He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed his Internal Medicine and Nephrology training at the premier military hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Salzberg then served as the Assistant Chief of Nephrology and the Medical Director of Dialysis at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, before joining the faculty at the University of Maryland in 2000. As a clinician educator, Dr. Salzberg has served as the Nephrology Fellowship Program Director, and is actively involved with teaching Fellows, Residents, and Medical Students. Given his dedication to patient care and humanitarianism, he was inducted into the Humanism Honor Society.