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

720-848-0000

Joseph Hippensteel, MD

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine

Board Certified

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  • Gender

    Male

  • Department

    Assistant Professor, Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care

  • Specialty

    Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine

  • Primary Clinic Phone

    720-848-0000

  • Hospital Affiliations

    University of Colorado Hospital
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Practice Locations

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

720-848-0000

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Provider Expertise

Clinical Interest for Patients

Critical Illness Survivorship, Detection and Treatment of Delirium in Critically Ill Patients


Specialties

  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine ( 2018 )

Education & Training

Medical Schools

MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (2012)


Undergraduate Schools

BS, University of Wisconsin–Madison (WI) (2007)


Graduate Schools

MS, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2008)


Internships

University of California (San Francisco) Program (2013)


Residency Program

University of California (San Francisco) Program (2015)


Fellowships

University of Colorado (2019)

Research & Grants

Grants

Potentiation of a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPAR) by highly-sulfated chondroitin sulfate: a novel contributor to sepsis-associated delirium (2020)

Potentiation of (AMPAR) by highly-sulfated chondroitin sulfate: a novel contributor to sepsis-associated delirium. (2020)

Development of a Pre-Clinical Murine Model of Sepsis-associated Delirium (2021)

Endothelial Glycocalyx Degradation during Sepsis in Aging (2021)

Lung-Brain Axis as a Mediator of Delirium (2021)

Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Glycosaminoglycans in Biological Samples (2023)

Understanding Sepsis-associated Auditory Dysfunction (2025)


Research Interests for Patients

My research interests focus on the cognitive consequences (i.e., acutely as delirium and chronically as long-term cognitive dysfunction) of sepsis and other critical illness. I perform both basic and translational research in this realm seeking to identify the relevance of brain-penetrating heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate in these conditions. Ultimately, I seek to develop novel biomarkers and/or therapeutics for these understudied problems.

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