Ahmed Salem, MD, MSc, MBBCH, PhD
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Director of Education, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
General Practitioner, Egypt Ministry of Health, Cairo
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2022 | Alexandria University, Alexandria, EG, Diagnostic Radiology, PhD |
| 2015 | Alexandria University, Alexandria, EG, Diagnostic Radiology, Master's Degree |
| 2009 | Alexandria University, Alexandria, EG, MBBCh |
Postgraduate Training
| 2021-2022 | Clinical Fellow, Nuclear Radiology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2020-2021 | Clinical Fellow, Body Imaging, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2019-2020 | Clinical Fellow, Nuclear Radiology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2017-2019 | Research Fellow, Nuclear Radiology, Huntsman Cancer Institute - The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2016-2017 | Visiting Scholar, Nuclear Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2014-2014 | Clinical Observership, Interventional Radiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal |
| 2013-2013 | Clinical Observership, Interventional Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York |
| 2011-2015 | Student - Masters Degree, Diagnostic Radiology, Alexandria University, Alexandria |
| 2011-2015 | Resident, Diagnostic Radiology, Alexandria University, Alexandria |
| 2010-2011 | Intern, Diagnostic Radiology, Alexandria University, Alexandria |
| 2009-2010 | Internship, Virchow Campus Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 2003-2009 | Undergrad, MBBCh, Alexandria University, Alexandria |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2024 | American Board of Radiology (ABR), Certificate of Added Qualification in Nuclear Radiology |
| 2024 | American board of Radiology (ABR) |
| 2024 | Texas State Medical License |
| 2023 | Florida State Medical License |
| 2023 | American Board of Nuclear Medicine |
| 2023 | Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) |
| 2019 | Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| 2019 | Utah State Medical License |
| 2019 | Controlled Substance |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Education Lead, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2022 - 2024
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2022 - 2024
Co-Investigator, Huntsman Cancer Institute, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2022 - 2024
Research Associate, Center for Quantitative Cancer Imaging, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, 2017 - 2019
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Alexandria, Alexandria, 2015 - 2022
Lecturer, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Alexandria University, Alexandria, 2015 - 2016
Clinical Demonstrator, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Alexandria, Alexandria, 2015 - 2016
Editorial Activities
Reviewer, RSNA Nuclear radiology educational Exhibit Review Committee, 2026 - Present
Reviewer, RSNA Neuroradiology educational Exhibit Review Committee, 2025 - Present
Reviewer, Nuclear Radiology Educational Exhibit Review Committee, 2024 - Present
Editorial Board Member, Cancer Imaging (Springer Nature / BMC), 2024 - Present
Reviewer, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2021 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2025 - Present | 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the Radiologic Society of North America, RSNA |
| 2025 - Present | 111th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the Radiologic Society of North America, RSNA |
| 2025 - Present | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTMDACC |
| 2017 | Certificate of Merit, 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the Radiologic Society of North America |
| 2017 | Cum Laude, 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the Radiologic Society of North America |
| 2016 | Ministry of High Education Grant, Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education |
| 2015 | Best International Scientific Publication, Alexandria University |
| 2009 | M.B.B.Ch, Faculty of Med of Medicine, Alexandria University |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
National Presentations
- 2025. Where The Light Betrays: Immunotherapy-Related Adverse Events (irAEs) on 18F-FDG PET/CT. Invited. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. The Blood’s New Alphabet: Critical Insights for Radiologists in Understanding the New WHO Lymphoma Classification. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. Beyond Osseous Metastasis: Deep Dive into Bone Scintigraphy. Invited. 114thScientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. V/Q Scintigraphy: More Than a PE Scan – Know the Patterns, Avoid the Traps!. Invited. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. The Forgotten Territory: The Blind Spot in Oncologic PET/CT – Why Overlooked?. Invited. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, US.
- 2025. “Misguided Missiles”: When Radiotracers Wander Off Course. Invited. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. The Clinical Utility Of PET-CT In Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Advancing Screening, Diagnosis and Management. Educational exhibit. Invited. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the RSNA. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. Adipose Tissue: Normal Variants and Pathologic Insights on 18F-FDG PET/CT. Invited. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the RSNA. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. “Misguided Missiles”: When Radiotracers Wander Off Course. Scientific poster. Invited. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the RSNA. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. Functional Adrenal Pathologies: Imaging Approach to Endocrine Clinical and Biochemical Phenotypes. Invited. 114th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2021. Unusual sites of prostate cancer recurrence, incidentals, second primary malignancies, physiologic variants, and pitfalls on 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT: pictorial review. Invited. 110th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2019. Sciatic Foramen Lesions: Anatomic Considerations and Pathologic Conditions. Invited. 108th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2019. Comparison of the Diagnostic Role of Imaging-Guided Biopsy Techniques in Lymphadenopathy. Invited. 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology. Naples, Florida, US.
- 2019. High Grade B-Cell Lymphoma (HGBL) in the Abdomen and Pelvis: What the Radiologist Needs to Know. Invited. European Society of Radiology, AT.
- 2019. What the Radiologist Needs to Know about High-Grade B-cell Lymphoma (HGBL). Invited. 119th Annual Meeting. Hawaii County, Hawaii, US.
- 2018. Female Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: From Simple Salpingitis to Xanthogranulomatous Oophoritis. Invited. 104th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2017. When the Pathologist Asks, 'Are You Sure You Are Biopsying the Liver?' Unusual Hepatic Tumor and Tumor-Like Conditions: Clinical, Pathological, and Imaging Features. Invited. 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2017. Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxemia Results in Secondary Neuroinflammation and Deposition of Amyloid Beta and Phosphorylated Tau in the Rat. Invited. 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2015. Multimodality Imaging of Extrahepatic Biliary Obstruction: Causes, Clinical Aspects, and Imaging Features. Invited. 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
International Presentations
- 2024. Role of PET-CT in Hematologic Malignancies. Invited. Annual Conference of the Department of Radiology, EG.
- 2024. PET-CT Technique, Uses and Imaging Pitfalls. Invited. Annual Conference of the Department of Radiology, EG.
- 2024. Role of PET-CT in Thoracic Malignancies. Invited. Annual Conference of the Department of Radiology, EG.
- 2023. DOTATATE PET/CT Imaging in Prostate Cancer: Incidental Observations and Potential Future Applications. Invited. Multidisciplinary NET Medical Symposium, NANETS, CA.
- 2021. Unusual sites of prostate cancer recurrence, incidentals, second primary malignancies, physiologic variants, and pitfalls on F-18 Fluciclovine PET/CT-pictorial review. Poster. 106 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiologic Society of North America. Chicago, US.
- 2019. What the Radiologist Needs to Know. Invited. 119 Annual Meeting for the ARRS. Hawaii, US.
- 2019. High Grade B-Cell Lymphoma (HGBL) in the Abdomen and Pelvis: What the Radiologist Needs to Know. Invited. European Society of Radiology (ESR 2019). Vienna, AT.
- 2019. Sciatic Foramen Lesions: Anatomic Considerations and Pathologic Conditions. Poster. 104 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiologic Society of North America. Chicago, US.
- 2017. When the Pathologist Asks, 'Are You Sure You are Biopsying the Liver?' Unusual Hepatic Tumor and Tumor like Conditions: Clinical, Pathological and Imaging Features. Poster. 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, US.
- 2017. Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxemia Results in Secondary Neuroinflammation and Deposition of Amyloid Beta and Phosphorylated Tau in the Rat. Invited. 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, US.
- 2017. Multimodality imaging of extra hepatic biliary obstruction: Causes, Clinical Aspects and Imaging Features. Poster. 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Chicago, US.
- 2016. Retroperitoneal Intranodal Contrast Injection for Lymphangiographic Imaging of the Thoracic Duct in View of Percutaneous Intervention. Invited. 16th Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean and African Society of Ultrasound, EG.
- 2016. Ultrasound-Guided Biopsies in Lymphadenopathies. Invited. 16th Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean and African Society of Ultrasound, EG.
- 2016. Non-vascular Interventional Radiology Procedures. Invited. 16th Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean and African Society of Ultrasound, EG.
- 2009. Immunity and Infertility. Invited. 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting for Women’s Health, EG.
Formal Peers
- 2025. Presenting at the Diagnostic Imaging Educational Case Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Presenting at the Diagnostic Imaging Educational Case Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Presenting at the Diagnostic Imaging Educational Case Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Radiology Residents ABR Review Lecture. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Presenting at the Diagnostic Imaging Educational Case Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2025 |
| Title: | Role of FDG PET-CT in management of renal medullary cancers- Retrospective analysis |
| Funding Source: | Jpn J Radiol |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | PA16-0736 |
| Date: | 2023 - 2024 |
| Title: | ETCTN 10450 Ph Ib Peposertib + Lutetium 177 Dotatate |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 146425 |
| Date: | 2023 - 2024 |
| Title: | RayzeBio RYZ101-301 Ph Ib/III RYZ101 to SOC Therapy |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 152673 |
| Date: | 2023 - 2024 |
| Title: | RayzeBio RYZ101-301 (SIRB) >> Phase Ib/III global, randomized, controlled, openlabel trial comparing treatment with RYZ101 to standard of care (SoC) therapy in subjects with inoperable, advanced, somatostatin receptor expressing (SSTR+), well-differentiated gastronteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) that have progressed following prior treatment with 177Lu-DOTATATE or 177Lu-DOTATOC (177Lu- DOTATATE/TOC) (ACTION-1) |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | RYZ101-301 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | Alliance A031801 Ph II Radium-223 + Carbo Adv RCC |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 153119 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | IIT CaboLu Ph Ib Cabo + Lutetium -177 Prostate Cancer |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | PI |
| ID: | 157278 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | A021901 Ph II Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate vs Everolimus |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 148408 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | RayzeBio RYZ101-101 Ph Ib RYZ101 w carbo + etop + atezo SSTR + |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 163075 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | COMPOSE ITM DP-1111-02CT PRRT w Lutetium 177Lu Edotreotide |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 165072 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | ETCTN 10558Ph II Triapine + Lu177 Dotatee vs LU177 alone |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 168484 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | Janssen HOXTON Ph I Actinium-225 Prostate Cancer |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 158165 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | Ph II Lutetium Lu 177 Dotate PRRT vs Chemo |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 156858 |
| Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
| Title: | IIT Rad2Nivo Ph Ib/II Rad-223 + Nivo Met Prostate Cancer |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 126006 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Salem, AE, Ramirez, S, Weston, B, Hussein, A, Krebs, SS. Case Report. Frontiers in Medicine 13, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41695167.
- Tang, C, Sadiq, M, Ravizzini, G, Salem, AE. Current Applications of Molecular Imaging in Adrenal Imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America 33(4):595-612, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Salem AE, Shah HR, Covington MF, Koppula BR, Fine GC, Wiggins RH, Hoffman JM, Morton KA. PET-CT in Clinical Adult Oncology: I. Hematologic Malignancies. Cancers (Basel) 14(23), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36497423.
- Salem AE, Fine GC, Covington MF, Koppula BR, Wiggins RH, Hoffman JM, Morton KA. PET-CT in Clinical Adult Oncology-IV. Gynecologic and Genitourinary Malignancies. Cancers (Basel) 14(12), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35740665.
- Wiggins RH, Hoffman JM, Fine GC, Covington MF, Salem AE, Koppula BR, Morton KA. PET-CT in Clinical Adult Oncology-V. Head and Neck and Neuro Oncology. Cancers (Basel) 14(11), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35681709.
- Covington MF, Koppula BR, Fine GC, Salem AE, Wiggins RH, Hoffman JM, Morton KA. PET-CT in Clinical Adult Oncology: II. Primary Thoracic and Breast Malignancies. Cancers (Basel) 14(11), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35681669.
- Koppula BR, Fine GC, Salem AE, Covington MF, Wiggins RH, Hoffman JM, Morton KA. PET-CT in Clinical Adult Oncology: III. Gastrointestinal Malignancies. Cancers (Basel) 14(11), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35681647.
- Salem AE, Zaki YH, El-Hussieny G, ElNoueam KI, Shaaban AM, Koppula BR, Bustoros M, Salama M, Elsayes KM, Morton K, Covington MF. An Overview of Selected Rare B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders: Imaging, Histopathologic, and Clinical Features. Cancers (Basel) 13(22), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34831006.
- Salem AE, Zaki YH, El-Hussieny G, ElNoueam KI, Shaaban AM, Koppula BR, Yang M, Salama M, Elsayes KM, Covington MF. Uncommon Variants of Mature T-Cell Lymphomas (MTCLs): Imaging and Histopathologic and Clinical Features with Updates from the Fourth Edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms. Cancers (Basel) 13(20), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34680362.
- Wang, Wu, Kirk, Horn, Salem A, Hoffman, Yap, Sonnen, Towner, Bozza, Rodrigues, Morton. Lipopolysaccharide endotoxemia induces amyloid-β and p-tau formation in the rat brain. Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 8(2):86 - 99, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29755842.
- Salem A, Bahir A, Ross V, Karl M, Louis-Martin B. Retroperitoneal Intranodal Contrast Agent Injection for Lymphangiographic Imaging of the Thoracic Duct in View of Percutaneous Intervention, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26314649.
Review Articles
- Fine GC, Covington MF, Koppula BR, Salem AE, Wiggins RH, Hoffman JM, Morton KA. PET-CT in Clinical Adult Oncology-VI. Primary Cutaneous Cancer, Sarcomas and Neuroendocrine Tumors. Cancers (Basel) 14(12), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35740501.
- Cai ZJ, Salem AE, Wagner-Bartak NA, Elsayes KM, Negm AS, Rezvani M, Menias CO, Shaaban AM. Sciatic foramen anatomy and common pathologies: a pictorial review. Abdom Radiol (NY) 47(1):378-398, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34664097.
Book Chapters
- Salem A, Rogers. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Rectal Carcinoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A, Roger. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Anal Carcinoma. 2nd. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Esophageal Carcinoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Gastric Carcinoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Colon Cancer. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Lymphoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Melanoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
Patient Reviews
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