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Office
282 Washington St
Hartford, CT 06106Phone+1 860-545-9490Fax+1 860-545-9371
Summary
- Juan Carlos Salazar, MD, MPH, is Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Executive Vice President and Physician-in-chief at Connecticut Children’s.
In addition to serving in these roles, Dr. Salazar has led the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Connecticut Children’s and has been nationally and internationally recognized for both his outstanding clinical care and his innovative research work. Dr. Salazar has received several National Institutes of Health grants to study the human innate immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum, the causative agents of Lyme disease and syphilis respectively. He is currently funded by the NIH to develop a first of its kind syphilis vaccine. The NIH funded U-19 project includes investigators in China, Malawi, Cali, Colombia and the US. Most recently his team received funding from the National Institutes Child Health and Development Institute (NICHD) to study the pathogenesis of COVID-19 and the multi-inflammatory syndrome associated to COVID-19 in children and young adults. He has published over 100 peer reviewed articles and book chapters and has served in multiple scientific review panels at the NIH. He currently serves as a member of the HIBP study section at NIAID (2022-25).
Dr. Salazar also directs the Pediatric and Youth HIV program at the Medical Center. His team has promoted and facilitated regional STD and HIV-prevention programs for at-risk high school youth. Dr. Salazar is the current recipient of three different Ryan White Care Act federal funds to coordinate and provide statewide HIV treatment and prevention services for women, infants, children and youth. He has conducted several NIH and pharmaceutical industry sponsored pediatric and adolescent HIV clinical trials and long-term follow-up studies.
He received his medical degree from the Universidad Javeriana, in Bogota, Colombia, and his MPH from the University of Minne
Education & Training
- University of MinnesotaMPH, Epidemiology, 1994 - 1995
- University of MinnesotaFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1992 - 1995
- University of ConnecticutResidency, Pediatrics, 1988 - 1992
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana BogotáClass of 1986, MD
Certifications & Licensure
- CT State Medical License 1991 - 2025
- MN State Medical License 1992 - 1999
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 107 citationsPhagosomal signaling by Borrelia burgdorferi in human monocytes involves Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR8 cooperativity and TLR8-mediated induction of IFN-βJorge L. Cervantes, Star Dunham-Ems, Carson J. La Vake, Mary M. Petzke, Bikash Sahay
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011-03-01 - 13 citationsKawasaki Disease Hospitalizations in the United States 2016-2020: A Comparison of Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era.Timothy T. Phamduy, Sharon R. Smith, Katherine W. Herbst, Paul T. Phamduy, Michael Brimacombe
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2021-08-10 - 82 citationsImmune Evasion and Recognition of the Syphilis Spirochete in Blood and Skin of Secondary Syphilis Patients: Two Immunologically Distinct CompartmentsAdriana R. Cruz, Lady G. Ramirez, Ana V. Zuluaga, Allan Pillay, Christine Abreu
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2012-07-17
Press Mentions
- COVID-19 Admissions down in 48 StatesJanuary 24th, 2023
- 'Tripledemic' Cases Decline in US HospitalsJanuary 23rd, 2023
- NIH Provides Research Grant for COVID-19 Detection TechnologyJanuary 11th, 2023
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- Spanish
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