Karen L. Salzman
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Karen L. Salzman, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Radiology
Salt Lake City
801-581-4624

  • Dr. Salzman serves as the Chief of the Neuroradiology section in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Dr. Salzman is a Professor of Radiology; Director of the Neuroradiology Fellowship Program. She has written over 40 peer reviewed journal articles and has been a major contributor to the PocketRadiologist™ series; Diagnostic Imaging: Head & Neck; Diagnostic Imaging: Brain; Diagnostic and Surgical Imaging Anatomy; Expert DDX Brain and Spine as well as the 2nd edition of Expert DDX Brain. She has research interests in neuro-oncologic imaging, specifically in tumors of the brain, skull base, spine and head and neck.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
    American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)
    National Board of Medical Examiners

  • Dr. Salzman serves as the Chief of the Neuroradiology section in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Dr. Salzman is a Professor of Radiology; Director of the Neuroradiology Fellowship Program. She has written over 40 peer reviewed journal articles and has been a major contributor to the PocketRadiologist™ series; Diagnostic Imaging: Head & Neck; Diagnostic Imaging: Brain; Diagnostic and Surgical Imaging Anatomy; Expert DDX Brain and Spine as well as the 2nd edition of Expert DDX Brain. She has research interests in neuro-oncologic imaging, specifically in tumors of the brain, skull base, spine and head and neck.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Radiology & Imaging Sciences -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
    American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Education history

    Fellowship Neuroradiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Radiology - University of Texas Health Science Center Resident
    Residency Pathology - University of Florida Resident
    Transitional Medicine - Georgetown University, Fairfax Hospital Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Florida M.D.
    Molecular Biology - Vanderbilt University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Shoushtari A, Robinson L, Mao Q, Shah LM, Salzman KL, Menacho ST (2024). Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Rare Concurrent Intracranial Meningioma and Oligodendroglioma. Case Rep Oncol, 17(1), 725-733. (Read full article)
    2. McKean WB, Yang J, Boucher K, Shrieve DC, Suneja G, Salzman K, Jensen R, Colman H, Cohen AL (2024). D-TERMINED, a phase 1 trial in newly diagnosed high-grade glioma with temozolomide, radiation, and minocycline followed by adjuvant minocycline/temozolomide. Neurooncol Adv, 6(1), vdae063. (Read full article)
    3. Hoshina Y, Wright MA, Warner JEA, Richards T, Salzman KL, Pulst SM, Spoth E, Clardy SL (2023). Pearls & Oy-sters: ATX-FGF14 Mimicking Autoimmune Pathology. Neurology, 101(14), e1478-e1482. (Read full article)
    4. Poon JT, Salzman K, Clardy SL, Paz Soldan MM (2021). Adrenal Crisis Presenting as Recurrent Encephalopathy Mimicking Autoimmune, Infectious Encephalitis, and Common Variable Immune Deficiency: A Case Report. Neurologist, 27(4), 206-210. (Read full article)
    5. Gamblin A, Fredrickson VL, Hollon TC, Salzman KL, Couldwell WT (2021). Idiopathic chronic temporal lobe herniation with associated epilepsy. Acta Neurochir (Wien), 163(10), 2805-2808. (Read full article)
    6. Cohen AL, Anker CJ, Johnson B, Burt LM, Shrieve DC, Salzman K, Jensen R, Boucher K, Colman H (2020). Repeat radiation with bevacizumab and minocycline in bevacizumab-refractory high grade gliomas: a prospective phase 1 trial. J Neurooncol, 148(3), 577-585. (Read full article)
    7. Lord J, Paz Soldan MM, Galli J, Salzman KL, Kresser J, Bacharach R, DeWitt LD, Klein J, Rose J, Greenlee J, Clardy SL (2020). Neurosarcoidosis: Longitudinal experience in a single-center, academic healthcare system. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 7(4). (Read full article)
    8. Flynn JR, Wang L, Gillespie DL, Stoddard GJ, Reid JK, Owens J, Ellsworth GB, Salzman KL, Kinney AY, Jensen RL (2008). Hypoxia-regulated protein expression, patient characteristics, and preoperative imaging as predictors of survival in adults with glioblastoma multiforme. Cancer, 113(5), 1032-42. (Read full article)
    9. Hamilton BE, Salzman KL, Osborn AG (2008). [Anatomic and pathologic spectrum of pituitary infundibulum lesions]. Radiologia, 50(5), 367-76. (Read full article)
    10. Bell JW, Osborn AG, Salzman KL, Blaser SI, Jones BV, Chin SS (2007). Neuroradiologic characteristics of astroblastoma. Neuroradiology, 49(3), 203-9. (Read full article)
    11. Hamilton BE, Salzman KL, Osborn AG (2007). Anatomic and pathologic spectrum of pituitary infundibulum lesions. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(3), W223-32. (Read full article)
    12. Hamilton BE, Salzman KL, Patel N, Wiggins RH 3rd, Macdonald AJ, Shelton C, Wallace RC, Cure J, Harnsberger HR (2006). Imaging and clinical characteristics of temporal bone meningioma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 27(10), 2204-9. (Read full article)
    13. Amini A, Schmidt RH, Salzman KL, Chin SS, Couldwell WT (2006). Glioblastoma multiforme of the pineal region. J Neurooncol, 79(3), 307-14. (Read full article)
    14. Kan P, Gottfried ON, Blumenthal DT, Liu JK, Salzman KL, Townsend J, Jensen RL (2006). Primary spinal yolk sac tumor with brain metastasis: case report and review of the literature. J Neurooncol, 78(3), 249-53. (Read full article)
    15. Ragel BT, Blumenthal DT, Browd SR, Salzman KL, Jensen RL (2006). Intracerebral amyloidoma can mimic high-grade glioma on magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. Arch Neurol, 63(6), 906-7. (Read full article)
    16. Wiggins RH 3rd, Harnsberger HR, Salzman KL, Shelton C, Kertesz TR, Glastonbury CM (2006). The many faces of facial nerve schwannoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 27(3), 694-9. (Read full article)
    17. McCall T, Chin SS, Salzman KL, Fults DW (2006). Tuberous sclerosis: a syndrome of incomplete tumor suppression. Neurosurg Focus, 20(1), E3. (Read full article)
    18. Kennedy RJ, Salzman KL, Shelton C (2005). Unilateral double vestibular schwannoma. Otol Neurotol, 26(6), 1241-2. (Read full article)
    19. House P, Salzman KL, Osborn AG, MacDonald JD, Jensen RL, Couldwell WT (2004). Surgical considerations regarding giant dilations of the perivascular spaces. J Neurosurg, 100(5), 820-4. (Read full article)
    20. Kennedy RJ, Shelton C, Salzman KL, Davidson HC, Harnsberger HR (2004). Intralabyrinthine schwannomas: diagnosis, management, and a new classification system. Otol Neurotol, 25(2), 160-7. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Shah LM, Salzman KL (2023). Conventional and Advanced Imaging of Spinal Cord Tumors. [Review]. Neuroimaging Clin N Am, 33(3), 389-406. (Read full article)
    2. Hoshina Y, Galli J, Wong KH, Kovacsovics T, Steinbach M, Salzman KL, McNally JS, Lancaster E, Paz Soldn MM, Clardy SL (2022). GABA-A Receptor Encephalitis After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant forMultiple Myeloma: Three Cases and Literature Review. [Review]. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 9(6). (Read full article)
    3. Osborn AG, Louis DN, Poussaint TY, Linscott LL, Salzman KL (2022). The 2021 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: What Neuroradiologists Need to Know. [Review]. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 43(7), 928-937. (Read full article)