Pablo Ruda Vega, MD
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Specialty: Cardiac Surgery
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Primary Location: 3999 Richmond Rd (7 mi.)
Other Locations - Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Office Locations
UH Cleveland Medical Center Mather Pavilion (0 mi.)
11100 Euclid Ave
Mather Ste 1800
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-844-4004
UH Lake West Medical Center Physician Pavillion (12 mi.)
36060 Euclid Ave
Ste 204
Willoughby, OH 44094
440-918-6814
Biography: Pablo Ruda Vega, MD
Expertise
Titles
- Director, Cardiac Surgery, UH Lake West Medical Center
- Director, Cardiac Surgery Network, UH Cleveland Medical Center
- Director, Cardiac Surgery, UH Ahuja Medical Center
- Clinical Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
Education
Fellowship | Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery - Cleveland Clinic (2001 - 2003)
Residency | Cardiovascular Surgery
Cardiovascular Surgery - Hospital Italiano De Buenos Aires (1997 - 2001)
Residency | General Surgery
General Surgery - Hospital Italiano De Buenos Aires (1993 - 1997)
Medical Education
Universidad De Buenos Aires, Facultad De Ciencias Medicas (1993)
About
Pablo Ruda Vega, MD, is Director of the Cardiac Surgery Network and Co-Director of the Coronary Center at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. He also serves as Director of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center (Willoughby, Ohio) and University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood, Ohio).
Dr. Ruda Vega offers patients the full spectrum of coronary surgeries, from multi-arterial grafting to minimally invasive robotic surgery. His passion for using leading-edge technology to improve patient outcomes resulted in the launch of the first robotic coronary surgery program in Ohio at UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. In less than a year, this robotic surgery program grew to be one of the largest such programs in the country. Collaborating with Intuitive Surgical to teach robotic coronary surgery to other surgeons around the world, Dr. Ruda Vega has helped position UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute as a major teaching center for advanced robotic surgical techniques.
After earning his medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Dr. Ruda Vega completed residencies in general surgery and cardiovascular surgery at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He then came to the United States to complete a residency and a fellowship in adult cardiac surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.
After his training, Dr. Ruda Vega returned to Argentina, where he worked as a staff surgeon, eventually earning the role of Chairman of Cardiac Surgery for the San Jose and San Cayetano clinics in Buenos Aires. UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute recruited Dr. Ruda Vega in 2021.
In addition to his large surgical practice, Dr. Ruda Vega excels as an educator, serving as lecturer, instructor or lead administrator for multiple professional conferences. He has also authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, abstracts and book chapters on various topics related to cardiac surgery advances and techniques.
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