Biography
Dr. Carlos Torres is the Vice Chair of Research, CME Director and Full Professor in the Department of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, and a diagnostic neuroradiologist in the Department of Medical Imaging at The Ottawa Hospital.
He is the President-Elect of the Eastern Neuroradiological Society ENRS, 1st Past President of the Ibero Latin American Society of Neuroradiology (SILAN), and a member of the Executive Committee of the American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR). Dr. Torres also serves on multiple RSNA, ARRS, ASNR, ASSR and ESNR committees.
Dr. Torres has given more than 500 national and international invited lectures in 45 different countries and is regularly invited to speak at all the major Radiology and Neuroradiology Meetings, on a wide range of Neuroradiology topics. He has been a national and international Visiting Professor to multiple academic centres in the US and Canada as well as in Asia, Central and South America, including Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Chile, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Mongolia.
He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and 24 book chapters. He is an Associate Editor of the Canadian Association of Radiologists journal CARJ, an Editor of the journal 3D Printing in Medicine and a reviewer for multiple journals including AJNR, Neuroradiology Journal and European Radiology.
He has received numerous departmental, national and international awards for his teaching and research including the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Educator of the Year Award, the Undergrad Teacher of the Year Award, the Radiology Staff Teacher of the Year Award, the Department of Radiology Education Award, The Department of Radiology Promotion of Academic Mission Award, the prestigious RSNA Honored Educator Award and the Order of Merit from the Government of Colombia (equivalent to the Order of Canada) for his scientific and educational contributions in Neuroradiology. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Radiologists.
His list of publications can be accessed here in PubMed.
Subspecialty: Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Residency: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia.
Fellowship: Clinical Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellowship, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Québec
Clinical Interests: Vascular pathologies, demyelinating disease, spine and brachial plexus imaging, tumor imaging
Language(s): English, Spanish, French