Alireza Salem, MD
Pathology - Anatomic & Clinical
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Overview
Alireza Salem, MD is an anatomical pathologist at the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology. He completed his Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and his surgical pathology and breast pathology fellowship training at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) in Houston, Texas.
Prior to his residency training, he accomplished his Medical Degree (MD) at Azad University in Tehran, Iran.
Dr. Salem has several articles published in peer-reviewed journals. His current research interest involves different types of breast cancers, their genomic and molecular underpinning, and their therapeutic vulnerabilities.
Email: as7027@cumc.columbia.edu
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Breast Pathology
- Surgical Pathology
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Male
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch
- Internship: Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch
- Residency: Baylor University Medical Center
- Fellowship: The University of Texas System / MD Anderson Cancer Center
Committees, Societies, Councils
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)
- College of American Pathologists
- International Society of Breast Pathology
Board Certifications
- Pathology - Anatomic & Clinical
Research
Selected Publications
- Salem A, Wu Y, Ding Q, Middleton LP, Impact of NOTCH1 expression in primary breast adenoid cystic carcinoma, J Clin pathol. 2024 Mar.
- Salem A, Wu Y, Albarracin C, Middleton LP, Kalhor N, Peng Y, Haung X, Aung P, Chen H, Sahin AA, Ding Q. A Comparative Evaluation of TRPS1 and GATA3 in Adenoid Cystic, Acinic Cell, and Secretory Carcinomas of the Breast and Salivary Glands, Hum Pathol. 2024 Jan.
- Salem A, Chung H, Middleton LP, Primary Eccrine Porocarcinoma of the Nipple with Metastasis: A Case Report of a rare entity with Literature Review and Imaging Correlation, Manuscript submitted, Human Pathology Reports. 2023 Aug.
- Salem A, Chung H, Middleton LP, Correlation, Human Pathology Reports . 2023 September.
- Salem A, Pinto K, Koch M, Liu J, Silva EG. Are Multinucleated and Giant Tumor Cells in High Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary Blastomere-like Cancer Stem Cells? Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2020 March.
- Agbay RLMC, Medeiros LJ, Khoury JD, Salem A, Bueso-Ramos CE, Loghavi S. Characteristics and Clinical Implications of Reactive Germinal Centers in the Bone Marrow. Hum Pathol. 2017 Apr.
- Salem A, Bell D, Sepesi B, Papadimitrakopoulou V, El-Naggar A, Moran C, Kalhor N. Clinicopathologic and genetic features of primary bronchopulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience and comprehensive review of the literature. Virchows Arch. 2017 Mar.
- Salem A, Bell D, Sepesi B, Papadimitrakopoulou V, El-Naggar A, Moran C, Kalhor N. Clinicopathologic and genetic features of primary bronchopulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience and comprehensive review of the literature. Virchows Arch. 2017 Mar.
- Salem A, Loghavi S, Tang G, Huh YO, Jabbour EJ, Kantarjian H, Wang W, Hu S, Luthra R, Medeiros LJ, Khoury JD. Myeloid Neoplasms with Concurrent BCR-ABL1 and CBFB Rearrangements: A Series of 10 Cases of a Clinically Aggressive Neoplasm. Am J Hematol. 2017 Mar.
- Salem A, Loghavi S, Khoury JD, Agbay RL, Jorgensen JL, Medeiros LJ. Herpes simplex infection simulating Richter transformation: a series of four cases and review of the literature. Histopathology. 2016 Dec.
- Puntel M, Muhammad AK, Farrokhi C, Vanderveen N, Paran C, Appelhans A, Kroeger KM, Salem A, Lacayo L, Pechnick RN, Kelson KR, Kaur S, Kennedy S, Palmer D, Ng P, Liu C, Krasinkiewicz J, Lowenstein PR, Castro MG. Safety profile, efficacy, and biodistribution of a bicistronic high-capacity adenovirus vector encoding a combined immunostimulation and cytotoxic gene therapy as a prelude to a phase I clinical trial for glioblastoma. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2013 May 1;268(3):318-30.
- Muhammad AK, Xiong W, Puntel M, Farrokhi C, Kroeger KM, Salem A, Lacayo L, Pechnick RN, Kelson KR, Palmer D, Ng P, Liu C, Lowenstein PR, Castro MG. Safety profile of gutless adenovirus vectors delivered into the normal brain parenchyma: implications for a glioma phase 1 clinical trial. Hum Gene Ther Methods. 2012 Aug; 23(4):271-84
- Muhammad AK, Puntel M, Candolfi M, Salem A, Yagiz K, Farrokhi C, Kroeger KM, Xiong W, Curtin JF, Liu C, Lawrence K, Bondale NS, Lerner J, Baker GJ, Foulad D, Pechnick RN, Palmer D, Ng P, Lowenstein PR, Castro MG. Study of the efficacy, biodistribution and safety profile of therapeutic gutless adenovirus vectors as a prelude to a phase I clinical trial for glioblastoma. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Aug; 88(2):204-13
- Puntel M, Muhammad AK, Candolfi M, Salem A, Yagiz K, Farrokhi C, Kroeger KM, Xiong W, Curtin JF, Liu C, Bondale NS, Lerner J, Pechnick RN, Palmer D, Ng P, Lowenstein PR, Castro MG. A novel bicistronic high-capacity gutless adenovirus vector that drives constitutive expression of herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase and tet-inducible expression of Flt3L for glioma therapeutics. J Virol. 2010 Jun;84(12):6007-17
- Puntel M, Barrett RJ, Mondkar S, Kroeger KM, Muhammad AK, Salem A, Huynh P, Palmer D, Ng P, Castro MG, Lowenstein PR. Herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase sequence fused to the lacz gene increases levels of {beta}-galactosidase activity per genome of high-capacity but not first-generation adenoviral vectors in vitro and in vivo. J Virol. 2009 Feb;4(83): 2004-10.