Mustafa Mir-Kasimov
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Mustafa Mir-Kasimov, MD

Languages spoken: Azerbaijani, English, Russian, Turkish

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Pulmonary, Clinic 3
Salt Lake City
801-581-7806

  • Mustafa Mir-Kasimov, MD, is an Associate Professor at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and serves as the Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Section at the VA Medical Center.

    Dr. Mir-Kasimov received his Medical Degree from Moscow Medical Academy, Russia in 1996. After three years of research and training at the Department of Vascular Surgery of Moscow Medical Academy he continued his further post-graduate education in the United States. He completed residencies in both Family and Internal Medicine at Carilion Medical Systems affiliated with the University of Virginia in Roanoke, VA in 2005. He went on to his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Utah, which he completed in 2009.

    Upon completion of his fellowship he joined the faculty as a Visiting Instructor at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Mir-Kasimov is board certified in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

    His research interests include alveolar epithelium, its interaction with innate and adaptive immunity, and the role this interaction plays in acute lung injury, lung repair and fibrosis; pulmonary macrophage biology, macrophage polarization and its role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Clinical research interests include lung cancer screening, post-ICU syndrome.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

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

  • Mustafa Mir-Kasimov, MD, is an Associate Professor at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and serves as the Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Section at the VA Medical Center.

    Dr. Mir-Kasimov received his Medical Degree from Moscow Medical Academy, Russia in 1996. After three years of research and training at the Department of Vascular Surgery of Moscow Medical Academy he continued his further post-graduate education in the United States. He completed residencies in both Family and Internal Medicine at Carilion Medical Systems affiliated with the University of Virginia in Roanoke, VA in 2005. He went on to his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Utah, which he completed in 2009.

    Upon completion of his fellowship he joined the faculty as a Visiting Instructor at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Mir-Kasimov is board certified in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

    His research interests include alveolar epithelium, its interaction with innate and adaptive immunity, and the role this interaction plays in acute lung injury, lung repair and fibrosis; pulmonary macrophage biology, macrophage polarization and its role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Clinical research interests include lung cancer screening, post-ICU syndrome.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

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

    Education history

    Fellowship Critical Care - University of Utah, Pulmonary Fellow
    Medicine Program - Carilion/University of Virginia Roanoke-Salem Internal Resident
    Residency Carilion Medical Systems Family Medicine Resident
    Vascular Surgery - Moscow Medical Academy, Department of Vascular Surgery Junior Research Fellow
    Internship General Surgery - Moscow Medical Academy Intern
    Medicine - Moscow Medical Academy, Russian Federation M.D.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Zimmerman E, Sturrock A, Reilly CA, Burrell-Gerbers KL, Warren K, Mir-Kasimov M, Zhang MA, Pierce MS, Helms MN, Paine R 3rd (2023). Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Limits Inflammation and Preserves Lung Epithelial Cell Integrity. J Immunol, 213(5), 600-611. (Read full article)
    2. Bose S, Groat D, Stollings JL, Barney P, Dinglas VD, Goodspeed VM, Carmichael H, Mir-Kasimov M, Jackson JC, Needham DM, Brown SM, Sevin CM, APICS-01 Study Team (2024). Prescription of potentially inappropriate medications after an intensive care unit stay for acute respiratory failure. Aust Crit Care. (Read full article)
    3. Driggers KE, Keenan LM, Alcover KC, Atkin M, Irby K, Kovacs M, McLawhorn MM, Mir-Kasimov M, Sabbahi WZ, Sellman J, Johnson LS (2024). Unintended Consequences of Code Status in the Intensive Care Unit: What Happens After a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order Is Placed? A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Palliat Med, 27(4), 508-514. (Read full article)
    4. Seth B, Kalva T, Eakin MN, Bose S, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Jackson JC, Brown SM, Needham DM, Dinglas VD, Addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome APICS-01 Research Group (2023). Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors' Feedback on a Phone-based Follow-Up Using a Core Outcome Set. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 20(5), 763-765. (Read full article)
    5. Turnbull AE, Lee EM, Dinglas VD, Beesley S, Bose S, Banner-Goodspeed V, Hopkins RO, Jackson JC, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Brown SM, Needham DM, APICS-01 Study Team (2024). Fulfillment of Patient Expectations after Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 20(4), 566-573. (Read full article)
    6. Bose S, Groat D, Dinglas VD, Akhlaghi N, Banner-Goodspeed V, Beesley SJ, Greene T, Hopkins RO, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Turnbull AE, Jackson JC, Needham DM, Brown SM, Addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome APICS-01 Study Team (2023). Association Between Unmet Nonmedication Needs After Hospital Discharge and Readmission or Death Among Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Crit Care Med, 51(2), 212-221. (Read full article)
    7. Turnbull AE, Lee EM, Dinglas VD, Beesley S, Bose S, Banner-Goodspeed V, Hopkins RO, Jackson JC, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Brown SM, Needham DM, APICS-01 Study Team (2023). Health Expectations and Quality of Life After Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Chest. (Read full article)
    8. Turnbull AE, Groat D, Dinglas VD, Akhlaghi N, Bose S, Banner-Goodspeed V, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Jackson JC, Beesley S, Hopkins RO, Needham DM, Brown SM, APICS-01 Study Team (2022). Perceived Social Support among Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors in a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 19, 1930-1933. (Read full article)
    9. Brown SM, Dinglas VD, Akhlaghi N, Bose S, Banner-Goodspeed V, Beesley S, Groat D, Greene T, Hopkins RO, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Turnbull AE, Jackson JC, Needham DM, APICS-01 Study Team (2022). Association between unmet medication needs after hospital discharge and readmission or death among acute respiratory failure survivors: the addressing post-intensive care syndrome (APICS-01) multicenter prospective cohort study. Crit Care, 26(1), 6. (Read full article)
    10. Akhlaghi N, Needham DM, Bose S, Banner-Goodspeed VM, Beesley SJ, Dinglas VD, Groat D, Greene T, Hopkins RO, Jackson J, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Wilson E, Brown SM (2020). Evaluating the association between unmet healthcare needs and subsequent clinical outcomes: protocol for the Addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome-01 (APICS-01) multicentre cohort study. BMJ Open, 10(10), e040830. (Read full article)
    11. Brown SM, Bose S, Banner-Goodspeed V, Beesley SJ, Dinglas VD, Hopkins RO, Jackson JC, Mir-Kasimov M, Needham DM, Sevin CM, Addressing Post Intensive Care Syndrome 01 APICS-01 study team (2019). Approaches to Addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome among Intensive Care Unit Survivors. A Narrative Review. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 16(8), 947-956. (Read full article)
    12. Sturrock A, Baker JA, Mir-Kasimov M, Paine R 3rd (2015). Contrasting effects of hyperoxia on GM-CSF gene transcription in alveolar epithelial cells and T cells.LID - 10.14814/phy2.12324 [doi]LID - e12324 [pii]. Physiol Rep, 3(3). (Read full article)
    13. Sturrock A, Mir-Kasimov M, Baker J, Rowley J, Paine R 3rd (2014). Key role of microRNA in the regulation of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor expression in murine alveolar epithelial cells during oxidative stress. J Biol Chem, 289(7), 4095-105. (Read full article)
    14. Mir-Kasimov M, Sturrock A, McManus M, Paine R 3rd (2012). Effect of alveolar epithelial cell plasticity on the regulation of GM-CSF expression. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 302(6), L504-11. (Read full article)
    15. Sturrock A, Seedahmed E, Mir-Kasimov M, Boltax J, McManus ML, Paine R 3rd (2012). GM-CSF provides autocrine protection for murine alveolar epithelial cells from oxidant-induced mitochondrial injury. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 302(3), L343-51. (Read full article)
    16. Sturrock A, Vollbrecht T, Mir-Kasimov M, McManus M, Wilcoxen SE, Paine R 3rd (2010). Mechanisms of suppression of alveolar epithelial cell GM-CSF expression in the setting of hyperoxic stress. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 298(3), L446-53. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. C Nevala-Plagemann, P Powers, M Mir-Kasimov, R Rose (2019). A Fatal Case of Septic Shock Secondary to Acinetobacter Bacteremia Acquired from a Platelet Transfusion. Case Rep Med, 2019.
    2. Nevala-Plagemann C, Powers P, Mir-Kasimov M, Rose R (2019). A Fatal Case of Septic Shock Secondary to Acinetobacter Bacteremia Acquired from a Platelet Transfusion. Case Rep Med, 2019, 3136493. (Read full article)
    3. DeCato TW, Burk RE, Mir-Kasimov M, Shigeoka JW, Hegewald MJ, Sanders K (Apr 2019). A 73-Year-Old Man With Progressive Whole Body Subcutaneous Gas After Pleural Catheter Removal. Chest.

    Abstract

    1. Andrew Badke, Jinwook Lee, Diana Woller, Tom Huecksteadt, Anne Sturrock, Karl Sanders, Robert Paine, Mustafa Mir-Kasimov (May 2017). The Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) Influences Macrophage Polarization [Abstract]. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 195:A3278.
    2. Mir-Kasimov M (2010). Phenotypical Cell Plasticity Determines Regulation of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor Expression in Primary Alveolar Epithelial Cells [Abstract]. American Thoracic Society 2010 International Conference, 181, 6773.