Researcher is found dead in hospital toilet

A MEDICAL researcher was found dead Sunday afternoon in an eighth-floor bathroom of a Midtown hospital, police said.

Police found Miguel Crespo, 40, unconscious on the floor at about 2:50 p.m. in New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell at E. 68th St. and York Ave., authorities said.

Investigators found vomit near Crespo’s body, according to police sources.

The city medical examiner will determine how he died.

Crespo (photo), who holds a doctoral degree, earned his bachelor’s degree at the University Complutense of Madrid, according to his hospital bio and his LinkedIn profile. He joined Weill Cornell Medical College in 2011, where he worked in a stem cell lab doing colon cancer research.

“Weill Cornell Medicine is saddened by the death of our colleague Miguel Crespo, Ph.D. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends,” said Weill Cornell spokeswoman Sarah Smith.