Eduardo Vega, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Vega, is a Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic surgeon in the Department of Surgery at Boston Medical Center Brighton (former Saint Elizabeth Medical Center) and Assistant Professor of Surgery BUSM. After completing residency in general surgery at Hospital Sotero del Rio, Santiago, Chile, Dr Vega served as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Surgical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2017 to 2019. Later, Dr Vega moved to Boston, Massachusetts to complete a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery at Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center of Tufts University. This experience lead to multiple publications that found innovative prognostic solutions for gallbladder cancer and pancreatic cancer which are being applied to clinical practice at MD Anderson and in Chile today.
Dr. Vega’s current research focuses on novel techniques/technologies to treat complex liver and pancreas cancer. In this context, he designed multiple innovative techniques for HPB disease that use 3D reconstruction software. This work has produced multiple publications in Annals Surgical Oncology and other peer-review journals. This reciprocal relationship between clinical surgery and research is a primary focus for Dr. Vega’s with an ultimate goal of applying innovative solutions to healthcare needs, especially in geographic areas with limited health resources.
Dr. Vega is currently a member of several national and international organizations including The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and a combined member of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association and the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. In the future, Dr. Vega hopes to remain active as both an academic clinical surgeon and a translational researcher.

Publications

  • Published 3/5/2026

    Ellias S, Crocker AB, Jonnala R, Rivera B, Salehi O, Friel J, Kozyreva O, Vega EA. Robotic Caudate Lobectomy for a Solitary Colorectal Liver Metastasis Using Arantius-Ligament Hanging and ICG Negative Staining. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Mar 05. PMID: 41787037.

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  • Published 3/3/2026

    Crocker AB, Salehi O, Vega EA. ASO Author Reflections: Beyond the Clock: Precision in Robotic Total Caudate Lobectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Mar 03. PMID: 41774363.

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  • Published 12/19/2025

    Lluís N, Kunzler F, Tsamalaidze L, Asbun D, Manresa-Rocamora A, Blasco-Peris C, Alseidi A, Chan C, Teh C, Conrad C, Ferrone C, Telem D, Targarona E, Vega EA, Reitano E, Romano F, Dudina G, Al-Samkari H, Khatkov I, Freed JA, Conlon K, Feldman LS, Cappellini MD, Barabanshikova MV, Giménez M, Nakamura M, Lim MY, Hilal MA, Dimachk M, Alexakis N, De'Angelis N, Bouvy ND, Marco P, Llamas P, Gangaraju R, Mehta RP, Sánchez-Cabús S, Ross SB, Perretta S, Taner T, Shen YM, Demetrashvili Z, Lluís F, Nagalla S, Asbun HJ. Management of splanchnic venous thrombosis after splenectomy in hematologic diseases. systematic review, meta-analysis and consensus guidelines. Int J Surg. 2025 Dec 19. PMID: 41417989.

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  • Published 11/18/2025

    Mellado S, Vega EA, Yamane K, Salirrosas O, Chirban AM, Panettieri E, Moskal J, Kawano F, Alshammary S, Hatano E, Conrad C, Ogiso S. Deep-Learning Virtual Superior Mesenteric Artery Modeling for Risk Stratification in Pancreas Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Feb; 33(2):1627-1635. PMID: 41251913.

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  • Published 8/9/2025

    Panettieri E, De Rose AM, Vega EA, Kawahara WT, Coppola A, Ardito F, Giuliante F. International survey on the use of preoperative chemotherapy in the setting of multimodality management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. HPB (Oxford). 2025 Nov; 27(11):1418-1426. PMID: 40849248.

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Education

  • University of Los Andes, MD

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