Dr. Carlos Torres is an Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Ottawa and a staff neuroradiologist at The Ottawa Hospital since 2008. He completed a 2 year Neuroradiology Fellowship at McGill University before joining the Department of Medical Imaging at The Ottawa Hospital.

Dr. Torres is the former Director of the Neuroradiology Fellowship Program at the U of Ottawa. He has been the Director and Co-Director of multiple CME Courses in Europe, North America and Latin America. Dr. Torres has given 270 national and international invited lectures and is regularly invited to speak at all the major North American Radiology and Neuroradiology Meetings. He has been Visiting Professor in 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. He has multiple peer-reviewed publications and has written 15 book chapters. He has received numerous departmental, national and international awards for his teaching and research. In 2017, Dr. Torres received the National Order of Merit Award in the Rank of Officer from the Republic of Colombia (equivalent to The Order of Canada) for his scientific contributions in the field of Diagnostic Neuroradiology in Canada and he was appointed as Distinguished Professor of Radiology at Zhengzhou University in China.

Most recently, he received the 2018 Anne G. Osborn ASNR Outreach Professor Award to represent the American Society of Neuroradiology in Myanmar and was selected as Outreach International VP to represent the ARRS in Spain in 2019.

Financial disclosure: Dr. Torres does not have any affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization.