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Daniel J. Salzberg, MD, F.A.C.P.

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor

Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Additional Title:

Assistant Director, Medicine Clerkship

Email:

dsalzber@medicine.umaryland.edu

Location:

UMMC, N3W143

Phone (Primary):

(410) 328-5720

Fax:

(410) 328-5685

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Education and Training

 

Education

1987                             B.A., Biology    

                                    WashingtonUniversity,

St. Louis, MO

1991                             M.D.

                        AlbertEinsteinCollege of Medicine

                                    Bronx, NY

 

Post Graduate Education and Training

1991 – 1992      Internship:         Internal Medicine

                                                WalterReedArmyMedicalCenter

                                                Washington, DC

1992 – 1994      Residency:        Internal Medicine

                                                WalterReedArmyMedicalCenter

                                                Washington, DC

1994 – 1996      Fellowship:        Nephrology

                                                (Program Director: Paul Welch, MD)

                                                WalterReedArmyMedicalCenter

 

                                                Washington, DC

Biosketch

Dr. Daniel J. Salzberg, M.D., F.A.C.P. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed his Internal Medicine and Nephrology training at the premier military hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Salzberg then served as the Assistant Chief of Nephrology and the Medical Director of Dialysis at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, before joining the faculty at the University of Maryland in 2000. As a clinician educator, Dr. Salzberg has served as the Nephrology Fellowship Program Director, and is actively involved with teaching Fellows, Residents, and Medical Students. Given his dedication to patient care and humanitarianism, he was inducted into the Humanism Honor Society.

Highlighted Publications

  1. Hospenthal DR, Hicks CB, Green DL, WiesenAR, Byrd JC, Isenbarger DW, Salzberg DJ:Trends in the incidence and diversity of fungi recovered from urine.  Mycopathologia, 132:15-19, 1995.
  2. Hepburn MJ, Battafarano DF, Enzenauer RJ, Salzberg DJ, Murphy FT, Parisek RA, Kroenke K. Increasing resident research in a military internal medicine program. Mil Med. 2003 Apr;168(4):341-5. PMID: 12733683
  3. Lu WX, Jones-Burton C, Zhan M, Salzberg DJ, Moore J Jr, Fink JC. Survival benefit of recombinant human erythropoietin administration prior to onset of end-stage renal disease: variations across surrogates for quality of care and time.  Nephron Clin Pract. 2005;101(2):c79-86. Epub 2005 Jun 20.  PMID: 15976508
  4. Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ:  Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 1 (Apr 2006), pp. 000
  1. Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ:  Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 2 (May 2006), pp. 103-106
  2. Armentano MJ, Brenner AK, Hedman TL, Solomon ZT, Chavez J, Kemper GB, Salzberg D, Battafarano DF, Christie DS.  The effect and safety of short-term creatine supplementation on performance of push-ups. Mil Med. 2007 Mar;172(3):312-7.  PMID: 17436778
  1. Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ:  Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 3 (June 2006), pp. 181-182
  2. Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ:  Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 4 (July 2006), pp. 271-272
  3. Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ:  Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 6 (Dec 2006), pp. 437-438
  1. Salzberg DJ:  Is RAS blockade routinely indicated in hypertensive kidney transplant patients? Curr Hypertens Rep. 2007 Nov;9(5):422-9. PMID: 18177591
  2. Salzberg DJ, Weir M: Recent transplant issues in hypertension.  pp 227-242.  Ed Raymond Townsend, The Year in Hypertension, Volume 7 (published 4Jan08) ISBN: 184692023X
  3. Weir MR, Salzberg DJ: Management of hypertension in the transplant patient. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2011 Sep-Oct;5(5):425-32. PMID:21925458
  4. Salzberg DJ, Karadsheh FF, Haririan A, Reddivari V, Weir MR: Specific management of anemia and hypertension in renal transplant recipients: influence of renin-angiotensin system blockade. Am J Nephrol. 2014;39(1):1-7. doi: 10.1159/000357205. Epub 2013 Dec 19.

Research Interests

Dr. Salzberg’s primary research has focused on proteinuric kidney disease, specifically exploring the use of RAAS blockade in subjects who have had a kidney transplant. Consequentially, he has been an invited lecturer on this topic at both local and national meetings.

In addition to his interest in research, Dr. Salzberg is a clinician educator, and assists with the Nephrology Fellowship Training Program and sits on the Medical Education Committee. He is actively involved in teaching and developing educational curriculum / material for the Renal Physiology course for both first and second year medical students. Dr. Salzberg received numerous accolades during his 10 year appointment as the Nephrology Fellowship Program Director. He is noted to be an exceptional educator, has won numerous teaching awards, and is a much sought after lecturer.

Clinical Specialty Details

Dr. Salzberg has a special interest in Transplant Nephrology, Dialysis, and ICU Nephrology. He is currently the assistant Medical Director at the IDF Parkview Dialysis Center, and frequently attends on the General Medicine Service, ICU Nephrology Service, and the Nephrology Consultation Service.  He also is the acting Chief Medical Officer of the Independent Dialysis Foundation (IDF), and works closely with patients throughout Maryland (including Allegheny and Garrett counties).

Awards and Affiliations

Honors and Awards

1987                 College Honors, WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis         

1987-91              Health Professions Scholarship for Medical SchoolUnited States Army

1991                 Alpha Omega Alpha, AlbertEinsteinCollege of Medicine  

1991–present     Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

1995                 Outstanding Abstract, Fellow’s Forum, National Kidney Foundation

1996                 Outstanding Abstract, Fellow’s Forum, National Kidney Foundation

1996                 Bailey K. Ashford Research Basic Science Winner

                        WalterReedArmyMedicalCenter

2001                 Resident Award, Excellent Teaching

                        Department of Medicine, University of MarylandSchool of Medicine

2002                 Resident Award, Excellent Teaching

                        Department of Medicine, University of MarylandSchool of Medicine

2003-2007            Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award for Renal Physiology 

University of MarylandSchool of Medicine

2010                 Excellence in Teaching Functional Systems Small Group Conferences

2010-2011         Teaching Commendation in Pathophysiology & Therapeutics II Renal Unit

2010                 Humanism Honor Society Inductee

2011                 Excellence in Teaching Functional Systems Small Group Conferences

2011                 Division of Nephrology Faculty Teacher of the Year Award

2012                 Keynote Speaker Student Clinician Ceremony June 29, 2012

2012                 Division of Nephrology Faculty Teacher of the Year Award
2013                 Division of Nephrology Faculty Teacher of the Year Award

Book Chapters

  1. Curtis R, Goldschmidt R, Barrett J, Thoen-Gordon M, Salzberg DJ, Murchison HH, Michalek S: Genetic Analysis of Surface Proteins Essential for Virulence of Streptococcus Sobrinus. American Society of Microbiology, Copyright 1987.
  2. Salzberg DJ, Hanes D: Quality of life in dialysis patients. pp 556-569. Principles and Practices of Dialysis, Ed William Henrich, MD, 3rd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (published 1Sep03) ISBN:0781738814
  3. Salzberg DJ, Hanes DS, Cangro CB: Medical complications of the eyes, nasopharynx, dentition, oropharynx and hearing in the kidney transplant recipient. Medical Management of Kidney Transplantation, Ed Matthew R. Weir, © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  4. Salzberg DJ, Weir MR: The kidney and rheumatological diseases. pp 297-314. Rheumatology, 4th Edition, Ed Marc C. Hockberg (published 2007) ISBN: 0323033644
  5. Salzberg DJ, Weir MR. COX-2 inhibitors and cardiovascular risk. Subcell Biochem. 2007; 42:159-74. PMID: 17612050 (Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Disease, Volume 42, Chapter 7 Ed: Randall E. Harris, Springer)
  6. Akinbamowo AO, Salzberg DJ, Weir MR. Renal Consequences of Prostaglandin Inhibition in Heart Failure. Heart Failure Clin 4, 2008, pp 505-510. PMID:18760760
  7. Salzberg DJ: Quality of life in dialysis patients. pp 570-584. Principles and Practices of Dialysis, Ed William Henrich, MD, 4th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (published 2009) ISBN: 978-0-7817-8163-3
  8. Brown EM, Salzberg DJ, and Weir MR. Renal Consequences of Prostaglandin Inhibition in Heart Failure, The Kidney in Heart Failure 2012, Part 3, 117-125, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3694-2_9
  9. Salzberg DJ, Weir MR: The kidney and rheumatological diseases. Rheumatology, 5th Edition, Ed Marc C. Hockberg ISBN: 978-0-323-06551-1

10. Salzberg DJ, Weir MR: The kidney and rheumatological diseases. Rheumatology, 6th Edition, Ed Marc C. Hockberg ISBN: 978-0-323-09138-1

11.Salzberg DJ, Konari, F: Quality of life in dialysis patients. In press

Major Invited Speeches

  1.  The Management of Hypertension in the Transplant Patient.  Invited speaker for National Kidney Foundation Spring Meeting, 5 May 2005, Washington, DC
  1. The Management of Hypertension in the Transplant Patient.  Invited speaker for Nephrology Grand Rounds.  JohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter, 1 Nov 05

3.   Measurement of Health Related Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Diseases.  Invited speaker for Nephrology Grand Rounds.  JohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter 5 Dec 07

4.     Keynote speaker for University of Maryland School of Medicine Student Clinician Ceremony, nominated by the class of 2014 

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