
Eduardo A. Vega
@eavegamd
Dad, husband, surgeon, researcher. Treating complex cancers @StElizabethsMC Asst Prof @BUMedicine. Connecting LATAM surgeons via @TheAhpbaPodcast & @BJSAcademy.
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https://profiles.bu.edu/Eduardo.Vega 01-09-2020 23:31:21
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Check out this new Annals of Surgical Oncology paper from our group @StElizabethsMC. "Over 44% of patients who were assigned palliative chemotherapy at tumor boards without an liver surgeon were considered potentially resectable upon independent review" 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33939045/


"It's not only the responsibility of MTB and general surgeons to include a LS in the treatment planning for patients with stage IV CRC, but also the obligation of the LS to effectively communicate and make themselves available"Annals of Surgical Oncology American College of Surgeons


Insightful discussions at #HPBSnowMeeting2025 🇯🇵 on balancing expertise w evidence in surgical decision-making. Mastery isn’t just experience—it’s continuous learning, avoiding the trap of automaticity. Atsushi Oba Kimitaka Tanaka Asif Halimi Kenichiro Uemura, M.D. Japanese Society of HBP Surgery IHPBA 三瀬祥弘 Yoshi Mise




So proud of you! It’s been awesome working together and seeing you present our GBC work at AHPBA. Can’t wait to see where your journey takes you next — the best is yet to come! 🙌👏 #TeamGBC #AHPBA2025 #Match2026 SoMe4HPB LatinoSurgSociety E-AHPBA IHPBA American College of Surgeons

Grateful to DrKLillemoe for the kind invitation to join the Mass General Brigham Surgery team for GR & dinner in honor of the 24th Annual MGH/Johns Hopkins Visiting Professor GUIDO TORZILLI. A fantastic opportunity to connect and learn together about Quantum Surgery! #MGBSurgery


🆕🎙️ The AHPBA Podcast LATAM Juan P Rocca🇦🇷🇺🇸 ✔️Hablamos de los riesgos que asumimos, la reinvención profesional, la familia, la visa, el idioma, y lo que significa abrir camino en contextos desconocidos. ✔️Rocca comparte anécdotas potentes, reflexiones profundas y lecciones


Excited to welcome Dr. Anita Balakrishnan Anita Balakrishnan as our guest speaker for GR @StElizabethsMC 🫵 MDs & postdocs in Boston interested in HPB surgery and global oncology. 📣 Join us, If you'd like to join, please DM me! AHPBA E-AHPBA Haley Ellis Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine


Huge congrats to Juan Pablo Rocca and the entire team! Perfect timing — announced on our The AHPBA Podcast and already DONE! 👏👏👏 #HPBsurgery #LeadershipInActio Cornell University


Tomorrow @StElizabethsMC don't missed it. Belen Rivera Ariana Maria Chirban Alicia Amairan, MD Jorge L. Gómez-Mayorga

Grateful for the thoughtful letter from Tata Memorial Hospital. Our reply in Annals of Surgical Oncology stresses: refining surgical selection in gallbladder cancer is not optional — it’s an obligation. Modern imaging (EUS, PET-CT) brings preoperative certainty closer than ever.Gallbladder Cancer Foundation AHPBA


Don't miss our NEXT episode with the incredible Hop S. Tran Cao discussing 🗞️updates in cholangio and 🤖 surgery! Eduardo A. Vega Timothy Vreeland, MD Timothy Newhook Elizabeth Carpenter, MD E-AHPBA IHPBA AHPBA podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…




🚨 New multicenter study on Advanced Gallbladder Cancer (T3/T4) just out JOGS ! 👉Belen Rivera Ariana Maria Chirban Elena Panettieri 🔍 419 patients from 17 institutions 🔪 OER = high morbidity, esp. in T4 ❗️44% of T3 were incidental 📉 T4 = poor outcomes ⚠️ Caution



Our latest research on gallbladder cancer explores T3/T4. Grateful to the team and Eduardo A. Vega for making this possible. #CancerResearch #GallbladderCancer #OncoSurg #HPBsurgery IHPBA AHPBA The AHPBA Podcast Cirugía General Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires 🔗 [authors.elsevier.com/c/1lBCe,Op-49r…]

Our work on NMP and liver transplant waitlist times has just been published - take a look!👇Findings were particularly relevant to patients with HCC on the waitlist BIDMCTransplant. Gabriel Cojuc-Konigsberg Stalin Cañizares Ritah Chumdermpadetsuk, MD 🏳️🌈 Martin Dib BIDMC Department of Surgery Journal of Surgical Research