Education

• MD, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 1979
• Internship, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1979-1980
• Residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1980-1984

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Vega is certified by the American Board of Surgery. His clinical specialties include abdominal surgery, breast surgery, cancer surgery, endocrine surgery, laparoscopy, and nutrition.

Research Interests

Recent Publications

• Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy after acute diverticulitis: when to operate?
  Natarajan S, Ewings EL, Vega RJ
  Surgery 2004 Oct; 136(4):725-30.
  [PubMed ID: 15467655]
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• Laparoscopic management of lymphocele after pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical retropubic prostatectomy.
  Waples MJ, Wegenke JD, Vega RJ
  Urology 1992 Jan; 39(1):82-4.
  [PubMed ID: 1530829]
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• A target lesion of the thyroid.
  Alter AJ, Vega RJ
  Clin Nucl Med 1988 Mar; 13(3):211.
  [PubMed ID: 3289822]
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