Joshua M. Zimmerman
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Joshua M. Zimmerman, MD

Languages spoken: Spanish, English

  • 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

    • Perioperative Medicine
    • Anesthesiology

    Board Certification

    National Board of Echocardiography (Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography)
    American Board of Anesthesiology
    National Board of Echocardiography (Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography)

  • 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.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Professor (Clinical)
    Board Certification
    National Board of Echocardiography (Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography)
    American Board of Anesthesiology
    National Board of Echocardiography (Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography)

    Education history

    Undergraduate Biology - Indiana University B.S.
    Professional Medical Medicine - Indiana University M.D.
    Internship Transitional Medicine - LDS Hospital Intern
    Residency Anesthesiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Fellowship Perioperative Echocardiography - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Other Training Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medicine - The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Coker BJ, Zimmerman J (2017). Why Anesthesiologists Must Incorporate Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Into Daily Practice. Anesthesia and analgesia, 124(3), 761-765. (Read full publication)
    2. Griffee MJ, Tonna JE, McKellar SH, Zimmerman J (2018). Echocardiographic Guidance and Troubleshooting for Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Using the Dual-Lumen Bicaval Cannula. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 32(1), 370-378. (Read full publication)
    3. Markin NW, Gmelch BS, Griffee MJ, Holmberg TJ, Morgan DE, Zimmerman J (2015). A review of 364 perioperative rescue echocardiograms: findings of an anesthesiologist-staffed perioperative echocardiography service. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 29(1), 82-8. (Read full publication)
    4. Yeates TM, Zimmerman JM, Cahalan M (2008). Perioperative echocardiography: two-dimensional and three-dimensional applications. Anesthesiology clinics, 26(3), 419-35. (Read full publication)
    5. Griffee MJ, Singleton A, Zimmerman JM, Morgan DE, Nirula (2016). The Effect of Perioperative Rescue Transesophageal Echocardiography on the Management of Trauma Patients. A & A case reports, 6(12), 387-90. (Read full publication)
    6. Haskins SC, Bronshteyn YS, Ledbetter L, Arzola C, Kalagara H, Hardman D, Panzer O, Weber MM, Heinz ER, Boublik J, Cubillos J, Hernandez N, Zimmerman J, Perlas (2025). ASRA pain medicine narrative review and expert practice recommendations for gastric point-of-care ultrasound to assess aspiration risk in medically complex patients undergoing regional anesthesia and pain procedures. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Vahdatpour CA, Ryan JJ, Zimmerman JM, MacCormick SJ, Palevsky HI, Alnuaimat H, Ataya (2021). Advanced airway management and respiratory care in decompensated pulmonary hypertension. Heart failure reviews, (Read full publication)