Ahmed Salem, MD, MSc, MBBCH, PhD
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Division of 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
Co-Investigator, Department of Huntsman Cancer Institute, 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
Education Lead, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2022 - 2024
Research Associate, Department of Center for Quantitative Cancer Imaging, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, 2017 - 2019
Lecturer, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Alexandria University, Alexandria, 2015 - 2016
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Alexandria, Alexandria, 2015 - 2022
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 | 111th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the Radiologic Society of North America, RSNA |
| 2025 - Present | 114th 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 | Cum Laude, 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meetings of the Radiologic Society of North America |
| 2017 | Certificate of Merit, 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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: | Janssen HOXTON Ph I Actinium-225 Prostate Cancer |
| Funding Source: | University of Utah |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | 158165 |
| 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: | 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
- 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. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Gastric Carcinoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Melanoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Esophageal Carcinoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Lymphoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Colon Cancer. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A, Rogers. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Rectal Carcinoma. 2. Elsevier, 2019.
- Salem A, Roger. In Diagnostic Imaging. In: Anal Carcinoma. 2nd. Elsevier, 2019.
Patient Reviews
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