
Alejandro Javier Torres, MD
Alejandro Javier Torres, MD
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CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
3959 BroadwayNew York, NY 10032US(212) 305-4622
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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
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)
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Residency: Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
- Director, Pediatric Catheterization Laboratory
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital