Michael Root, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Publications

• Root MZ, Lee JS. Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40967604
• Grush KA, Svoboda E, Dunbar PJ, Kannappan A, Perrodin J, Root MZ, Mikkelsen ME. Dyspnea Among Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Systematic Review. Crit Care Med. 2025 Jun 1;53(6):e1282-e1291. PubMed PMID: 40227090
• Hawbaker S, Steinbach TC, Root MZ, Sippel M, Sippel J. Assessing Concordance Between a Large Health System Electronic Health Record and State Immunization Information System for Respiratory Vaccines: A 2-year Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025;211:A1412. American Thoracic Society 2025 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA
• Sippel M, Hawbaker S, Root MZ, Sippel J, Steinbach TC. Poor Asthma Control Correlates With Lower Rates of Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination in Adults with Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025;211:A1413. American Thoracic Society 2025 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA
• Sippel M, Hawbaker S, Root MZ, Sippel J, Steinbach TC. Higher Environmental Injustice Correlates with Worse Asthma Control Test Scores in Adults with Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025;211:A7124. American Thoracic Society 2025 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA
• Simon LE, Root MZ, Mikkelsen ME. Studying the Effectiveness of a System Wide Procalcitonin Order Panel on Antimicrobial Stewardship in Sepsis: An Implementation and Quality Improvement Project. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025;211:A3695. American Thoracic Society 2025 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA
• Morrison C, Cillary J, Wykowski JH, Root MZ. Nail-ing the Diagnosis: Fingernail Dystrophy as a Sign of Short Telomere-associated IPF. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025;211:A7488. American Thoracic Society 2025 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA
• Root MZ, Hawbaker S, Sippel J, Steinbach TC. Addition of a Vaccine Reminder in Note Template Improves Immunization Rates in a Pulmonary Clinic. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025;211:A5322. American Thoracic Society 2025 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA
• Root MZ, Cloyd B, Mayer K, Neumeier A. Navigating the Difficult Airway: A Multispecialty Training for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025;211:A5053. American Thoracic Society 2025 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA
• Cloyd BH, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Root MZ. Video Laryngoscopy for Surgical Endotracheal Intubation. JAMA. 2024 Aug 6;332(5):426. PubMed PMID: 38976242
• Sack KD, et. al. Critical Care ATLAS: CLOVERS. CHEST Critical Care. 2024;2(1):100043.

Practice Locations

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

UCHealth Pulmonology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0748

UCHealth Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, 7th Fl
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0748

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Center Affiliations

• Comprehensive Lungs and Breathing Program

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2021)
• Pulmonary Disease, Board Certification (2023)

Conditions & Treatments

• Lungs and Breathing
• Lungs and Breathing - Interstitial Lung Disease
• Lungs and Breathing - Respiratory Disease