Dr. Keysha M. López Vega

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

  • University of Puerto Rico
    University District Hospital
    Nephrology Department
    San Juan, PR 00935
  • 787-777-3535, Ext. 5352

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

University of Puerto Rico; Medical Science Campus; Department of Nephrology; Dr. Ocasio

Project: Association between Secondary Hyperparathyroidism and Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients at the University Hospital in Puerto Rico2018-19

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 Rico2017-2018

 

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)