Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Medicine
Additional Title:
Assistant Director, Medicine Clerkship
Location:
UMMC, N3W143
Phone (Primary):
(410) 328-5720
Fax:
(410) 328-5685
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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ: Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 1 (Apr 2006), pp. 000
- Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ: Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 2 (May 2006), pp. 103-106
- 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
- Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ: Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 3 (June 2006), pp. 181-182
- Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ: Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 4 (July 2006), pp. 271-272
- Salzberg DJ, Weinstein AJ: Web Alert, Current Hypertension Reports, Vol 8, No 6 (Dec 2006), pp. 437-438
- Salzberg DJ: Is RAS blockade routinely indicated in hypertensive kidney transplant patients? Curr Hypertens Rep. 2007 Nov;9(5):422-9. PMID: 18177591
- 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
- Weir MR, Salzberg DJ: Management of hypertension in the transplant patient. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2011 Sep-Oct;5(5):425-32. PMID:21925458
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Salzberg DJ, Weir MR: The kidney and rheumatological diseases. pp 297-314. Rheumatology, 4th Edition, Ed Marc C. Hockberg (published 2007) ISBN: 0323033644
- 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)
- Akinbamowo AO, Salzberg DJ, Weir MR. Renal Consequences of Prostaglandin Inhibition in Heart Failure. Heart Failure Clin 4, 2008, pp 505-510. PMID:18760760
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Management of Hypertension in the Transplant Patient. Invited speaker for National Kidney Foundation Spring Meeting, 5 May 2005, Washington, DC
- 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