Alejandro Javier Torres, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties
Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, morespecialties

Locations and Appointments


New Patients
Treats Children

CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted


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  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Student Health
  • NY Signature
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Essential Plan
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • POS
  • Great West (National)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • Vytra
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Essential Plan
  • ConnectiCare
  • POS
  • EPO
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Local 1199
  • MagnaCare
  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • HMO
  • Special Needs
  • TRICARE
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • POS
  • SelectHealth
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Alejandro Javier Torres, MD


Dr Alejandro J. Torres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and graduated from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina in 1991. He completed a residency in adult cardiology at Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Mar del Plata, Argentina. He came to the US in 1996 where he trained in Pediatric Cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY and completed his senior fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Children's Hospital New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center where he has remained as a faculty attending. Dr Torres is the Director of the Pediatric Catheterization Laboratory and holds the position of Associate Professor in Pediatrics. He performs all types of transcatheter interventions in children and adult patients with congenital heart disease. He has published multiple peer-reviewed articles and co-authored several chapters in cardiovascular textbooks. Dr Torres has been an investigator for multicenter trials. He has been part of several medical missions and performed transcatheter procedures all over the world, including Greece, Dominican Republic, Cambodia, China, Senegal, and India.

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Pediatrics

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Specialties & Expertise

  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization
  • Percutaneous Valve Interventions
  • Pulmonary Valve Replacement
  • Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect

EDUCATION

  • Medical School: Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (Argentina)
  • Residency: Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
  • Director, Pediatric Catheterization Laboratory

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital

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