Dr. Esther A. Torres Rodríguez

Professor
Dr Esther Torres

Contact Info

  • University of Puerto Rico
    Medical Sciences Campus
    School of Medicine
    Gastroenterology Section
  • 787-754-0101, Ext. 5444, 5445

Education

  • M.D. – 1972, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine
  • B.S. – 1968, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Instructor of Medicine – UPR School of Medicine – 1976-1979
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine – UPR –  1979-1982
  • Associate Professor of Medicine – UPR – 1982-1989
  • Professor of Medicine – UPR -1989-
  • Chief of Gastroenterology – UPR -1981-96,1999-2001
  • Gastroenterology Training Program Director;
  • UPR & Affiliated Hospitals -1981- 2009
  • Chair, Department of Medicine, UPR -1996- 2011
  • Joint Professor of Medicine and Surgery – 2010 -2015
  • Director, Gastroenterology Research Unit – 1992
  • Director, UPR Center for IBD -2006

OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

  • Associate Medical Director, Life Link of Puerto Rico-2001-2021
  • Medical Director, Life Link of Puerto Rico-2021-

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Genetics, Epidemiology and Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Hepatitis C
  • Liver Transplant