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Dr. John D. Vega, MD

(Dr. John David Vega, M.D.)

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Specializes in: Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery

1365 Clifton Road Ne Suite A2200
Atlanta, GA 30322

(404) 778-5040

Dr. John D. Vega, MD is a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA specializing in cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery and general surgery. Dr. John D. Vega, MD is affiliated with Grady Health System and Emory.

Office Locations

1365 Clifton Road Ne Suite A2200
Atlanta, GA 30322

(404) 778-5040

(404) 778-4346

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80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive Se
Atlanta, GA 30303

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In The News

“His surgeon, Dr. John Vega, director of the heart transplant program at Emory University Hospital, walked in.”—"Salon managing partner, staff have heart for transplant patients", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , September 2023

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA during 2012 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John D. Vega, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	12
hospital care	110
inpatient care	110

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA during 2013 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John D. Vega, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	126
inpatient care	126

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD.

**Gender**
Male	23
Female	11

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	17
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	17

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	68
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	74
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	44
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John D. Vega, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	236
inpatient care	236

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD.

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	16
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	20

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	45
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	42
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA during 2015 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John D. Vega, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	116
inpatient care	116

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD.

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	28
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2015

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	50
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	42
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA during 2016 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John D. Vega, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	214
inpatient care	214

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD.

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	17
Black	15
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	19

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	44
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	50
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John D. Vega, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	145
inpatient care	145

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD.

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	17

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	23
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	20

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	40
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	30
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	45
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD.

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	19
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	19

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	34
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	60
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA during 2019 were thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery, cardiac procedures and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John D. Vega, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	12
cardiac procedures	24
open surgery	24
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	24

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD.

**Gender**
Male	25
Female	12

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	17
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	17
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	51
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	0
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	0
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John D. Vega, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

bypass surgery	12
cardiac procedures	24
doctor visit	12
hospital care	157
inpatient care	157
open surgery	24
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	24

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD.

**Gender**
Female	3
Male	7

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	4
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	8
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	0
75 to 84	0
Less than 65	8
65 to 74	1

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John D. Vega, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. John D. Vega, MD treated were heart failure, hypertension, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	67
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	61
Asthma	0
Osteoporosis	0
Heart Failure	68
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	2
Diabetes	30
Atrial Fibrillation	18
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Education & Training

He completed residency at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and has a state license in Georgia.

Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery

Licensed In: Georgia

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. John D. Vega, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Grady Health System

Emory

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. John D. Vega, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$28,552 HeartWare HVAD $10,940	Micra $11	$17,601
Medtronic, Inc.	$7,625 HeartWare HVAD $3,000	$4,625
St. Jude Medical, Inc.	$6,048 HeartMate PHP $6,048
Abbott Laboratories	$4,107 HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev $3,675	THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT $149	Aortic and Mitral Mechanical Valves $140	Circulatory Support $134	$8
Thoratec Corporation	$1,668 HeartMate II $1,129	MCS Multiple Products General $539
Other	$2,989 Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve $1,605	HeartWare Ventricular Assist System $1,165	MiraQ $144	CVI INJECTOR $22	INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve $22	Other $31

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$38,328
Travel and Lodging	$9,147
Food and Beverage	$3,007
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$507

Research Payments

Dr. John D. Vega, MD has received 129 research payments totaling $749,620.

Biography

Dr. John Vega's specialties are cardiac surgery, general surgery, and thoracic surgery. He practices in Atlanta, GA. He attended the University of Michigan Medical School and subsequently trained at a hospital affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for residency. Dr. Vega is professionally affiliated with Grady Health System and Emory Clinic.