RachelMarie ESalasMD, MEd, FAAN, FANA

Neurology • Columbia, MD

Sleep Medicine

Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Office
11085 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044
Phone+1 410-740-7944

Fax+1 410-367-2419

Summary

Dr. Salas is a Professor in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, with a joint appointment in the School of Nursing. She earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and completed her internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Neurology. After her chief year, she pursued a two-year sleep medicine fellowship in Baltimore before joining the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins in 2008.
Dr. Salas obtained a Master of Medical Education from the esteemed Johns Hopkins School of Education in 2018. She is board certified in Sleep Medicine and Neurology, showcasing her expertise in both domains. Dr. Salas currently holds the positions of Assistant Medical Director and Director of Ambulatory Sleep Services at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Center for Sleep and Wellness.
For over a decade, Dr. Salas has served as the Director of the Neurology Clerkship, exemplifying her dedication to shaping the education and training of future medical professionals. In addition, she holds leadership positions in prominent organizations, including the Chair of the Undergraduate Education Subcommittee for the American Academy of Neurology and an executive member of the Alliance for Clinical Education. She has also made significant contributions to interprofessional education as the former director of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice for the School of Medicine.
Beyond her institutional roles, Dr. Salas is an Academic Career Designer, spearheading initiatives to enhance medical education. She is the founder and Co-Director of the renowned Johns Hopkins Osler Apprenticeship Program, a medical education research program that caters to senior medical students. Furthermore, she established the Johns Hopkins PreDoc Program, a pipeline premedical college program that serves as a gateway for aspiring clinicians.

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical CenterFellowship, Sleep Medicine, 2006 - 2008
University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsResidency, Neurology, 2003 - 2006
University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsInternship, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2003
University of Texas Medical Branch School of MedicineClass of 2002
St. Mary's University, TexasBS, with "Great Distinction", 1998

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2023 - Present
MD State Medical License 2006 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2021 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Sleep Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Visiting Professor for The Ohio State University School of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AΩA), 2023
The Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award Johns Hopkins, 2023
Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award AAMC and Alpha Omega Alpha, 2022
Educational Scholarship Award Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education, 2021
Alpha Omega Alpha Fellow in Leadership Program Alpha Omega Alpha, 2021
The Johns Hopkins Distinguished Teaching Society Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2021
Faculty Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AΩA), 2020
Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association, 2019
Clerkship Director Innovation Award Recipient American Academy of Neurology, 2015
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Mosaic Initiative Award JH, 2008
John R. Calverley Best Overall Neurology Resident Award 2006
Best Overall Hospital Resident Nominee UTMB, 2006
Neurology Resident Teaching Award University of Texas Medical Branch, 2003
Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology American Academy of Neurology, 2002
Fellow Arthur Ashe for HIV Healthcare Program at Harvard AIDS Institute, 2001
Award for Medical Education Crawford and Hattie Jackson Foundation, 2000
Scholarship Award National League of United Latin American Citizens, 2000
Dean's List for Undergraduate Excellence 1998
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

12 citations
A scoping review of new implementations of interprofessional bedside rounding models to improve teamwork, care, and outcomes in hospitals.
Erin Abu-Rish Blakeney, Frances Chu, Andrew A. White, G. Randy Smith, Kyla F. Woodward
Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2021-10-10
47 citations
Validation of a Wireless, Self-Application, Ambulatory Electroencephalographic Sleep Monitoring Device in Healthy Volunteers.
Patrick H. Finan, Jessica M. Richards, Charlene E. Gamaldo, Dingfen Han, Jeannie Marie S. Leoutsakos
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2016-11-15
52 citations
Sleep, Function and HIV: A Multi-Method Assessment
Charlene E. Gamaldo, Adam P. Spira, Rebecca S. Hock, Rachel E. Salas, Justin C. McArthur
AIDS and Behavior. 2013-01-09

Journal Articles

Tick-tock-tick-tock: The Impact of Circadian Rhythm Disorders on Overall Health and Wellbeing
Gamaldo C, Chung Y, Kang Y, Salas R, Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 1/1/2014
Increased Use-Dependent Plasticity in Chronic Insomnia
Salas R, Galea J, Gamaldo A, Gamaldo C, Allen R, Smith M, Cantarero G, Lam B, Celnik P, Sleep, 1/1/2014
Management of sleep apnea in the neurology patient: Five New Things Neurology: Clinical Practice
Salas RE, Chakravarthy R, Sher A, Gamaldo C, Neurol Clin Pract, 1/1/2014
The Impact of Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disorder on Quality of Life
Kalloo A, Gamaldo C, Kwan A, Salas R, US Neurology, 1/1/2014
Motor Learning Interference Is Proportional to Occlusion of LTP-like Plasticity
Cantarero G, Tang B, O'Malley R, Salas RE, Celnik P, J of Neurosci, 1/1/2013
The Impact of Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disorder on Quality of Life
Kalloo A, Gamaldo C, Kwan A, Salas R, European Neurological Review, 1/1/2013
Primary Care Quiz: Young Man with a Numb Chin
Havlen P and Salas R, Consultant, 1/1/2012
The Real Burden of Restless Legs Syndrome: Clinical and Economic Outcomes
Salas RE, Kwan A, Am J Manag Care, 1/1/2012
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations in Sleep Disorders
Salas RE, Gamaldo CE, Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 1/1/2011
Handbook Of Sleep Medicine
Salas RE, Rasquinha R, Gamaldo CE, 1/1/2011
Sindrome De PiernasInquietas: Novedades En El Diagnostico Y El Tratamiento (English Translation: Catching up with Restless Legs Syndrome)
Chick Y, Salas R, Gamaldo C, SiicSalud, 1/1/2010
Sleep Medicine for the Neurologist
Salas R, Gamaldo CE, Hospital Physician Neurology Board Review Manual., 1/1/2009
Quiescegenic Nocturnal Dyskinesia: A Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Variant or a New Syndrome
Salas RE, Gamaldo CE, Allen RP, Earley CJ, Sleep Med, 1/1/2009
Sleep Medicine Education: Are Medical Schools and Residency Programs Napping on the Job
Gamaldo CE, Salas RE, Nat Clin Pract Neurol, 1/1/2008
Sleep and the ICU, Critical Care Clinics
Collop N, Salas R, Delayo M, Gamaldo C, 1/1/2008
Co-registration of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Hone-Blanchet A, Salas RE, Celnik P, Kalloo A, Schar M, Puts NA, Harris AD, Barker PB, Fecteau S, Earley CJ, Allen RP, Edden RA, J Neurosci Methods, 1/3./2015
Sleep Complaints in Older Blacks: Do Demographic and Health Indices Explain Poor Sleep Quality and Duration?
Gamaldo A, Gamaldo G, Allaire JC, Aiken-Morgan A, Salas RE, Szanton S, Whitfield KE, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 1/15/2014
REM Sleep Behavior and Motor Findings in Parkinson's Disease: A Cross Sectional Analysis
Mahajan A, Rosenthal L, Gamaldo C, Salas R, Pontone G, McCoy A, Umeh C, Mari Z, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 1/23/2014
Sleep and Cognition in an HIV+ Cohort: A Multi-method Approach
Gamaldo CE, Gamaldo A, Creighton J, Salas RE, Selnes O, David P, Mbeo G, Parker B, Brown A, McArthur J, Smith M, JAIDS, 1/15/2013
Sleep Medicine Pearls: Complex Arrhythmia during a Sleep Study
Gamaldo CE, Salas RE, Collop NA, Journal Articles, 1/15/2009
A Case of Compulsive Behaviors Observed in a RLS Patient Treated with a Dopamine Agonist
Salas RE, Allen RP, Earley CJ, Gamaldo CE, Sleep, 1/1./2009
Drug Hoarding: A Case of Atypical Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome in a RLS Patient
Salas RE, Allen RP, Earley CJ, Gamaldo CE, Movement Disorders, 1/15/2009
Concurrent Presentation of Palatal Myoclonus and Sleep Apnea: A Polysomnographic Assessment
Salas RE, Gamaldo CE, Wityk R, Collop NA, Sleep Medicine, 1/10/2009
Medicine Sleep Rounds: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Optimize Sleep Quality and Satisfaction in Hospitalized Patients
Thomas KP, Salas RE, Gamaldo CE, Chik Y, Huffman L, Rasquinha R, Hoesch R, Journal of Hospital, 1/9./2012
Disrupting the Ventral Premotor Cortex Interferes with the Contribution of Action Observation to Physical Practice
Cantarero G, Galea J, Ajagbe L, Salas R, Willis J, Celnik P, J Cogn Neurosci, 1/12/2011
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Books/Book Chapters

Atlas of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Chapter: Movement Disorders in Sleep
Page 174.0 - 195.0Allen RP, Salas RE, Gamaldo CEElsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2014
Adverse Effects of Sleep Deprivation in the ICU
Salas RE, Gamaldo CE2008
RLS Diagnosis CD-ROM

Lectures

Sleep Matters, to Internal Medicine, Surgery, ER, and Pediatric Residents
Abu Dhabi, UAE - 1/1/2013
Best Approaches to Evaluating and Treating Limb Movement Disorders
St. Pete Beach, FL - 1/2./2011
Sleep Quality in Older Blacks
Washington DC - 1/6./2014
Restless Sleep: Uncovering the Truth
Baltimore, MD - 1/1./2014
MySleepScript iPAD App: A Clinical and Educational Tool
JH Center for Behavioral Health, Baltimore, MD - 1/28/2014
Insomnia and Increased Plasticity. Part II: JH PreDoctoral Program
San Antonio, TX - 1/10/2014
Pillow Talk Healthy Sleep, Healthy Living
New York, NY - 1/5./2014
RLS and other Sleep Kicks
Minneapolis, MN - 1/2./2014
Sleepless in Charm City: Identifying Causes of Poor Sleep
Baltimore, MD - 1/8./2014
Sleepless in Charm City: Identifying Causes of Poor Sleep in Health Providers
Baltimore, MD - 1/4./2014
MARC Program Alumni Discussion for Academic Medicine
San Antonio, TX - 1/11/2013
Movements, Artifacts and Arousals
Dream Weaver: The Quest for Sleep
Baltimore, MD - 1/12/2011
Increased Use-Dependent Plasticity in Individuals with Chronic Insomnia
Quebec, Canada - 1/12/2011
Women and Sleep: Searching For Sleeping Beauty
Columbia, MD - 1/11/2011
Should Women's Sleep Be Treated Differently?
St. Pete Beach, FL - 1/2./2011
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of the Restless Legs Syndrome: Long-term Treatment of RLS: Augmentation, Compulsive Behaviors, and Sleep-disordered Breathing
Seattle, WA - 1/6./2009
Understanding, Evaluating, and Treating Common Sleep Disorders
Tulsa, OK - 1/4./2009
Sleep in the Hospital…a Potential Nightmare
Baltimore, MD - 1/25/2008
How's Your Sleep Hygiene?
Baltimore, MD - 1/14/2007
Sleep and Medical Students
Baltimore, MD - 1/23/2013
Practice Parameters for Sleep Testing (In and out of the Lab)
Denver, CO - 1/3./2013
RLS, PLMS, and PLMD: The Devil is in the Details
Denver, CO - 1/2./2013
The Burden of RLS: Association, Outcomes, and Quality of Life
Baltimore, MD - 1/1./2013
The Devil is in the Details
Baltimore, MD - 1/1./2013
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Other

NeuroLearn
American Academy of Neurology
http://tools.aan.com/education/webcme/index.cfm?event=neurolearn:info&PROGRAM_ID=56
1/1/2015
MySleepScript
Johns Hopkins
1/1/2015
Clinical Sleep Vignettes Online Module
JH, Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine, JHU, United Arab Emirates Tawam Hospital
1/1/2013
MySleep101
ItunesU
Sharecare Eat & Tweet: Sleep Chat with Dr. Rachel Salas

1/24/2012
Offering Good Sleep Habit Advice through Social Media
Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/sharecare/hey-got-any-good-advice/
1/12/2013
Facebook(R) Sleep Chat: Helping You Catch More Zzzs

http://on.fb.me/WFFV3y
1/12/2013
Treating Insomnia Without Medication
Brain Talk Maryland NPR and BSI Podcast
http://www.brainscienceinstitute.org/brain_talk/treating_insomnia_without_medication
1/1./2013
Tossin' and Turning' All Night with Restless Legs
Howard County Medical Blog
http://hocowellandwise.org/2014/07/tossin-turnin-night/
1/15/2014
Discussing Life as an Academic Physician
JH PreDocs Facebook Rounds: with Dr. Rachel E. Salas
1/11/2014
Sleep Hygiene
QuantiaMD: Sleep Medicine for Physicians Series
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Press Mentions

Surprising Things Your Fingernails Can Reveal About Your HealthAugust 13th, 2021
Delta and Beyond: What Variants Mean for the Fully VaccinatedAugust 10th, 2021
Why You Shouldn't Open Your Eyes UnderwaterAugust 6th, 2021
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Professional Memberships

American Academy of Neurology - AAN
Fellow

External Links

Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/rachel-salas