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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:

  • Primary Service Location

    Corpus Christi, Texas

    Medical Directorships

    Not listed in CV.

    Board Certifications

    • Board Certified, American Board of Pathology
    • Full Texas Medical License

    Areas of Interest

    • Cytopathology

    Fellowships

    Cytopathology Fellowship
    MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    2017–2018

    Surgical Pathology Fellowship
    Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
    2016–2017

    Residency

    AP/CP Pathology Residency
    Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
    2014–2016

    AP/CP Pathology Residency
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
    2012–2014

    Medical School

    Doctor of Medicine / Doctor of Philosophy (M.D., Ph.D.)
    University of Texas Health Science Center–Houston (UTHSC-H), Houston, Texas
    2005–2012

    Undergraduate Education

    Bachelor of Science Degree
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Biological Sciences with Genetics Concentration and Minor in Ethics
    2000–2003

    Publications

    • 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.