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Alejandro Javier Torres, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
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- PPO
- POS
- EPO
- NY Signature
- Student Health
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- PPO
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- Great West (National)
- EPO
- POS
- Special Needs
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- ConnectiCare
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Individual Network (Exchange)
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Local 1199
- MagnaCare
- Traditional Medicare
- Multiplan
- HMO
- Essential Plan
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicaid Managed Care
- TRICARE
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- PPO
- Empire Plan
- Oxford Liberty
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- Oxford HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- SelectHealth
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Alejandro Javier Torres, MD
Alejandro J. Torres, MD, is a pediatric and congenital interventional cardiologist and Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He serves as Director of Pediatric Interventional Cardiology and the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.
Dr. Torres specializes in minimally invasive, catheter-based treatments for children and adults with congenital heart disease. His expertise includes procedures to open narrowed heart valves and blood vessels, close abnormal openings in the heart, place stents, and replace heart valves without traditional open-heart surgery when appropriate. He has extensive experience with complex congenital heart conditions and performs approximately 320 cardiac catheterization and interventional procedures each year.
Dr. Torres received his medical degree from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in Argentina. After training in adult cardiology, he completed his pediatric residency at the Medical College of Virginia, a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and advanced fellowship training in pediatric interventional cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. He is board certified in pediatric cardiology and adult congenital heart disease.
A recognized leader in interventional cardiology, Dr. Torres has been involved in numerous national and multicenter studies evaluating new catheter-based treatments and heart valve technologies for patients with congenital heart disease. His work includes transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement, treatment of aortic and pulmonary valve disease, stent placement, and catheter-based closure of congenital heart defects. He also trains and mentors physicians in advanced interventional techniques both nationally and internationally.
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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
