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Aitua Salami, M.D., M.P.H.

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Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery

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  • Biography

    Aitua Salami, M.D., M.P.H., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in minimally invasive thoracic surgery and thoracic surgical oncology.

    Dr. Salami earned his medical degree at the University of Benin School of Medicine in Nigeria. He completed his general surgery residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, where he was honored with the Louis B. Schatz Memorial Award for excellence in research. He received advanced training in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, where he received the Coleman Connolly Award for excellence in teaching. In addition, Dr. Salami earned a master’s degree in public health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

    Certified by the American Board of Surgery, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2024. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the International Society for the Study of Lung Cancer, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Association for Academic Surgery, and the Society of Black Academic Surgeons.

    Dr. Salami’s clinical focus is on minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery. He specializes in treating benign and malignant diseases of the lungs, pleura, esophagus, trachea, mediastinum, chest wall, and diaphragm.

    He has delivered numerous presentations and published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals related to his areas of expertise.

    Dr. Salami has been recognized with the Thoracic Surgical Robotics Fellowship by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Robotic Thoracic Surgery Equity and Access Award by the Thoracic Surgery Foundation.

  • Education
    Foreign Medical School Verification
    University of Benin College of Medical Sciences (2009)
    Medical School
    University of Benin College of Medicine (2009)
    Other Post Graduate Training
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2013)
    Internship
    Mayo Clinic (2016)
    Residency
    Albert Einstein Medical Center (2021)
    Internship
    Albert Einstein Medical Center (2021)
    Fellowship
    University of Minnesota (2024), Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Impact of Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on lung cancer care in the US.
    Salami AC, Yu D, Lu X, Martin J, Erkmen CP, Bakhos CT, J Thorac Dis 2024 Sep 16 9 5604-5614
    Trends and predictors of inflation-adjusted costs in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in a nationally representative sample.
    Hyung K An J, Faridmoayer E, Haefner L, Salami AC, Sharath SE, Kougias P, Surgery 2024 Aug 176 2 289-294
    Esophageal perforation after anterior cervical spine surgery.
    Salami AC, Rao M, Berger J, Diaz-Gutierrez I, Khariwala SS, Khaja SF, Sembrano JN, Hunt M, Andrade R, Bhargava A, JTCVS Tech 2024 Jun 25 208-213
    Narrative Review on Minimally Invasive Metastasectomy for Head and Neck Malignancies
    Salami, AC, Mendez R, Bhargava, A VATS 2024 9 1 - 7
    A nationwide analysis of disparities in guideline-concordant care in American Indians and Alaska Natives with stage I non-small cell lung cancer.
    Schoephoerster J, Praska C, White M, Salami A, Marmor S, Andrade R, Bhargava A, Diaz-Gutierrez I, Hui J, Tuttle T, Owen M, Rao M, J Thorac Dis 2023 Nov 15 11 5891-5900
    Beating the odds: long-term survival after lung transplantation.
    Salami AC, Huddleston SJ, J Thorac Dis 2023 Sep 15 9 4558-4560
    Sex, racial and ethnic differences in Barrett’s esophagus and epidemiology of esophageal cancer
    Salami, AC, Rao, MV Foregut 2023 2 3 213 - 220
    Early Prophylactic Gastrectomy for the Management of Gastric Adenomatous Proximal Polyposis Syndrome (GAPPS).
    Salami AC, Stone JM, Greenberg RH, Leighton JC, Miick R, Zavala SR, Zeitzer KL, Bakhos CT, ACS Case Rev Surg 2022 Dec 3 7 62-68
    Subxiphoid-subcostal versus transthoracic thoracoscopic thymectomy: A safe and feasible approach.
    Rao M, Salami A, Robbins A, Schoephoerster J, Bhargava A, Diaz-Gutierrez I, Wang Q, Andrade R, JTCVS Tech 2022 Dec 16 172-181
    Neoadjuvant chemoradiation versus adjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the rectosigmoid junction: a response.
    Obaid T, Salami AC, Nweze NJ, Deleon M, Force L, Gorgun E, Wexner S, Joshi ART, Colorectal Dis 2020 Nov 22 11 1758