Karen L. Salzman
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Karen L. Salzman, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Radiology
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-7553
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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

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

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 -Professor
Neurosurgery -Adjunct Professor
Board Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners
American Board of Radiology (Neuroradiology)
American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Gamblin A, Fredrickson VL, Hollon TC, Salzman KL, Couldwell W (2021). Idiopathic chronic temporal lobe herniation with associated epilepsy. Acta neurochirurgica, 163(10), 2805-2808.
  2. Hamilton BE, Salzman KL, Osborn A (2007). Anatomic and pathologic spectrum of pituitary infundibulum lesions. AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 188(3), W223-32.
  3. Hamilton BE, Salzman KL, Patel N, Wiggins RH 3rd, Macdonald AJ, Shelton C, Wallace RC, Cure J, Harnsberger H (2006). Imaging and clinical characteristics of temporal bone meningioma. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 27(10), 2204-9.
  4. Wiggins RH 3rd, Harnsberger HR, Salzman KL, Shelton C, Kertesz TR, Glastonbury C (2006). The many faces of facial nerve schwannoma. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 27(3), 694-9.
  5. Flynn JR, Wang L, Gillespie DL, Stoddard GJ, Reid JK, Owens J, Ellsworth GB, Salzman KL, Kinney AY, Jensen R (2008). Hypoxia-regulated protein expression, patient characteristics, and preoperative imaging as predictors of survival in adults with glioblastoma multiforme. Cancer, 113(5), 1032-42.
  6. Amini A, Schmidt RH, Salzman KL, Chin SS, Couldwell W (2006). Glioblastoma multiforme of the pineal region. Journal of neuro-oncology, 79(3), 307-14.
  7. Kan P, Gottfried ON, Blumenthal DT, Liu JK, Salzman KL, Townsend J, Jensen R (2006). Primary spinal yolk sac tumor with brain metastasis: case report and review of the literature. Journal of neuro-oncology, 78(3), 249-53.
  8. Cohen AL, Anker CJ, Johnson B, Burt LM, Shrieve DC, Salzman K, Jensen R, Boucher K, Colman (2020). Repeat radiation with bevacizumab and minocycline in bevacizumab-refractory high grade gliomas: a prospective phase 1 trial. Journal of neuro-oncology, 148(3), 577-585.
  9. House P, Salzman KL, Osborn AG, MacDonald JD, Jensen RL, Couldwell W (2004). Surgical considerations regarding giant dilations of the perivascular spaces. Journal of neurosurgery, 100(5), 820-4.
  10. Bell JW, Osborn AG, Salzman KL, Blaser SI, Jones BV, Chin S (2007). Neuroradiologic characteristics of astroblastoma. Neuroradiology, 49(3), 203-9.
  11. Kennedy RJ, Salzman KL, Shelton (2005). Unilateral double vestibular schwannoma. Otology & neurotology, 26(6), 1241-2.
  12. Kennedy RJ, Shelton C, Salzman KL, Davidson HC, Harnsberger H (2004). Intralabyrinthine schwannomas: diagnosis, management, and a new classification system. Otology & neurotology, 25(2), 160-7.
  13. McCall T, Chin SS, Salzman KL, Fults D (2006). Tuberous sclerosis: a syndrome of incomplete tumor suppression. Neurosurgical focus, 20(1), E3.
  14. Hamilton BE, Salzman KL, Osborn A (2008). [Anatomic and pathologic spectrum of pituitary infundibulum lesions]. Radiologia, 50(5), 367-76.
  15. Lord J, Paz Soldan MM, Galli J, Salzman KL, Kresser J, Bacharach R, DeWitt LD, Klein J, Rose J, Greenlee J, Clardy S (2020). Neurosarcoidosis: Longitudinal experience in a single-center, academic healthcare system. Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 7(4),
  16. Poon JT, Salzman K, Clardy SL, Paz Soldan M (2021). Adrenal Crisis Presenting as Recurrent Encephalopathy Mimicking Autoimmune, Infectious Encephalitis, and Common Variable Immune Deficiency: A Case Report. The neurologist, 27(4), 206-210.
  17. Ragel BT, Blumenthal DT, Browd SR, Salzman KL, Jensen R (2006). Intracerebral amyloidoma can mimic high-grade glioma on magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. Archives of neurology, 63(6), 906-7.
  18. Shoushtari A, Robinson L, Mao Q, Shah LM, Salzman KL, Menacho S (2024). Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Rare Concurrent Intracranial Meningioma and Oligodendroglioma. Case reports in oncology, 17(1), 725-733.
  19. Hoshina Y, Wright MA, Warner JEA, Richards T, Salzman KL, Pulst SM, Spoth E, Clardy S (2023). Pearls & Oy-sters: ATX-FGF14 Mimicking Autoimmune Pathology. Neurology, 101(14), e1478-e1482.
  20. McKean WB, Yang J, Boucher K, Shrieve DC, Suneja G, Salzman K, Jensen R, Colman H, Cohen A (2024). D-TERMINED, a phase 1 trial in newly diagnosed high-grade glioma with temozolomide, radiation, and minocycline followed by adjuvant minocycline/temozolomide. Neuro-oncology advances, 6(1), vdae063.
  21. Liang AS, Nadel JL, de Lotbiniere-Bassett M, Salzman KL, Couldwell W (2026). Widespread invasion of a giant prolactinoma via valveless venous channels: illustrative case. Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons, 11(1),
  22. Mendez JS, Cohen AL, Eckenstein M, Jensen RL, Burt LM, Salzman KL, Chamberlain M, Hsu HH, Hutchinson M, Iwamoto F, Ligon KL, Mrugala MM, Pelayo M, Plotkin SR, Puduvalli VK, Raizer J, Reardon DA, Sterba M, Walbert T, West BL, Wong ET, Zhang C, Colman (2024). Phase 1b/2 study of orally administered pexidartinib in combination with radiation therapy and temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Neuro-oncology advances, 6(1), vdae202.

Review

  1. Hoshina Y, Galli J, Wong KH, Kovacsovics T, Steinbach M, Salzman KL, McNally JS, Lancaster E, Paz Soldán MM, Clardy S (2022). GABA-A Receptor Encephalitis After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant forMultiple Myeloma: Three Cases and Literature Review. Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 9(6),
  2. Osborn AG, Louis DN, Poussaint TY, Linscott LL, Salzman K (2022). The 2021 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: What Neuroradiologists Need to Know. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 43(7), 928-937.
  3. Shah LM, Salzman K (2023). Conventional and Advanced Imaging of Spinal Cord Tumors. Neuroimaging clinics of North America, 33(3), 389-406.
  4. Warstadt MB, Richards TJ, Shah LM, Kohler ME, Mendez JS, Malani R, Salzman K (2025). Glioneuronal and Neuronal Tumors in Adults: WHO 2021 Imaging and Molecular Updates. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology,