Maria M. Crespo, MD
Pulmonary Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

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

Education and training

  • Medical School: Univ De Santander, Fac De Med
  • Residency: Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
  • Residency: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

184 reviews

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October 2025
dr. crespo is very thorough. she reviews all of your test results and medications and answers all you questions.
September 2025
professionalism and on time manner.
September 2025
top notch care and quality of service
August 2025
she's the best.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Crespo is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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: 2025


Gregorio PHP, Toubat O, Crespo M, Fujimoto R, Mazur Z, Spelde A, Usman A, , 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): 2025


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


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


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: 2024


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): 2024,712-721.e2


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): 2024,633-641


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): 2023


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, business, and regulatory roles , Clinical Transplantation: 2023


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: 2023