Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership | Athens, GA             July 2018 – June 2021

Internal Medicine Residency

Committees: Critical Care, Recruitment, Code Blue

University of Medicine and Health Sciences | St. Kitts and Nevis                        September 2013 – June 2018

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

University of Puerto Rico| Mayaguez, Puerto Rico                                                               August 2009 – May 2013

Bachelor of Science in Biology

President, Hispanic American Medical Student Association                                                                   2015 – 2016

Vice Present, Hispanic American Medical Student Association                                                              2015

Publications:

·      Ruiz Vega, J, Sulaiman Z, Madala, A, Lee Hing, RA, and K Julka. Glycogen Can Take Your Breath Away.  American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Journal. October 2020; 158 (4).

Oral Presentations:

·      Ruiz Vega, J. Sepsis and fluids: To give or not to give? St. Mary’s Health Care System, Inc. September 2020.

·      Ruiz Vega, J. Asthma Updates. University of Georgia University Health Center. November 2019.

·      Ruiz Vega, J. Once Upon a Prion. American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter Annual Meeting. October 2019.

Poster Presentations:

·      Ruiz Vega, J, Sulaiman Z, Madala, A, Lee Hing, RA, and K Julka. Glycogen Can Take Your Breath Away.  American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Annual Meeting, October 2020.

·      Rodriguez, N., Ruiz Vega, J., and J. Pham. Severe Agitation in Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Complicated by Meth Intoxication. American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter Annual Meeting. October 2020.

·      Ruiz Vega, J, Sulaiman Z, Madala, A, and K Julka. Glycogen Can Take Your Breath Away.  American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter Virtual Meeting, October 2020.

·      Ruiz Vega, J., and A. Shafi. The Day That Excessive Exercise Caused Pulmonary Embolism. American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter Virtual Meeting, October 2020.

·      Akabogu, A., and J. Ruiz Vega. A Rare Case of Pericardial Decompression Syndrome. American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter Virtual Meeting, October 2020.

·      Padron, C., Ruiz Vega, J., and R. Lee-Hing. Peculiar Case of B-Cell Lymphoma with Metastasis to the Liver and Bone. American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter Virtual Meeting, October 2019.

·      Ruiz Vega, J. and Pham, J. A Rare Case of Ballint Syndrome. American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter Virtual Meeting, October 2019.

·      Ruiz Vega, J. and Bhatt, N. Not all the aspirations are coming from the oropharynx. American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Journal. October 2021

·      Ruiz Vega, J., Shafi, A., and Nuzzo, S. The day excessive exercise caused pulmonary embolism! American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Journal. October 2021

·      Patel, N, Ruiz Vega, J, Sulaiman, Z, and Rodriguez, N. Tuberculosis-Induced Bronchiectasis in a Hispanic male with CVID and CFTR carrier. American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Journal. October 2021

·      Madala, A., Ruiz Vega, J., Sulaiman, Z., Onweni, M., and Smith, G. Acute esophageal necrosis caused by HSV infection. American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) October 2021