Martin Musi, MD

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine-Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

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Medical School
  • MD, University of Buenos Aires (2003)
Residency
  • NSLIJHS-North Shore University Hospital/NYU School of Medicine Program, Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine (2011)
Fellowships
  • Wilderness Medical Society, Wilderness Medicine (2014)
Languages
English, Spanish
Department
Emergency Medicine-Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Publications

  • Gray D, Pasquier M, Brugger H, Musi M, Paal P. Correction: A regional modification to the Revised Swiss System for clinical staging of hypothermia including confusion. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2025 Jan 3;33(1):2. PubMed PMID: 39754247
  • Cools E, Swol J, Wanscher M, Brugger H, Pasquier M, McIntosh S, Musi M, Oshiro K, Gordon L, Walpoth B, Hoffman JRH, Follis F, Zafren K, Paal P, Giraud R, Podsiadlo P, Martucci G, Darocha T, O'Neil E, Peek GJ. ELSO 2025 Narrative Guideline on the Use of ECMO for Accidental Hypothermia. ASAIO J. 2025 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41128452
  • McLaughlin K, Roy S, Falla M, Strapazzon G, Luks AM, Zafren K, Brugger H, Musi M, Tomazin I, Ellerton J, Thapa GB, Paal P. Pharmacological Prophylaxis and Supplemental Oxygen for Unacclimatized Rescuers at Very High Altitude: Scoping Review and 2025 Joint Recommendations of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine and the International Society for Mountain Medicine. High Alt Med Biol. 2025 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40844506
  • Small E, Steins H, Musi M, Perry J, Goldberg E, Ryan M, Crawford L, Strickland B, Linkus T, Phillips C, Paterson R, Zona N, Smolkin M, Derstine M, Lemery J, Hoffman JL, Hick SR, Ginde AA, Hackett P, Keyes LE. Prochlorperazine maleate versus placebo for the prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness: a double-blind randomized controlled trial. J Travel Med. 2025 Jul 1;32(5). PubMed PMID: 40403745
  • Small E, Goldberg E, Musi M, Strickland B, Paterson R, Phillips C, Keyes LE. Prochlorperazine maleate versus placebo for the prevention of acute mountain sickness: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Nov 21;25(1):785. PubMed PMID: 39574186
  • Gray D, Pasquier M, Brugger H, Musi M, Paal P. A regional modification to the Revised Swiss System for clinical staging of hypothermia including confusion. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2024 Nov 11;32(1):110. PubMed PMID: 39529105
  • Small E, Goldberg E, Musi M, Strickland B, Paterson R, Phillips C, Keyes LE. Prochlorperazine maleate versus placebo for the prevention of acute mountain sickness: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Nov 21;25(1):785. PubMed PMID: 39574186
  • Gray D, Pasquier M, Brugger H, Musi M, Paal P. A regional modification to the Revised Swiss System for clinical staging of hypothermia including confusion. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2024 Nov 11;32(1):110. PubMed PMID: 39529105
  • Rauch S, Strapazzon G, Brugger H. On-Site Medical Management of Avalanche Victims-A Narrative Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 29;18(19):10234. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910234. PMID: 34639535; PMCID: PMC8507645.
  • Pasquier M, Strapazzon G, Kottmann A, Paal P, Zafren K, Oshiro K, Artoni C, Van Tilburg C, Sheets A, Ellerton J, McLaughlin K, Gordon L, Martin RW, Jacob M, Musi M, Blancher M, Jaques C, Brugger H. On-site treatment of avalanche victims: Scoping review and 2023 recommendations of the international commission for mountain emergency medicine (ICAR MedCom). Resuscitation. 2023 Mar;184:109708. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109708. Epub 2023 Jan 26. PMID: 36709825.
  • Sumann G, Moens D, Brink B, Brodmann Maeder M, Greene M, Jacob M, Koirala P, Zafren K, Ayala M, Musi M, Oshiro K, Sheets A, Strapazzon G, Macias D, Paal P. Multiple trauma management in mountain environments - a scoping review : Evidence based guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom). Intended for physicians and other advanced life support personnel. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2020 Dec 14;28(1):117. PubMed PMID: 33317595
  • Musi ME, Melher A, Bromfield A, Rochon PJ, Davis CB. Effort Thrombosis Presenting as Unilateral "Pumped" Arm in a Climber. Wilderness Environ Med. 2020 Sep;31(3):344-349. PubMed PMID: 32773353
  • Brugger H, Paal P, Zafren K, Strapazzon G, Musi ME. Are mobile ECMO teams necessary to treat severe accidental hypothermia?. Resuscitation. 2020 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33278520
  • Camacho MA, Druck J, Musi M. Subarachnoid Mirage: A Case of Pseudosubarachnoid Hemorrhage. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Aug 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30146447
  • Jekich B, Nacht J, Eifling K, Musi M, Davis C. In Reply to Birkeland, Greene, and Logan. Wilderness Environ Med. 2017 Dec;28(4):382-383. PubMed PMID: 29097065
  • In Reply to Birkeland, Greene, and Logan. Jekich, Nacht, Eifling, Musi, Davis. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Published Online, October 30, 2017
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  • Musi M, Melher A, Bromfield A, Rochon P, Davis C. Effort thrombosis presenting as unilateral “pumped” arm in a climber. Wilderness Environ Med.
  • Arun G, Davis H, Musi M, Spano S. Epidemiology of Ice Climbing Injuries Among Amateur Ice Climbers at the 2019 Ouray Ice Climbing Festival. Wilderness Environ Med.
  • Sumann G, Moens D, Brink B, Brodmann Maeder M, Greene M, Jacob M, Koirala P, Zafren K, Ayala M, Musi M, Oshiro K, Sheets A, Strapazzon G, Macias D, Paal P. Multiple Trauma management in Alpine environments- a scoping review. Evidence-based guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM). Scandinavian Journal Of Trauma.
  • Soteras I, Codo C, Derstine A, Musi M. Hiker's rash. Wilderness Environ Med. 2021, 32 (1), 112-113
  • Arun G, Davis H, Musi M, Spano S. Epidemiology of Ice Climbing Injuries Among Amateur Ice Climbers at the 2019 Ouray Ice Climbing Festival. Wilderness Environ Med. 2021, 32 (2), 181-186
  • Musi M, Sheets A, Zafren K, Paal Peter, Brugger Hermann, Holtz N, Pasquier M. Revised Swiss System Hypothermia. Recommendations for the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICARMedCom). Resuscitation. 2021, 162, 182-187
  • Brugger H, Paal P, Zafren K, Strapazzon G, Musi M. Are mobile ECMO teams necessary to treat severe accidental hypothermia? Resuscitation. 2021, 158, 301-302
  • Musi M, Sheets A, Brugger H, Paal H, Zafren K, Pasquier M. Reply to: Revised Swiss System for clinical staging of accidental hypothermia – at which core temperatures are patients at high risk of cardiac arrest? Resuscitation. 2021, 165:186-187
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Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Emergecny Medicine (AAEM), Fellow

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Emergency Medicine, Board Certification (2012)
  • Internal Medicine (2008)

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Campus Box C290

Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

School
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