Kenneth John Vega MD MHA

PubMed

• Endoscopic Prevalence of Barrett's Esophagus in a Predominantly African American and Hispanic Population.
  Kesiena Akpoigbe, Joan Culpepper-Morgan, Angela Barnes, Ifeoma Kwentoh, Kenneth J Vega
  Cureus. 2026-08-01
• 1 citations
  Geographic, Racial, and Sex Disparities in Time to Treatment for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer.
  Meng-Han Tsai, Steven S Coughlin, Jorge Cortes, Kenneth J Vega
  JAMA Network Open. 2026-03-02
• Antireflux Surgery for Barrett's Esophagus: Where Do We Stand in Preventing Esophageal Adenocarcinoma?
  Dagmar Kollmann, Cansel Etyemez, Reza Asari, Gerd Jomrich, George Triadafilopoulos
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2026-02-01

Journal Articles

• Survival of patients with gastrointestinal cancers can be predicted by a surrogate microRNA signature for cancer stem-like cells marked by DCLK1 kinase  
  Weygant N, Ge Y, Qu D, Kaddis JS, Berry WL, May R, Chandrakesan P, Bannerman-Menson E, Vega KJ, Tomasek JJ, Bronze MS, An G, Houchen CW, Cancer Research, 1/10/2016
• Stent type used does not impact complication rate or placement time but decreases treatment cost for benign or malignant esophageal lesions  
  McGaw C, Alkaddour A, Vega KJ, Munoz JC, World J Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/2016
• Health disparities in colorectal cancer among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States  
  Jackson CS, Oman, M, Patel AM, Vega KJ, J Gastrointest Oncol, 1/1/2016

Books/Book Chapters

• Current Practice of Medicine 
  Chapter: Gallstone Disease and its Complications 
  Page 125 - 130Vega KJ and Trotman BWEditors: Fitzgerald FT ed. Gastroenterology: Graham D and Ertan A, Section.Current Science, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,1999

Abstracts/Posters

• Presence, location or bleeding of gastrointestinal angiodysplasia does not vary by race or ethnicity in a veteran population
  Mai SH, Jackson CS, Bui TH, Vega KJ, ACG scientific meeting, 1/1/2016
• Transfusion rates are higher in patients with small bowel gastrointestinal angiodysplasias who present with melena and vascular disease
  Mai SH, Jackson CS, Vega KJ, Gastrointest Endosc, DDW, 1/1/2016
• A 15-miRNA-surrogate signature for doublecortin-like kinase 1 tumor stem cell marker activity predicts survival in colon, pancreatic and stomach cancer
  Weygant N, Ge Y, Qu D, May R, Chandrakesan P, Bannerman-Menson E, Vega KJ, Bronze MS, An G, Houchen CW, Gastroenterology, DDW, 1/1/2016

Lectures

• GERD update 
  Midwest City, OK - 1/1/2016
• Endoscopic surveillance of Barrett’s esophagus 
  Dallas, TX - 1/1/2015
• Barrett’s esophagus, esophageal adenocarcinoma and African Americans: Why don’t they get it? 
  Multiple Locations, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 - 1/1/2015