Mustafa Mir-Kasimov
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Mustafa Mir-Kasimov, MD

Languages spoken: English, Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Pulmonary, Clinic 3
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-7806
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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 Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Pulmonary Disease)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Critical Care Medicine)
American Board of Family Medicine

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

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 16(8), 947-956.
  6. Sturrock A, Baker JA, Mir-Kasimov M, Paine R 3r (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]. Physiological reports, 3(3),
  7. 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. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 19, 1930-1933.
  8. 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. Critical care (London, England), 26(1), 6.
  9. 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 S (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.
  10. 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 Grou (2023). Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors' Feedback on a Phone-based Follow-Up Using a Core Outcome Set. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 20(5), 763-765.
  11. 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 Tea (2023). Fulfillment of Patient Expectations after Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 20(4), 566-573.
  12. 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 Tea (2023). Association Between Unmet Nonmedication Needs After Hospital Discharge and Readmission or Death Among Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Critical care medicine, 51(2), 212-221.
  13. 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 Tea (2023). Health Expectations and Quality of Life After Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Chest,
  14. 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 Tea (2024). Prescription of potentially inappropriate medications after an intensive care unit stay for acute respiratory failure. Australian critical care, 37(6), 866-872.
  15. Driggers KE, Keenan LM, Alcover KC, Atkin M, Irby K, Kovacs M, McLawhorn MM, Mir-Kasimov M, Sabbahi WZ, Sellman J, Johnson L (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. Journal of palliative medicine, 27(4), 508-514.
  16. Zimmerman E, Sturrock A, Reilly CA, Burrell-Gerbers KL, Warren K, Mir-Kasimov M, Zhang MA, Pierce MS, Helms MN, Paine R 3r (2024). Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Limits Inflammation and Preserves Lung Epithelial Cell Integrity. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md., 213(5), 600-611.
  17. Bouhassira DC, Dinglas VD, Lee EM, Beesley S, Carmichael H, Jackson JC, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Bose S, Goodspeed V, Hopkins RO, Brown SM, Needham DM, Turnbull AE, Addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (APICS) Study Tea (2024). The COVID-19 Pandemic and Patient Expectations About Recovery From Acute Respiratory Failure. JAMA network open, 7(11), e2444318.
  18. Myers EJ, Aamodt SE, Huecksteadt TP, Paine R 3rd, Mir-Kasimov M, Reilly CA, Callahan SJ, Sanders KA, Warren K (2025). Serum 17ß-estradiol inversely correlates with circulating group 2 innate lymphoid cells in a cohort of asthmatic patients. Frontiers in immunology, 16, 1555228.

Case Report

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Nevala-Plagemann C, Powers P, Mir-Kasimov M, Rose (2019). A Fatal Case of Septic Shock Secondary to Acinetobacter Bacteremia Acquired from a Platelet Transfusion. Case reports in medicine, 2019, 3136493.

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]. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 195:A3278.
  2. Mir-Kasimov (2010). Phenotypical Cell Plasticity Determines Regulation of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor Expression in Primary Alveolar Epithelial Cells. 181, 6773.