Dr. Keysha M. López Vega
Contact Info
Education
Degree: M.D., San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, 2015
Degree: B.S. (Biomedical Sciences), UPR, Ponce Campus, 2011
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine
FELLOWSHIP: Nephrology, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, 2018-2020
FELLOWSHIP: Transplant Nephrology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, 2020-21
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Project: Association between Secondary Hyperparathyroidism and Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients at the University Hospital in Puerto Rico– 2018-19
University of Puerto Rico; Medical Science Campus; Department of Endocrinology; Dr. Gonzalez
Project: Knowledge about Management of Diabetes Mellitus among Registered Nurses at the University Hospital of Puerto Rico– 2017-2018
GEMS-HP Biomedical Research Program:
University of Colorado- Anschutz Medical Campus; Department of Immunology, Dr. Homann
Project: T Cell-specific Deletion of Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 (HIF-1) Moderately Enhances Virus-specific CD8+T Cell Responses During Acute Viral Infection – 2012
U54 Partnership Summer Research Program:
MD Anderson Cancer Center; Department of Immunology, Dr. Watowich
Project: H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 Chromatin Modifications are Altered During Neutrophil
Development – 2010
PRESENTATIONS:
Chronic Cellular and Antibody Mediated Rejection
Keysha López Vega
Puerto Rico Nephrology Society 2021 Annual Convention
Kidney Transplant Associated Allergy Transfer After Living
Donation
Keysha López Vega, Scott Davis
Poster presented at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2021 Virtual Connect (2021)
Not a Classic Chickenpox Infection: Retinal Necrosis in a Renal Transplant Patient
Mariela Márquez Pantoja, Fátima Cintrón Rosa, Ileana Ocasio Meléndez, Keysha López Vega, Carlos Rivera Bermúdez
Poster presented at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week, Washington DC (2019)
T Cell-specific deletion of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 (HIF-1) Moderately Enhances Virus-specific CD8+T Cell Responses During Acute Viral Infection
Poster presented at Annual AMA Research Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii (2012)