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.
Primary Specialty
Pediatric Cardiologist
PracticeCUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
GenderMale
Accepting New Patients
Insurances AcceptedQuality Health Management, UnitedHealthcare, Multiplan, Medicare, Local 1199, Healthfirst, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, Emblem/Hip, Amerigroup of New Jersey, MVP Health Care, Magnacare (National), WellCare, Fidelis Care, Emblem/GHI, CIGNA, Affinity Health Plan, TRICARE, World Trade Center Health Plan, VNSNY CHOICE, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, AETNA
DegreesMedical Doctor
Office NameCUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
ServicesAlejandro Torres provides pediatric cardiology in New York, NY 10032. A Pediatric Cardiologist is a physician who has chosen to specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and defects of the heart and circulatory system. These diseases or defects may be present at birth or may develop later in life.
Please call Alejandro Torres at (212) 305-4622 to schedule an appointment at 3959 Broadway, New York, NY 10032 or to get more information.Additional ServicesDoctor