Dr. David Vega, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Emory SOM

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J. David Vega, MD

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Academic Appointment

Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointments

	Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program, Emory University Hospital

	Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Telephone

404.778.5289

Affiliations

	Emory University Hospital
	Atlanta VA Medical Center

Board Certification

	American Board of Surgery
	American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School

University of Michigan, Class of 1986

Postgraduate Training

	General Surgery Internship (1986-1987) and General Surgery Residency (1987-1988, 1990-1993), University of Texas Health Science Center

	Research Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery (1988-1990), Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Residency (1993-1995), Texas Heart Institute

	Fellowship in Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (1995-1996)

Honors and Awards

	Woodruff Fund Clinical Teaching Support Award in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory, September 2002

	The George P. Waldron Award, Outstanding General Surgery Chief Resident, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 1993

Current Organizational Memberships

	American College of Surgeons: Fellow; Advisory Council for Cardiothoracic Surgery (American Society of Transplant Surgeons representative)

	American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Co-Chair, Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee

	American Association for Thoracic Surgery

	LifeLink Foundation, Board of Governors

	Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Clinical Education Resource Group

	United Network for Organ Sharing, OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors as Heart Transplant Representative

	Health Resources and Service Administration, Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation

	American College of Chest Physicians

	American Society for Artificial Internal Organs

	Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society, Executive Committee

	International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Clinical Interests

	Cardiac transplantation

	Cardiopulmonary transplantation

	Heart failure/heart transplantation

	Lung transplantation

Research Interests

The surgical treatment of advanced heart failure, encompassing high-risk coronary bypass, mitral valve repair, heart transplantation and the use of mechanical circulatory support devices as a bridge to transplant or for destination therapy.

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member

1996

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