Curriculum Vitae
A compact public academic CV. Publication, abstract, and repository details are linked to public profiles where they can stay current.
Education and Training
2005-2009
B.S. in Computer Science
University of Colorado, Boulder
Honors thesis: Named Entity Recognition: Adapting to Microblogging.
2010-2012
M.S. in Health Sciences
Montana State University
Thesis: The Effect of Boot Stiffness on Collegiate Alpine Ski Racers.
2012-2016
M.D.
University of Colorado School of Medicine
2021-2023
M.S. in Clinical Investigation
University of Utah
2016-2019
Internal Medicine Resident
University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals
2019-2020
Chief Medical Resident, Internal Medicine
University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals
2020-2023
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellow
University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals
2022-2024
T32-Sponsored Research Fellow
University of Utah
Positions and Employment
2024-present
Assistant Professor of Research
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center
2024-present
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician
Shock Trauma ICU and Schmidt Chest Clinic, Intermountain Medical Center
2024-present
Clinical Research Lead
Mountain Biometrics, Inc.
2025-present
Core Faculty
University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
2025-present
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Medical Education, University of Utah
Certifications
- Board certified in Internal Medicine
- Board certified in Pulmonary Disease
- Board certified in Critical Care Medicine
Research Support
11/2025-06/2027
Informing best practices for evaluation and treatment of myocardial injury during sepsis
NIH NHLBI, R01HL169521; Intermountain site contributor
Evaluates diagnostic and treatment practices for myocardial injury during sepsis using harmonized electronic health record data.
09/2024-02/2027
Follow-up Utilization and Needs after Discharge with Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure (FUND-Hypercapnia)
Intermountain Clinical and Research Fund; PI
Uses administrative data to characterize post-discharge testing, specialty referral patterns, healthcare utilization, and costs after hospitalization with hypercapnic respiratory failure.
07/2022-06/2024
Developing a Computable Phenotype for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
American Thoracic Society, ASPIRE Fellowship; PI
Supported development of reproducible electronic health record approaches to defining hypercapnic respiratory failure.
06/2022-05/2024
Multidisciplinary Pulmonary and Critical Care Research Training Program
NIH NHLBI, T32HL105321; Postdoctoral trainee
Supported formal research training in pulmonary and critical care clinical investigation.
Academic Publications and Scholarly Products
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The Consistency of Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Case Definitions in Electronic Health Record Data
Diagnostic Modeling to Identify Unrecognized Inpatient Hypercapnia Using Health Records
The Role of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Identified in Critical Care, Emergency, Inpatient, and Outpatient Settings
Immersive Virtual Reality Use in Medical Intensive Care: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
The association of weight loss from anti-obesity medications or bariatric surgery and apnea-hypopnea index in obstructive sleep apnea
OSA and Chronic Respiratory Disease: Mechanisms and Epidemiology
Hickam's Dictum: An Analysis of Multiple Diagnoses
What Are We Aiming for in Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure?
Uncomfortable Truths About Data, Justice, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Veterans Health Administration
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National Abstracts and Presentations
Selected recent national abstracts are listed below. Additional conference outputs are maintained through ORCID and Google Scholar.
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2025 / CHEST
Simulation suggests transcutaneous CO2 sensors may accurately detect hypercapnia across settings
2025 / American Thoracic Society International Conference
Rates of diagnostic evaluation for causes of hypercapnic respiratory failure in Utah
2025 / American Thoracic Society International Conference
Central versus peripheral location of pulmonary embolism in asplenic patients
2025 / American Thoracic Society International Conference
Enhancing intern leadership of inpatient emergencies
2025 / American Thoracic Society International Conference
In silico estimation of transcutaneous CO2 sensor performance
2024 / CHEST
Hypercapnic respiratory failure is infrequently reported as an adverse event in clinical trials
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Teaching Experience and Committees
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Lectures and Seminars
- Obesity-Related Respiratory Failure, Utah American College of Physicians invited talk
- Intermountain TeleCritical Care seminar: Recent Pancreatitis Evidence
- Guest lecturer, University of Utah DBMI 6016 Data Wrangling
- Guest lecturer, University of Utah MDCRC 6200 Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
- University of Utah Sleep Division: Statistical Methods in Sleep Medicine for Establishing Causality
- University of Utah PCCM Fellowship Bootcamp sessions on sodium and water, DDAVP clamp, sleep apnea, and introductory statistics
- University of Utah Internal Medicine Residency sessions on code blues, rapid responses, respiratory failure, blood gas interpretation, clinical AI/LLMs, and spirometry/COPD
Curricular Design
- University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows Journal Club
- University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows Statistics Workshop
- University of Utah Internal Medicine Residency Code Blue and Rapid Response Training
- University of Utah Internal Medicine Residency Journal Club and Evidence-Based Medicine Thread redesign
Research Group, Committee, and Administrative Service
- Core Faculty, University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
- Investigator, University of Utah Medical Machine Intelligence Lab
- Program Committee, 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
- University of Utah School of Medicine Phase IV Subcommittee
- University of Utah Student Trainee Advisory Committee, member and chair
- University of Utah GME Value Council, founding member
Appointments, Honors, and Awards
2022-2024
American Thoracic Society ASPIRE Fellowship
2022 and 2023
American Thoracic Society Assembly Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Abstract Scholarship
2020
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Young Investigators Research Forum
2013
Top Poster, Research and Innovation, Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium
Peer Review and Professional Service
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
- Respiratory Care
- Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Sleep and Breathing
- Sleep Epidemiology
- Lung
Professional Context / Disclosures
- Equity interest and work with Mountain Biometrics, Inc., focused on time-series machine learning for wearable sensors and other health data.