Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Co-Director, Penn Lung Screening Program
- Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
My education and training
- Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
- Fellowship: Yale-New Haven Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Español
Spanish
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Diagnostic Radiology, 1990
- American College of Radiology, National
- American Roentgen Ray Society, National
- NCCN, National
- Pennsylvania Radiological Society, Local
- Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society, Local
- Society of Thoracic Radiology, National
- Penn Lung Cancer Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Lee F, Flynn SD, Salazar AM Sudden death six weeks after a myocardial infarct , The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 61: 1988,457-465
Salazar AM, Westcott JL The role of transthoracic needle biopsy for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer , Clinics in Chest Medicine , 14(1): 1993,99-110
Shah RM, Spirn PW, Salazar AM, Steiner Rm, Cohn HE, Wechsler RJ The role of thoracoscopy and preoperative localization procedures in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary pathology , Semin US, CT, and MRI , 16(5): 1995,371-378
Shah RM, Salazar AM CT manifestations of HIV-related pulmonary infections , Semin US CT and MRI, 19(2): 1998,167-74
Kane GC, Salazar Am, Israel HL Aspergillosis: Expanding spectrum of pulmonary disease. , Clin Pulm Med, 5: 1998,151
Shah RM, Wechsler RJ, Salazar AM, Spirn PW Specturm of pulmonary infections associated with multifocal bronchiectasis and centrilobular nodules. , Radiology, 213: 1999,214
Shah RM, Wechsler RJ, Salazar AM, Spirn PW Spectrum of CT findings in pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia , AJR: 2000
Shah RM, Edmonds P, Wechsler RJ, Salazar AM Adjacent parenchymal abnormalities in peripheral bronchogenic carcinoma: Correlation with lymphangio-invasion at thin section CT. , AJR, 176(3): 2001,80
Shah RM, Wechsler RJ, Salazar AM Significant of ground glass opacity at long term follow-up in scleroderma. , Radiology, 225: 2002,624
Shah RM, Wechsler RJ, Pascuale R, Salazar AM, McCormack M, Miller Jr. W: HRCT patterns in respiratory bronchiolitis and desquamative interstitial pneumonitis: Assessment at post-treatment CT. , AJR , 178(3): 2002,49