- Hemothorax
- Pulmonary hypertension (PH)
- Respiratory failure
- Lung transplant surgery
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)
My education and training
- Medical School: Universidad de Cantabria
- Residency: Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
- Residency: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Residency: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Spoken languages
English
English
Español
Spanish
Français
French
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
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- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
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
Qualifications and experience
- Pulmonary Disease, 1997
- American College of Chest Physicians Fellow (FCCP), National
- American Society of Transplantation, National
- American Thoracic Society (Member), International
- Brigham and Women's Hospital Alumni Society (Member), National
- International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation (Member), International
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Alumni Society (Member), National
- Penn Lung Transplant Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Crespo MM, Sole A, Bermudez AC, Richards T, Zane M, Budev M Adoption and Challenges of the 2018 ISHLT Consensus Statement on Adult and Pediatric Airway Complications Grading System in Lung Transplantation: A Multicenter Survey , JHLT Open: 2026
Crespo MM, Sole A, Sandorfi N, Gross A, Valverde A, Venado A Rheumatologic considerations in Lung Transplant candidates. , Clinical Transplantation Reports, 13(1): 2026
Keller BC, Agbor-Enoh S, Keller MB, Nandavaram S, Zeevi A, McDyer JF, Hays, SR, Samuel Weigt S, Belperio JA, Sayah DM, Aryal S, Orens JB, Trindade AJ, , Shaver CM, Yeung JC, Keshavjee S, Martinu T, Crespo MM, Christie JD, , Diamond JM, Arcasoy SM, Tomic R, Sanchez PG, Byers DE, Palmer SM, Halloran K, Gray AL, Dilling DF, Natalini JG, Gries CJ, Budev MM, Sharma, NS, Ross DJ, Bhorade S, Berry GJ, Khush KK, Woodward RN, Gray JN, Ensor, CR, Levine DJ. Utility of donor-derived cell free DNA testing after lung Transplantation in the precision medical era , J Heart and Lung Transplant : 2026,1053-2498
O’Neil JW, Hassaballa AS, Gregorio P, Mauzer Z, Crespo MM, Bermudez C En-bloc lung transplantation: Rare but useful , JTCVS Tech: 2026
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
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 , Perfussion: 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
Courtwright A, Prenner S, Doyon JB, Blumberg E, Bermudez CA, Crespo MM Lessons from the utilization of hepatitis B virus nucleic acid test-positive donors for hepatitis B vaccinated lung transplant candidates (Inhibitor) study. , Transplant Infectious Disease, 27(4): 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