{"id":257,"date":"2023-05-22T16:09:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/surgery-tmp\/?post_type=dt_team&#038;p=257"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:55:52","slug":"marcos-g-salgado-crespo-md-facs","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/surgery-tmp\/dt_team\/marcos-g-salgado-crespo-md-facs\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcos G. Salgado Crespo, MD, 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-953169e914c9c618c\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-953169e914c9c618c uvc-2875 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\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-953169e914c9c618c h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:30px;mobile_landscape:34px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:40px;mobile_landscape:44px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#0a0a0a;margin-bottom:10px;\">Marcos G. 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data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-3235 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Department of Surgery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">School of Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Medical Sciences Campus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Office A-923<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-5375\">\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-phone-071\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-5375 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">787-763-2440<\/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: Integrative Biology, UPR Rio Piedras Campus, 06\/2010<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">MD:\u00a0 UPR School of Medicine, 06\/2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Residency:\u00a0 General Surgery, UPR School of Medicine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Fellowship:\u00a0 Surgical Critical Care, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, 07\/2010<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-881069e914c9c6eea\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-881069e914c9c6eea uvc-2843  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-881069e914c9c6eea 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-881069e914c9c6eea .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\">Being a trauma and acute care surgeon has been a great and ongoing humbling experience; truly the privilege of a lifetime. The opportunity to combine surgical and critical care skills intertwined continuously in the pursuit of physiologic stabilization while containing and repairing life-threatening injuries. In addition to trauma care, I am especially interested in other areas such as minimally invasive surgery, vascular access formation and endoscopic interventions.<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-95969e914c9c6f4e\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-95969e914c9c6f4e uvc-7554  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-95969e914c9c6f4e h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:30px;\">Positions and Honors<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-95969e914c9c6f4e .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\">San Juan City Hospital Surgical Procedures CommitteePresident<br \/>\n2022-present<\/p>\n<p>Puerto Rico Trauma Hospital Transfusion Committee President<br \/>\n2021-present<\/p>\n<p>UPR School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Surgery<br \/>\n2020-present<\/p>\n<p>Heart of Gold Award by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation<br \/>\nApril 2018<\/p>\n<p>ACS Leadership and Advocacy Scholarship<br \/>\nMarch 2018<\/p>\n<p>Altruism Award &#8211; School of Medicine Graduation Ceremony<br \/>\nJune 2014<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-307769e914c9c6f9c\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-307769e914c9c6f9c uvc-2676  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-307769e914c9c6f9c h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:30px;\">Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-307769e914c9c6f9c .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grossman, H., Figueroa, B., Salgado, M., et al. \u201cTrauma center funding: time for an update.\u201d Trauma and Acute Care Open 2021;6: e000596. doi:10.1136\/tsaco-2020-000596<\/li>\n<li>Fuster, F., Salgado, M., Lugo, H. \u201cLong duodeno-jejunal tubular duplication presenting as gastric outlet bowel obstruction in a child.\u201d Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, vol. 24, 2017, p. 43-45<\/li>\n<li>Salgado, M., et al. \u201cTrauma epidemiology in Puerto Rico.\u201d Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2015, p.109<\/li>\n<li>Salgado, M., et al.\u00a0 \u201cRecinto Pa\u2019 La Calle: An alternate approach to medical education through solidarity service-learning\u201d. 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