Sub-Specialties
Joined Oculus Pathology: 2026
Primary Service Location:
Rotating Pathologist (no primary location)
Board Certifications:
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Areas of Interest:
- Cytopathology
Fellowship:
Cytopathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Surgical Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital
Residency:
Houston Methodist Hospital
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Medical School:
University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Undergraduate Education:
Carnegie Mellon University
Selected Publications:
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- Salazar KL, Alrahwan D, Stephens KW, and Ro JY. Immature Gastric Teratoma with Rhabdomyosarcomatous and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Components in an Adult Patient: A Case Report. Advances in Research Gastroenterology and Hepatology (accepted).
- Salazar KL, Zhou HS, Xu J, Peterson LE, Schwartz MR, Mody DR, Ge Y. Multiple Human Papilloma Virus Infections and Their Impact on the Development of High-Risk Cervical Lesions. Acta Cytologica. 2015;59(5):391-8.
- Salazar KL and Mosse C. Normal karyotype in a case of acute myeloid leukemia with monocytic differentiation and hemophagocytosis by leukemic blasts. Lab Medicine. 2015 Winter;46(1):64-8.
- Bhatt KP, Salazar KL, Balasubramaniyan V, et al. The transcriptional coactivator TAZ regulates mesenchymal differentiation in malignant glioma. Genes and Development. 2011;25:2594-609.
- Salazar KL, et al. TAZ as a regulator of mesenchymal transformation and clinical aggressiveness in gliomas. Journal of Investigative Medicine. April 2011 (Abstract).
- Wilson CR, Tran MK, Salazar KL, Young ME, Taegtmeyer H. Western diet, but not high fat diet, causes derangements of fatty acid metabolism and contractile dysfunction in the heart of Wistar rats. Biochemical Journal. 2007;406:457-67.