About me
Salem Kim, MD, is a board-certified hematologist at the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. As a specialist in blood disorders, Dr. Kim treats both benign hematology disorders (e.g., blood clots, anemias, thrombocytopenias, thalassemias, sickle cell disease) as well as malignant disorders (e.g., leukemias, lymphomas and multiple myeloma). Dr. Kim holds board certifications in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology. She also is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.
Dr. Kim's approach to treatment depends on her patients’ individualized care needs and she aims to work together with her patients to develop a comprehensive treatment plan tailored to their goals of care. She is passionate about keeping abreast of the many new treatment options available for treating blood disorders and is excited to offer them to her patients.
Dr. Kim's research interests include non-cancerous blood disorders, which despite not being life-threatening, can be as life-changing as cancer. Referring physicians should know that Dr. Kim welcomes patients with various blood disorders, irrespective of whether they are benign or malignant in nature.
Dr. Kim completed her medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Upon graduation, she completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Next, she went on to obtain a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY. During her fellowship, Dr. Kim was awarded the Jacobi Medical Center Days of the Giants Award for productivity and dedication to patient care. She was also a nominee for the Jacobi Medical Center Best Teaching Fellow award.
Philosophy of Care
“I work hard to establish trust with all my patients and aim to address all their questions and concerns regarding their diagnoses and treatment plans sincerely and honestly. Many of my patients come into my office worried and scared about their disorders, and I want them to walk out feeling educated about their disease and comfortable with the treatment plan we have developed together.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Anemia Management
- Bone Marrow Biopsy And Aspiration
- Hematology Consultation
- Leukemia Management
- Lymphoma Management
- Oncology Consultation
Procedures I perform
- Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant
- Ambulatory Phlebectomy
- Anemia Management
- Ascites Drainage
- Blood Banking
- Blood Transfusion
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Bone Marrow Biopsy And Aspiration
- Brca Gene Testing
- Cancer Awareness
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cancer Risk Assessment
- Cancer Risk Management
- Cancer Survivorship Care
- Cancer Treatment Monitoring
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy
- Coagulopathy Management
- Cushing Syndrome Management
- Disease Prevention
- Flow Immunophenotyping
- Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
- Gene Methylation Analysis
- Genetic Counseling
- Hematology Consultation
- Hematology Follow-Up
- Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant Preparation
- Hepatic Artery Infusion
- Iliac Bone Marrow Extraction
- Immune Cell Therapy Administration
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Immunohistochemistry Staining
- Intravenous (IV) Fluids
- Introduction Of Antineoplastic
- Leukemia Management
- Liquid Biopsy
- Lymphoma Management
- Mind-Body Medicine
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome Management
- Neutropenia Management
- Nonautologous Red Blood Cells Transfusion
- Oncology Consultation
- Pain Management Consultation
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Red Blood Cell Exchange
- Sickle Cell Anemia Treatment
- Thrombocytapheresis
- Thrombophilia Management
- Tobramycin Administration
- Tumor Embolization
- Tumor Marker Testing
- Von Willebrand Factor Replacement
- Wellness Services
- Wound Care
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Choice POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- OA Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Choice Fund PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Sentara Health
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Classic 3500
- TRICARE East Prime
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Navigate
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Student Resources
- Medicare Direct
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Optimum Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-POS
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst NASCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Network OA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna VA Exchange
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Choice POS II
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center (2018)
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine (2015)
Medical School: Rutgers Medical School at Piscataway (2012)