Dr. Carlos M. Abril Vega

Dr. Carlos M. Abril Vega, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Vega was Chief of the Colorectal Section at the University Clinic Hospital of Valladolid in Spain.

Dr. Vega earned his PhD from the Experimental Surgery Laboratory at the School of Medicine, Valladolid in 1998. He then worked in acute care surgery for two years and moved to the Hospital El Bierzo (Ponferrada) as a Staff General Surgeon.

He then returned to the University Clinic Hospital of Valladolid as Staff General Surgeon and became Associate Professor of the Surgery Department within the School of Medicine at the University of Valladolid in 2006.

Dr. Vega received his medical degree at the University of Valladolid School of Medicine, Valladolid, Spain and the University of Madrid between 1986 and 1992. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the University Clinic Hospital of Valladolid.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1986: UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY, MADRID, SPAIN - Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 1994: UNIVERSITY CLINIC HOSPITAL OF VALLADOLID, VALLADOLID, SPAIN - Resident, General Surgery

FELLOWSHIP

1994: UNIVERSITY CLINIC HOSPITAL OF VALLADOLID, VALLADOLID, SPAIN - Fellow, General Surgery

WORK EXPERIENCES

• 2012 - 2014: UNIVERSITY CLINIC HOSPITAL OF VALLADOLID, VALLADOLID, SPAIN. Head of Section, General Surgery, Colorectal Unit
• 2006 - 2014: UNIVERSITY CLINIC HOSPITAL OF VALLADOLID, VALLADOLID, SPAIN. Associated Professor, General Surgery
• 2002 - 2012: UNIVERSITY CLINIC HOSPITAL OF VALLADOLID, VALLADOLID, SPAIN. Staff General Surgeon
• 2001 - 2002: EL BIERZO HOSPITAL, PONFERRADA, SPAIN. Staff General Surgeon
• 1999 - 2001: UNIVERSITY CLINIC HOSPITAL OF VALLADOLID, VALLADOLID, SPAIN. Staff General Surgeon

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Laparoscopic Surgery Degree, Louis Pasteur Strasbourg University and Digestive Surgery French Society
• Developed four investigation projects in biomedicine
• Member of the Spanish College of Surgeons (AEC), Spanish Ambulatory Surgery Association (ASECMA)
• Safety Patient Commission at University Clinical Hospital of Valladolid, 2012 to 2014
• Secretary of the Castellano-Leonesa Association of Surgeons, 1999 to 2014