Maria M. Crespo - Faculty Biosketch

Maria M. Crespo, MD, FCCP

Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

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Department: Medicine

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3600 Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
maria.crespo@uphs.upenn.edu

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13 Education:
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43 University of Cantabria School of Medicine, 1985.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 6f Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cantabria School of Medicine, 1985-1987.
24 71 Internal Medicine, Bronxcare Health Systems,Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1989-1992.
24 72 Sleep Study Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hospital, Van Ethan Hospital, 1992-1994.
24 7e Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship, Bronxcare Health Systems, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1992-1994.
24 71 Critical Care Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/Cornell University, 1994-1995.
24 66 Heyward Critical Care Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1995-1996.
24 75 Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2002-2003.
24 7d Lung Transplant Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Interventional Bronchoscopy, 2003-2004.
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17 Certifications
28 3c American Board of Internal Medicine, 1992.
28 4b American Board of Internal Medicine: Critical Care, 1995.
28 34 Advance Trauma Life Support, 1996.
28 47 American Board of Internal Medicine: Pulmonary, 2016.
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Selected Publications

128 Fujimoto R, Usman A, Olia S, Spelde A, Gregorio PP, Mazur Z, Richards T, Crespo MM, Bermudez C.: Use of Veno-pulmoarterial ECMO to Manage Differential Oxygenation in a Lung Transplant Candidate. Perfusion 3, November 2025.

76 Gregorio PHP, Toubat O, Crespo M, Fujimoto R, Mazur Z, Spelde A, Usman A, 111 Biscotti M, Bermudez CA. : Successful use of venopulmonary extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 10(39), October 2025.

be McKenna AM, Tiwari A, Chopra A, Foulke L, Crespo MM, Farber HW.: Management of pulmonary granulomatosis venulitis by lung transplantation. 35 CHEST 3: e59-e63, May 2025.

bb Corris PA, Crespo MM, Vos R, Bhorade S, Palmer S, Chambers D: An open letter to the ISHLT and its global lung transplantation community. 5e Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant. 26(25): S1053-2498, May 2025.

146 Alyssa K. Mezochow MD, Kevin D. He MD, Kathryn Whitaker MD, Emily Blumberg MD, Maria M. Crespo MD, Andrew Courtwright MD: Letermovir use for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis following lung transplantation: A single-center review. JHLT Open 6, November 2024.

1e2 Hunt ML, Crespo MM, Richards TJ, Bermudez F, Courtwright A, Usman A, Spelde AE, Diamond J, Patel N, Cantu E, Christie J, Clausen E, Cevasco M, Ahya V, Bermudez CA: Lung transplantation for COVID-2019 respiratory failure in the United States: Outcomes 1-year posttransplant and the impact of preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. J Thorac Cardiovas Surg 3(168): 712-721.e2, September 2024.

223 Diamond JM, Anderson MR, Cantu E, Clausen ES, Shashaty MGS, Kalman L, Oyster M, Crespo MM, Bermudez CA, Benvenuto L, Palmer SM, Snyder LD, Hartwig MG, Wille K, Hage C, McDyer JF, Merlo CA, Shah PD, Orens JB, Dhillon GS, Lama VN, Patel MG, Singer JP, Hachem RR, Michelson AP, Hsu J, Russell Localio A, Christie JD: Development and validation of primary graft dysfunction predictive algorithm for lung transplant candidates. J Heart Lung Transplant 4(43): 633-641, April 2024.

133 Courtwright AM, Doyon JB, Blumberg EA, Cevasco M, Cantu E, Bermudez CA, Crespo MM: Infectious complications associated with bronchial anastomotic dehiscence in lung transplant recipients. Clinical Transplantation 10(37), October 2023.

fb Maria M Crespo, Manpreet Samra, Angelina Korsun, Laura Butler, Hannah Byford, Andrea Tietjen, Laura Stillion, Linda Ohler, Shikha Mehta: Collaborative leadership in transplantation: Blending clinical, 69 business, and regulatory roles. Clinical Transplantation. Wiley September 2023.

20a Diamond J, Cantu E, Calfee C, Anderson M, Clausen E, Shashaty M, Courtwright A, Kalman L, Oyster M, Crespo MM, Bermudez C, Benvenuto L, Palmer S, Snyder L, Hartwig M, Todd J, Willie K, Hage C, McDyer J, Merlo C, Shad P, Orens J, Dhillon G, Weinacker A, Lama V, Patel M, Singer J, Hsu J, Localio A, Christie J: The impact of donor smoking on primary graft dysfunction and mortality after lung transplantation. Am J Resp Crit Care Med September 2023.

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