Maria Salgado, MD

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Dr. Salgado is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and an Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Her clinical and research interests focus on sarcoidosis, and spondyloarthritis including axial spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease associated arthritis. She is part of the multidisciplinary sarcoidosis and inflammatory pericarditis teams at Columbia University which provide comprehensive and integrated care to these patients with systemic inflammatory conditions.Dr. Salgado earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Universidad del Azuay, in Cuenca, Ecuador. She then completed her Internal Medicine Residency Training and Chief Resident Year at Jacobi Medical Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, followed by Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).Dr. Salgado received formal training in musculoskeletal ultrasound through the Ultrasound of North American Rheumatologist (USSONAR). She is board certified in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatology (RhMSUS), skills she incorporates into her daily clinical practice.