Full Name
Dr. Carlos Torres
Organization/Company
University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital
Speaker Bio
Dr. Carlos Torres is a Professor of Radiology at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, and a staff neuroradiologist at The Ottawa Hospital, in Canada. He is the President of the Ibero Latin American Society of Neuroradiology (SILAN), a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) and a member of the Executive Committees of the American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR) and of the Eastern Neuroradiological Society (ENRS).
Dr. Torres has given more than 450 national and international invited lectures in 40 different countries and is regularly invited to speak at all the major Radiology and Neuroradiology Meetings, on a wide range of Neuroradiology topics. He is an International Visiting Professor for RSNA, ASNR and ARRS. 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.
Dr. Torres is actively involved in medical education and research; his main areas of interest include vascular pathologies, demyelinating disease, brachial plexus imaging, spine and tumor imaging. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and 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, the Neuroradiology Journal and European Radiology.
He has received numerous departmental, national and international awards for his teaching and research including the 2021 uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Educator of the Year Award, the Undergrad Teacher of the Year Award in 2017 and 2021, the Radiology Staff Teacher of the Year Award in 2020 and 2021, as well as the prestigious RSNA Honored Educator Award.
Dr. Torres has given more than 450 national and international invited lectures in 40 different countries and is regularly invited to speak at all the major Radiology and Neuroradiology Meetings, on a wide range of Neuroradiology topics. He is an International Visiting Professor for RSNA, ASNR and ARRS. 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.
Dr. Torres is actively involved in medical education and research; his main areas of interest include vascular pathologies, demyelinating disease, brachial plexus imaging, spine and tumor imaging. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and 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, the Neuroradiology Journal and European Radiology.
He has received numerous departmental, national and international awards for his teaching and research including the 2021 uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Educator of the Year Award, the Undergrad Teacher of the Year Award in 2017 and 2021, the Radiology Staff Teacher of the Year Award in 2020 and 2021, as well as the prestigious RSNA Honored Educator Award.
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