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Dr. Michael S Salem MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
1400 Jackson St Denver CO, 80206About
Dr. Michael Salem is a critical care surgeon practicing in Denver, CO. Dr. Salem specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Salem has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Mechanical Engineering 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Awards
- Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1996-2000: Editorial Board, Crit 2007 Colorado Biosciences Association Board of Directors 2004-Current: Nati
Professional Memberships
- Member American Medical Association
- Member American College of Surgeons
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Critical Care 1989
- Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Surgical Critical Care 1993
Experience & Accolades
- Professor 2008 - 2014Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver
- Associate Professor 1999 Surgery and Anesthesiology, George Washington University
- Vice Chairman1999 Department of Surgery, George Washington University
Dr. Michael S Salem MD's Practice location
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