Biography
Dr. Gallego received his medical degree from Universidad del Valle, in Cali Colombia (2013). Following his M.D. degree he completed a 4-year residency in Anatomical and Clinical Pathology at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA (2020). He was a Chief Resident in the Department of Laboratory medicine from 2019-2020.
Following this experience, he completed a one-year hematopathology fellowship at University of Washington in Seattle, WA (2021) and a one-year forensic pathology fellowship at University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, NM (2022).
Currently, he is a Forensic Pathologist at the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at University of New Mexico.
He is also an Assistant Program Director of the Pathology Residency program at UNM and he is a Principal Investigator for the UNM site for a large multi-institutional NIH funded COVID-19 study (NIH RECOVER: A Multi-site Pathology Study of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection).
He is board certified by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) in Clinical Pathology, Anatomical Pathology, Hematopathology, and Forensic Pathology.
Areas of Specialty
Forensic Pathology; Hematopathology; Anatomical Pathology; Clinical Pathology
Achievements & Awards
2022 Diplomate, American Board of Pathology Forensic Pathology
2021 Diplomate, American Board of Pathology Hematopathology
2020 Diplomate, American Board of Pathology Combined Anatomical & Clinical Pathology
2013 Best graduate, School of Medicine 2013 Universidad del Valle. Cali, Colombia
Key Publications
Journal Article
Gallego, Daniel, Ruiz, Maria, E Zuluaga Bodor, Garon, Lathrop, Sarah, Proe-resigned Aug 23, Lori, 2023 Hot air balloon fatalities in New Mexico: the forensic pathology experience The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, vol. 44, Issue 1, 2--10
Journal Article
Ruiz, Maria, Eugenia Zuluaga Marshall, Desiree, Ann Gallego, Daniel, 2022 Oblivion: autopsy findings of a 31-year-old man with sudden cardiac arrest, a case report of a sequalae of Kawasaki disease
Journal Article
Lee, Joshua, D Gallego, Daniel, Malleis, James, Smith, Kelly, D Luks, Andrew, M Marshall, Desiree, A 2021 Altered Mental Status After Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Chest, vol. 159, Issue 2, e75--e79
Journal Article
Wittowski, Claire, L Clowes Candadai, Sarah, Perrone, Marie, E Gallego, Daniel, Conta, Jessie, H Dickerson, Jane, A 2022 Evaluation of Exome Sequencing Criteria for Hospital Stewardship and Insurance Authorization at a Pediatric Hospital Archives of Pathology \& Laboratory Medicine, vol. 146, Issue 1, 107--111
Journal Article
Chang, Yanni, M Liew, Jean, W Gallego, Daniel, Compton, Nicholas, Hughes, Grant, C Limaye, Ajit, P 2021 Disseminated Mycobacterium haemophilum With Tenosynovitis in a Liver Transplant Recipient JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, vol. 27, Issue 1, e36--e37
Gender
Male
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Research and Scholarship
Co-Principal Investigator National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Improving Understanding and Diagnosis of Post-acute Sequelae of the SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC) on the Heart: a Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) and Autopsy Study
Principal investigator National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH RECOVER: A Multi-site Pathology Study of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection