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Gilberto Salazar, M.D.

  • Emergency Medicine

Biography

Gilberto A. Salazar, M.D., is a board certified emergency physician and educator, originally from Dallas, Texas,he began his clinical career as a high school volunteer at Parkland. He pursued a pre-med career at Vanderbilt University and then worked for a year as a neurotechnologist in West Palm Beach, Florida. Life took him to University of Texas in Houston, where he earned his medical degree, and then went to Louisiana to complete an emergency medicine residency at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. During his residency training in Baton Rouge, he ventured outside of the emergency department and into an ambulance. Being involved with East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was refreshing and revealing to him. Dr. Salazar decided to continue his training in EMS, and moved back home to Dallas, where he spent two years as a fellow completing his Government Emergency Medical Security Services fellowship for Department of Emergency Medicine, Section on Emergency Medical Services at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW).

After the fellowship, Dr. Salazar joined the Department of Emergency Medicine as a faculty and works as an emergency medicine physician at Parkland Memorial Hospital, after the position was offered to him by Dr. Paul E. Pepe, which he proudly accepted. Currently, he is involved with the UTSW Emergency Medicine Education Program and serves as the medical director to teach both initial and continuing the Emergency Medicine Education for emergency medical technician and paramedic, which trains most of the Dallas Fire Rescue personnel and the vast majority for EMS providers in the Dallas County. In addition, he serves as an associate Chief of Service at Parkland's Emergency Department, and liaison to surgical services.

While at Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dr. Salazar serves as medical director for the Dallas/BioTel EMS Systems, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Department and Public Safety Agencies for the Cities of Farmers Branch and Richardson. In addition, he has serve for years as medical manager for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Texas Task Force Two Urban Search and Rescue Operations, Task Force Strike Team, National Center for Emergency Disaster Response and Preparedness and the medical specialist for Urban Search and Rescue Operations. In recent years, Dr. Salazar has been a leader in the Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Program Committee to provide didactic, simulation, and practical education for the fellows, participate in program improvement, and provide mentorship in education, medical practice, quality assurance, and research in Emergency Medical Services. Dr. Salazar was recently nominated for Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award at UT Southwestern Medical Center and received the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award from Division of Emergency Medicine. 

Education & Training
  • Medical School - UT Health Science Center McGovern Medical School (2002-2006)
  • Residency - Earl K. Long Medical Center (2006-2009), Emergency Medicine
  • Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2009-2011), Emergency Medical Services
Professional Associations & Affiliations
  • Texas College of Emergency Physicians (TCEP) (2009-2015), Member
  • University of Texas Medical School at Houston Alumni Association (UHAA) (2009-2015), Member
  • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) (2006-2015), Member
  • American Medical Association (AMA) (2002-2015), Member
  • National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) (1995-2015), Member
Honors & Awards
  • Faculty Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award; Department Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 2014
  • Faculty Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 2010
  • Nomination for Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, February 2013
Books & Publications
  • Books
    • Pediatric altered mental status: Did you think about the possibility of child abuse? in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • Remember that drugs, toxins, and meds can cause AMS in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • Did you think about excited delirium as the cause of that patient's agitation? in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors,
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Philadelphia, PA., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • Always remember to consider hypoglycemia! in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • Remember that hypoxia may be causing that altered mental status! in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • Those may be stroke symptoms and the patient should go to a stroke center! in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • Remember! That back pain may be due to a spinal cord problem! in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • The patient with headache: what might be the cause? in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • The patient with CNS injuries: did you remember to immobilize? in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    • Always remember to think about increased ICP and manage the airway appropriately! in Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors
      Lawner BJ., Slovis CM., Fowler RL., Pepe PE., Mattu A., Salazar GA. (2012), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Research
  • Emergency Medical Services Education