Juan D. Salcedo-Betancourt, MD
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Perelman
Schedule onlineCall 215-662-2638
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
  • Residency: University of Miami
  • Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Salcedo-Betancourt is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Patel MS, Salcedo-Betancourt JD, Saunders C, Broglio K, Malinoski D, Niemann CU Therapeutic Hypothermia in Low-Risk Non-Pumped Brain-Dead Kidney Donors, A Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Network Open, 7(2): 2024,e2353785

Juan D Salcedo-Betancourt, Orson W Moe The effects of acid on calcium and phosphate metabolism , International journal of molecular sciences, 25(4): 2024

OW Moe, JDS Betancourt, T Davidson, I Carroll, JV Pastor Characterization of Renal Tubule-Derived Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) and EVs Carrying Klotho: SA-PO236 , Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35((10S)): 2024

Wojciechowski, David; Salcedo Betancourt, Juan David; Marsh, Morgan; Feizpour, Cyrus; Han, Hwarang Stephen; Lakhani, Laila S.; Levea, Swee-Ling; Anderson, Lee E. Use of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA and Gene Expression Profiling to Facilitate Belatacept Monotherapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients TH-PO806 , Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35((10S)): 2024

Levea SL, Prasadh JG, Wang BK, Salcedo-Betancourt JD, Matevish L, Sanchez-Vivaldi J, Lieber R, Shah JA, Hwang CS, Wojciechowski D, Vagefi PA. A contemporary analysis of trends in mental wellbeing among living donor kidney applicants. , Transplantation Direct, 10(6): 2024,e1631

Aponte Becerra L, Salcedo Betancourt JD, Elfassy T, Iakymenko O, Thomas DB, Isaac F, Fornoni A, Zuo Y, Barisoni L, Contreras G, Munoz Mendoza J. Relationships among Non-Neoplastic Histopathological Features, Kidney Function, Proteinuria, and Other Clinical Factors in Patients Undergoing Nephrectomy , Glomerular Dis, 3(1): 2023,220-229

Munoz Mendoza J, Aponte-Becerra L, Torres C, Rozas J, Francois P, Salcedo-Betancourt JD, Barreto A, Rodriguez J, Suarez M, Fornoni A, Contreras G One-year all-cause mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis , Clin Nephrol, 99(2): 2023,51-57

Prasadh J, Wang, B, Salcedo-Betancourt JD, Shah J, Desai D, McDonald M, Hwang C, Wojciechowski D, Vagefi P, Levea SL, Patel M The Evolving Psychosocial Landscape of Living Donor Applicants , American Journal of Transplantation: 2023,32

Sanchez-Vivaldi JA, Patel MS, Shah JA, Wang BK, Salcedo-Betancourt JD, Hwang CS, Wojciechowski D, La Hoz RM, Vagefi PA. Short-term kidney transplant outcomes from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 lower respiratory tract positive donors , Transpl Infect Dis, 24(4): 2022,e13890

Salcedo-Betancourt JD, Farouk SS, Reddy YNV. Ensuring health equity for sexual and/or gender minority individuals , Nat Rev Nephrol, 18(6): 2022,341-342