Amir Munir, MD
ACGME/ABMS Fellow
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Internal Medicine Residency Brigham and Women's Hospital 2020
• M.D. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2017
• A.B. Chemistry Washington University in St Louis 2012

Publications (5)

Top publication keywords:
Mitochondrial ProteinsSarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPasesCamptothecinElectron Transport Complex IIIMitochondria, HeartCardiomyopathy, DilatedCalcium-Binding ProteinsSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalMyocardial ContractionCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21Mitochondria, MuscleCardiomyopathiesFatty AcidsRectal NeoplasmsCancer Survivors

• Multi-Disciplinary Management in Rectal Cancer Survivorship: A Clinical Practice Review.
  Journal of gastrointestinal cancer 2023 Chan H, Savoie MB, Munir A, Moslehi J, Anwar M, Laffan A, Rowen T, Salmon R, Varma M, Van Loon K
• The cardiac-enriched microprotein mitolamban regulates mitochondrial respiratory complex assembly and function in mice.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2022 Makarewich CA, Munir AZ, Bezprozvannaya S, Gibson AM, Young Kim S, Martin-Sandoval MS, Mathews TP, Szweda LI, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN
• The DWORF micropeptide enhances contractility and prevents heart failure in a mouse model of dilated cardiomyopathy.
  eLife 2018 Makarewich CA, Munir AZ, Schiattarella GG, Bezprozvannaya S, Raguimova ON, Cho EE, Vidal AH, Robia SL, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN
• MOXI Is a Mitochondrial Micropeptide That Enhances Fatty Acid β-Oxidation.
  Cell reports 2018 Makarewich CA, Baskin KK, Munir AZ, Bezprozvannaya S, Sharma G, Khemtong C, Shah AM, McAnally JR, Malloy CR, Szweda LI, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN
• Synthetic lethality of Chk1 inhibition combined with p53 and/or p21 loss during a DNA damage response in normal and tumor cells.
  Oncogene 2012 Origanti S, Cai SR, Munir AZ, White LS, Piwnica-Worms H