Patrick Daniel Vargas Villazon MD , PhD

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Physician

4300 E Flamingo AveNampa, ID 83687
Phone+1 208-463-5000
Fax+1 208-367-5180

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Summary

Dr. Patrick Vargas Villazon is an internal medicine specialist based in Nampa, ID, with a subspecialty in hospital medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Berkshire Medical Center from 2009 to 2013 and graduated from Universidad Boliviana Mayor de San Andres Faculty of Medicine in 1999. Dr. Villazon has been practicing as a hospitalist at St. Alphonsus Medical Center since 2013 and was previously affiliated with St. Luke's Medical Center in Nampa from 2018 to 2022. His research work includes publications on heme biosynthesis, which have been cited in the scientific community.

Education & Training

Berkshire Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2013
Universidad Boliviana Mayor de San Andres Faculty of MedicineClass of 1998

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Certifications & Licensure

ID State Medical License 2013 - 2027
MA State Medical License Active through 2013
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

15 citations
Hypoxia decreases the expression of the two enzymes responsible for producing linear and cyclic tetrapyrroles in the heme biosynthetic pathway
Patrick D. Vargas, Kazumichi Furuyama, Shigeru Sassa, Shigeki Shibahara
The FEBS Journal. 2008-12-01
164 citations
Heme as a magnificent molecule with multiple missions: heme determines its own fate and governs cellular homeostasis.
Kazumichi Furuyama, Kiriko Kaneko, D V Patrick Vargas
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2007-09-01