinct and talks clearly

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr. Pirozzi has always been very professional and helpful in my treatment.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She is a great pulmonologist. She listens and understands my concerns.

SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

Dr Pirozzi and her staff are the best, very courteous and knowledgeable. Always a great experience.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr. Pirozzi has taken very good care of my pulmonary health ever since treating my difficult pneumonia circa Nov 2018. I still get benefit from a low dose inhaler twice a day and infrequently need albuterol rescue inhaler. My return visits are now yearly and so far I have maintained good function. In a word, knowing Dr. Pirozzi is part of my health care team allows me to breath easier.

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr. Pirozzi is super. She knows what she is doing and I have great confidence in her to take care of my health needs. [NAME REMOVED]

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Public Health
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Pulmonary Disease)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Critical Care Medicine)

Education history

Undergraduate Biology, Minor in Studio Art - Dartmouth College B.A.
Undergraduate The Dartmouth-Brown Program, Ohiyesa Medical Spanish Language Program, Antigua, Guatemala - Dartmouth Medical School
Professional Medical Medicine, International medicine elective in the Dominican Republic - Brown University School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Internal Medicine - University of Utah Resident
Chief Resident Internal Medicine - University of Utah Chief Medical Resident
Fellowship Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - University of Utah Fellow
Graduate Training Master of Science in Clinical Investigation - University of Utah M.S.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Burkes RM, Ceppe AS, Doerschuk CM, Couper D, Hoffman EA, Comellas AP, Barr RG, Krishnan JA, Cooper C, Labaki WW, Ortega VE, Wells JM, Criner GJ, Woodruff PG, Bowler RP, Pirozzi CS, Hansel NN, Wise RA, Brown TT, Drummond MB; SPIROMICS Investigators. (2020). Associations Among 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels, Lung Function, and Exacerbation Outcomes in COPD: An Analysis of the SPIROMICS Cohort. Chest, 856-865(4), 856-865.
  2. Maddock SD, Cirulis MM, Callahan SJ, Keenan LM, Pirozzi CS, Raman SM, Aberegg S (2019). Pulmonary Lipid-Laden Macrophages and Vaping. . The New England journal of medicine, 381(15), 1488-1489.
  3. Ortega VE, Li X, O'Neal WK, Lackey L, Ampleford E, Hawkins GA, Grayeski PJ, Laederach A, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Cooper C, Couper D, Han MK, Kanner RE, Kleerup EC, Martinez FJ, Paine Iii R, Peters SP, Pirozzi C, Rennard SI, Woodruff PG, Hoffman EA, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER; NHLBI Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcomes Measures in COPD Study (SPIROMICS) (2020). The Effects of Rare SERPINA1 Variants on Lung Function and Emphysema in SPIROMICS. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 201(5), 540-554.
  4. Zusman M, Gassett AJ, Kirwa K, Barr RG, Cooper CB, Han MK, Kanner RE, Koehler K, Ortega VE, Paine Rd R, Paulin L, Pirozzi C, Rule A, Hansel NN, Kaufman J (2020). Modeling residential indoor concentrations of PM2.5 , NO2 , NOx , and secondhand smoke in the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcome Measures in COPD (SPIROMICS) Air study. Indoor Air. 2020 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/ina.12760. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33037695. . Indoor air, Epub ahead of print,
  5. Paulin LM, Gassett AJ, Alexis NE, Kirwa K, Kanner RE, Peters S, Krishnan JA, Paine R 3rd, Dransfield M, Woodruff PG, Cooper CB, Barr RG, Comellas AP, Pirozzi CS, Han M, Hoffman EA, Martinez FJ, Woo H, Peng RD, Fawzy A, Putcha N, Breysse PN, Kaufman JD, Hansel NN; for SPIROMICS investigators (2019). Association of Long-term Ambient Ozone Exposure With Respiratory Morbidity in Smokers. JAMA internal medicine,
  6. ATS PERSONAL INTERVENTIONS WORKSHOP MAY 201 Personal Interventions to Reduce Exposure and Risk from Outdoor Air Pollution. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, in press,
  7. Johnson S, Mendoza D, Zhang Y, Pirozzi Effects of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure on Venous Thromboembolism: A Case-Crossover Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, in press,
  8. Daniel L Mendoza, Cheryl S Pirozzi, Erik T Crosman, Theodore G Liou, Yue Zhang, Jessica J Cleeves, Stephen C Bannister, William R L Anderegg and Robert Paine II (2020). Impact of low-level fine particulate matter and ozone exposure on absences in K-12 students and economic consequences. 15, 114052.
  9. Judy Ou, Cheryl S. Pirozzi, Benjamin D. Horne, Heidi A. Hanson, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Logan E. Mitchell, Nathan C. Coleman and C. Arden Pope II (2020). Historic and Modern Air Pollution Studies Conducted in Utah. 11(10), 1094.
  10. Mendoza DL, Benney TM, Ganguli R, Pothina R, Pirozzi CS, Quackenbush C, Baty SR, Crosman ET, Zhang (2021). The Role of Structural Inequality on COVID-19 Incidence Rates at the Neighborhood Scale in Urban Areas. 1(1), 186-202.
  11. Ronish BE, Couper DJ, Barjaktarevic IZ, Cooper CB, Kanner RE, Pirozzi CS, Kim V, Wells JM, Han MK, Woodruff PG, Ortega VE, Peters SP, Hoffman EA, Buhr RG, Dolezal BA, Tashkin DP, Liou TG, Bateman LA, Schroeder JD, Martinez FJ, Barr RG, Hansel NN, Comellas AP, Rennard SI, Arjomandi M, Paine Iii (2022). Forced Expiratory Flow at 25%-75% Links COPD Physiology to Emphysema and Disease Severity in the SPIROMICS Cohort. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.), 9(2), 111-121.
  12. Belz DC, Woo H, Putcha N, Paulin LM, Koehler K, Fawzy A, Alexis NE, Barr RG, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper D, Dransfield M, Gassett AJ, Han M, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Krishnan JA, Martinez FJ, Paine R 3rd, Peng RD, Peters S, Pirozzi CS, Woodruff PG, Kaufman JD, Hansel NN, SPIROMICS Investigators (2022). Ambient ozone effects on respiratory outcomes among smokers modified by neighborhood poverty: An analysis of SPIROMICS AIR. The Science of the total environment, 829, 154694.
  13. Johnson SA, Mendoza DL, Zhang Y, Pirozzi C (2021). Effects of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure on Venous Thromboembolism: A Case-Crossover Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 18(12), 1988-1996.
  14. Zusman M, Gassett AJ, Kirwa K, Barr RG, Cooper CB, Han MK, Kanner RE, Koehler K, Ortega VE, Paine Rd R, Paulin L, Pirozzi C, Rule A, Hansel NN, Kaufman J (2021). Modeling residential indoor concentrations of PM2.5 , NO2 , NOx , and secondhand smoke in the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcome Measures in COPD (SPIROMICS) Air study. Indoor air, 31(3), 702-716.
  15. Aberegg SK, Cirulis MM, Maddock SD, Freeman A, Keenan LM, Pirozzi CS, Raman SM, Schroeder J, Mann H, Callahan S (2020). Clinical, Bronchoscopic, and Imaging Findings of e-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Among Patients Treated at an Academic Medical Center. JAMA network open, 3(11), e2019176.
  16. Burkes RM, Ceppe AS, Doerschuk CM, Couper D, Hoffman EA, Comellas AP, Barr RG, Krishnan JA, Cooper C, Labaki WW, Ortega VE, Wells JM, Criner GJ, Woodruff PG, Bowler RP, Pirozzi CS, Hansel NN, Wise RA, Brown TT, Drummond MB, SPIROMICS Investigators (2020). Associations Among 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels, Lung Function, and Exacerbation Outcomes in COPD: An Analysis of the SPIROMICS Cohort. Chest, 157(4), 856-865.
  17. Ortega VE, Li X, O'Neal WK, Lackey L, Ampleford E, Hawkins GA, Grayeski PJ, Laederach A, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Cooper C, Couper D, Han MK, Kanner RE, Kleerup EC, Martinez FJ, Paine R 3rd, Peters SP, Pirozzi C, Rennard SI, Woodruff PG, Hoffman EA, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER, NHLBI Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcomes Measures in COPD Study (SPIROMICS) (2020). The Effects of Rare SERPINA1 Variants on Lung Function and Emphysema in SPIROMICS. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 201(5), 540-554.
  18. Paulin LM, Gassett AJ, Alexis NE, Kirwa K, Kanner RE, Peters S, Krishnan JA, Paine R 3rd, Dransfield M, Woodruff PG, Cooper CB, Barr RG, Comellas AP, Pirozzi CS, Han M, Hoffman EA, Martinez FJ, Woo H, Peng RD, Fawzy A, Putcha N, Breysse PN, Kaufman JD, Hansel NN, for SPIROMICS investigators (2020). Association of Long-term Ambient Ozone Exposure With Respiratory Morbidity in Smokers. JAMA internal medicine, 180(1), 106-115.
  19. Barjaktarevic IZ, Buhr RG, Wang X, Hu S, Couper D, Anderson W, Kanner RE, Paine Iii R, Bhatt SP, Bhakta NR, Arjomandi M, Kaner RJ, Pirozzi CS, Curtis JL, O'Neal WK, Woodruff PG, Han MK, Martinez FJ, Hansel N, Wells JM, Ortega VE, Hoffman EA, Doerschuk CM, Kim V, Dransfield MT, Drummond MB, Bowler R, Criner G, Christenson SA, Ronish B, Peters SP, Krishnan JA, Tashkin DP, Cooper CB, NHLBI SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study (SPIROMICS) (2019). Clinical Significance of Bronchodilator Responsiveness Evaluated by Forced Vital Capacity in COPD: SPIROMICS Cohort Analysis. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 14, 2927-2938.
  20. Paulin LM, Smith BM, Koch A, Han M, Hoffman EA, Martinez C, Ejike C, Blanc PD, Rous J, Barr RG, Peters SP, Paine R 3rd, Pirozzi C, Cooper CB, Dransfield MT, Comellas AP, Kanner RE, Drummond MB, Putcha N, Hansel N (2018). Occupational Exposures and Computed Tomographic Imaging Characteristics in the SPIROMICS Cohort. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 15(12), 1411-1419.
  21. Pirozzi CS, Gu T, Quibrera PM, Carretta EE, Han MK, Murray S, Cooper CB, Tashkin DP, Kleerup EC, Barjaktarevic I, Hoffman EA, Martinez CH, Christenson SA, Hansel NN, Graham Barr R, Bleecker ER, Ortega VE, Martinez FJ, Kanner RE, Paine R 3rd, NHLBI SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study (SPIROMICS) (2018). Heterogeneous burden of lung disease in smokers with borderline airflow obstruction. Respiratory research, 19(1), 223.
  22. Pirozzi CS, Mendoza DL, Xu Y, Zhang Y, Scholand MB, Baughman R (2018). Short-Term Particulate Air Pollution Exposure is Associated with Increased Severity of Respiratory and Quality of Life Symptoms in Patients with Fibrotic Sarcoidosis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(6),
  23. Pirozzi CS, Jones BE, VanDerslice JA, Zhang Y, Paine R 3rd, Dean N (2018). Short-Term Air Pollution and Incident Pneumonia. A Case-Crossover Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 15(4), 449-459.
  24. Hansel NN, Paulin LM, Gassett AJ, Peng RD, Alexis N, Fan VS, Bleecker E, Bowler R, Comellas AP, Dransfield M, Han MK, Kim V, Krishnan JA, Pirozzi C, Cooper CB, Martinez F, Woodruff PG, Breysse PJ, Barr RG, Kaufman J (2017). Design of the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcome Measures in COPD (SPIROMICS) AIR Study. BMJ open respiratory research, 4(1), e000186.
  25. Martinez CH, Diaz AA, Meldrum C, Curtis JL, Cooper CB, Pirozzi C, Kanner RE, Paine R 3rd, Woodruff PG, Bleecker ER, Hansel NN, Barr RG, Marchetti N, Criner GJ, Kazerooni EA, Hoffman EA, Ross BD, Galban CJ, Cigolle CT, Martinez FJ, Han MK, SPIROMICS Investigators (2017). Age and Small Airway Imaging Abnormalities in Subjects with and without Airflow Obstruction in SPIROMICS. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 195(4), 464-472.
  26. Tejwani V, Woo H, Liu C, Tillery AK, Gassett AJ, Kanner RE, Hoffman EA, Martinez FJ, Woodruff PG, Barr RG, Fawzy A, Koehler K, Curtis JL, Freeman CM, Cooper CB, Comellas AP, Pirozzi C, Paine R, Tashkin D, Krishnan JA, Sack C, Putcha N, Paulin LM, Zusman M, Kaufman JD, Alexis NE, Hansel N (2022). Black carbon content in airway macrophages is associated with increased severe exacerbations and worse COPD morbidity in SPIROMICS. Respiratory research, 23(1), 310.
  27. Rous JS, Lees PSJ, Koehler K, Buckley JP, Quirós-Alcalá L, Han MK, Hoffman EA, Labaki W, Barr RG, Peters SP, Paine R 3rd, Pirozzi C, Cooper CB, Dransfield MT, Comellas AP, Kanner RE, Drummond MB, Putcha N, Hansel NN, Paulin L (2023). Association of occupational exposures and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease morbidity. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine,
  28. Mendoza DL, Pirozzi CS, Crosman ET, Liou TG, Zhang Y, Cleeves JJ, Bannister SC, Anderegg WRL, Robert P 3r (2020). Impact of low-level fine particulate matter and ozone exposure on absences in K-12 students and economic consequences. Environmental research letters, 15(11),
  29. Hansel NN, Woo H, Koehler K, Gassett A, Paulin LM, Alexis NE, Putcha N, Lorizio W, Fawzy A, Belz D, Sack C, Barr RG, Martinez FJ, Han MK, Woodruff P, Pirozzi C, Paine R 3rd, Barjaktarevic I, Cooper CB, Ortega V, Zusman M, Kaufman J (2023). Indoor Pollution and Lung Function Decline in Current and Former Smokers: SPIROMICS AIR. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 208(10), 1042-1051.
  30. Laumbach RJ, Cromar KR, Adamkiewicz G, Carlsten C, Charpin D, Chan WR, de Nazelle A, Forastiere F, Goldstein J, Gumy S, Hallman WK, Jerrett M, Kipen HM, Pirozzi CS, Polivka BJ, Radbel J, Shaffer RE, Sin DD, Viegi (2021). Personal Interventions for Reducing Exposure and Risk for Outdoor Air Pollution: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 18(9), 1435-1443.
  31. Kirwa K, Gassett AJ, Sack C, Paulin LM, Pirozzi CS, Barr RG, Woodruff PG, Han M, Wilgus ML, Barjaktarevic I, Peters S, Hansel NN, Kaufman J (2024). Estimating ambient air pollutant concentrations outside and inside homes in the Subpopulations and Intermediate outcomes in COPD air pollution (SPIROMICS air) cohort. Environmental research, 259, 119512.
  32. Baddour NA, Paulin LM, Gassett AJ, Woo H, Hoffman EA, Newell JD Jr, Woodruff PG, Pirozzi CS, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, O'Neal W, Han MK, Martinez FJ, Peters SP, Hastie AT, Hansel NN, Ortega VE, Kaufman JD, Sack C (2024). Air Pollution Exposure and Interstitial Lung Features in SPIROMICS Participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 21(9), 1251-1260.
  33. Barjaktarevic I, Hixson R, Zhuang Z, Buhr RG, Tejwani V, Barr RG, Bateman LA, Bhatt SP, Bleecker ER, Cooper CB, Curtis JL, Drummond MB, Fortis S, Ghosh AJ, Han M, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Ohar J, Martinez FJ, Meyers DA, Paine R 3rd, Pirozzi CS, Sandhaus R, Strange C, Tashkin DP, Wells JM, Woodruff P, Ortega V (2025). Longitudinal Outcomes in Pi*MZ Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficient Individuals with Tobacco Smoking History from the SPIROMICS Cohort. Annals of the American Thoracic Society,
  34. Monica P. Goldklang, Cheryl Pirozzi, Igor Barjaktarevic, Surya Bhatt, Sandeep Bodduluri, M. Bradley Drummond, D. Kyle Hogarth, Alison Keaveny, Zhonghua Liu, Noel G. McElvaney, Oliver J. McElvaney, Nadine Nuchovich, Sabrina Palumbo, Randel Plant, Robert Sandhaus, J. Michael Wells, Andrew Wilson, Charlie Strange, Jeanine M. D'Armiento; for the Alpha-1 Biomarker Consortium Study Grou Rationale and Design of the Alpha-1 Biomarkers Consortium (A1BC) Study. COPD, Accepted,
  35. Goldklang MP, Pirozzi C, Barjaktarevic I, Bhatt S, Bodduluri S, Drummond MB, Hogarth DK, Keaveny A, Liu Z, McElvaney NG, McElvaney OJ, Nuchovich N, Palumbo S, Plant R, Sandhaus R, Wells JM, Wilson A, Strange C, D'Armiento JM, Alpha-1 Biomarker Consortium Study Grou (2025). Rationale and Design of the Alpha-1 Biomarkers Consortium Study. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.),

Book Chapter

  1. Cheryl Pirozzi and Robert Paine II (2017). Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution.

Letter

  1. Maddock SD, Cirulis MM, Callahan SJ, Keenan LM, Pirozzi CS, Raman SM, Aberegg S (2019). Pulmonary Lipid-Laden Macrophages and Vaping. The New England journal of medicine, 381(15), 1488-1489.

Abstract

  1. D.L. Mendoza , T.G. Liou , C.S. Pirozzi , Y. Zhang , D.P. Blagev , R. Pain (2020). The Impact of Environmental Exposure on Influenza Like Illness Hospital Visits. 201, A1781.
  2. D. Belz , H. Woo , N. Putcha , L.M. Paulin , N.E. Alexis , R.G. Barr , A.P. Comellas , C.B. Cooper , M.T. Dransfield , A.J. Gassett , M.K. Han , E.A. Hoffman , R.E. Kanner , J.A. Krishnan , F.J. Martinez , R. Paine , R. Peng , S.P. Peters , C.S. Pirozzi ,P. Woodruff , J.D. Kaufman , N.N. Hanse (2020). Former and Current Smokers Living in High Poverty Neighborhoods Experience Heightened Adverse Respiratory Impacts of Ambient Ozone Exposure: An Analysis of Spiromics Air. 201, A6225.