Medical school graduate at the University of Panama in 1978; completed Gynecology and Obstetrics residency in 1983 at the Caja de Seguro Social, and between 1983-1985 he specialized at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hospital and Medical Center in New York, where he received his Maternal and Fetal Medicine Fellowship.
From 1986-1987 he was Perinatology physician at the Metropolitan Hospital Complex (CSS); from 1986 - 2005 he was trained at the Colombian Fertility and Sterility Center (Dr. Elkin Lucena). 1986-2005 Private practice at the Paitilla Medical Center as a gynecologist and perinatologist and medical director of the Center for Assisted Reproduction.
In January 2006 he moved to the Punta Pacifica Medical Center, a Johns Hopkins Medicine International affiliate, where the Punta Pacifica Gynecology Center, the Punta Pacifica Reproductive Center and the Punta Pacifica Center for Genetics are located.
Member:
* National Medical Association
* Panamanian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Panama, SPOG
* Member Abroad - Colombian Fertility and Sterility Center, CECOLFES
* American Society of Reproductive Medicine
* American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, ACOG, FACOG
* American Association of Bioanalyst-Supervisor
* Panamanian Society of Perinatal Medicine
* American Fertility Association
* American Institute of Ultrasound
* American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
* International Society of Cosmetogynecology
* Associate of the Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of America
• Member Abroad - American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
Among some of his publications are:
* Terminal Pattern Characteristics and Management by Langer, O, Cohen W., Rich M. Vega - American Journal of Perinatology.
* Sympathoadrenal Maternal Function during Normal Pregnancy in Rat (Abstract) by Cohen, W, Young, J, Galen L. Vega and Rich,
M. - Perinatal Association of New York, (Abstract), 1985.
* Characteristics of Pattern and Terminal Management by Langer, O, Cohen, W., M. Vega Rich Fleisher and A. - Association of Perinatal
Obstetricians (Abstract), 1985
* Urinary Excretion of Catecholamines during Normal pregnancy in Rats by Galen L., Rich M. Vega, J. Young, W. Cohen --
Perinatal Association of New York (Abstract), 1984
Experience with No- Terminal Tension Test (NST) by O. Langer, Cohen W. M. Vega and Rich - Perinatal Association of New York, 1984
* Intrauterine Fetal Transfusion Guided by Ultrasound by Rich M. Vega – Medical Conference at the Metropolitan Hospital Complex, 1987.
In addition, Dr. Rich Vega has taken countless courses and has been certified in the Ultrasonography, Colposcopy, Urogynecology, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, Reproduction and Fertility fields, and in different institutions in the United States and the Colombian Fertility and Sterility Center (CECOLFES).