Joseph K. Salama, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology

Joseph K. Salama, MD, is an expert in radiation therapy for treating cancers of the lung, esophagus, head and neck, and metastatic cancers.

Dr. Salama has expertise in a number of advanced radiotherapy planning techniques including intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), a type of radiation therapy that adjusts radiation beam intensity while contouring the beam to the tumor's shape so that nearby healthy tissue is not affected during treatment.

Additionally, Dr. Salama has a special interest in using stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to help patients with metastatic cancers. This approach delivers a few focused, high-dose radiation treatments to all known sites of cancer.

Practice Location

Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

University of Chicago Hospitals
5841 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Year Started Practice

2006

Board Certification

Board Eligible, American College of Radiology

Medical School

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

Internship

University of Texas, Houston

Residency

University of Chicago Hospitals

Memberships

American Society of Radiation Therapy and Oncology
Radiological Society of North America

Language Spoken

English

Email

jsalama@radonc.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 702-6870

Office Fax

(773) 834-7340

Office Postal Address

Joseph Salama, MD
University of Chicago Hospitals
5758 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 9006
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Radiation oncology
• Head and neck cancer
• Lung cancer
• Thoracic cancer
• Breast cancer
• Metastatic cancer
• Intensity modulated radiation therapy
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy
• Sterotactic radiosurgery

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Learn More About Dr. Salama

View a video of Dr. Salama's presentation of "Advances in Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer."

Selected Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Salama's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.