{"id":203,"date":"2023-04-18T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/surgery-tmp\/?post_type=dt_team&#038;p=203"},"modified":"2023-04-19T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T13:09:18","slug":"eduardo-a-santiago-delpin-md-ms-facs","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/surgery-tmp\/dt_team\/eduardo-a-santiago-delpin-md-ms-facs\/","title":{"rendered":"Eduardo A Santiago Delp\u00edn, MD, MS, FACS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-376569e914cbbec3c\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-376569e914cbbec3c uvc-1766 accent-subtitle-color\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  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Info<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"uavc-list-icon uavc-list-icon-wrapper ult-adjust-bottom-margin   \"><ul class=\"uavc-list\"><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-5850\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-mail-03\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-5850 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-5459\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div 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class=\"dt-icon-the7-misc-006-2\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-5254 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/surgery-tmp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2023\/04\/ESD-CV-revision-10.21.21-2.pdf\">CV<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"standard-arrow bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">BS:\u00a0 Science, University of Puerto Rico, 1961<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">MD:\u00a0 University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, PR, 1965<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Residency:\u00a0 General Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, 1970<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">MS:\u00a0 Exp Surg, Immunology, University of Minnesota, 1972<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Transplant:\u00a0 Transplant Surgery and Immunology, University of Minnesota, 1972<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-720969e914cbbf8ee\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-720969e914cbbf8ee uvc-5113  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-720969e914cbbf8ee h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:30px;\">Personal Statement<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-720969e914cbbf8ee .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\">He studied sciences and Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico; Surgery at its University Hospital; and Transplantation Surgery and Immunobiology at the University of Minnesota, where he also obtained a Master\u2019s in Science in Experimental Surgery and Immunology.<\/p>\n<p>He is former Director of the Surgical Research Laboratory, Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences, Director of the Graduate School, and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, all at the University of Puerto Rico.\u00a0 He founded and directed the Puerto Rico Renal Transplant Programs and the Histocompatibility Laboratories.\u00a0 He helped found several local and Latin American societies involved with organ transplantation and immunology, as well as the Latin American Transplant Registry.\u00a0 He has presided, co-directed or held committee positions in 35 local, regional and international organizations including ASTS, UNOS, SEOPF, The Transplantation Society, and International Society for Organ Sharing, and participated on 20 editorial boards and 110 local and international committees. He was an early 1970\u2019s member of ASTS and TTS.<\/p>\n<p>As researcher, he has published 198 scientific articles on transplantation, preservation, immunology and surgery, 158 abstracts in scientific congresses, in addition to l53 literary, social, education, humanities essays or special medical articles and reviews. 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