Fernando Torres, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSWMC) and Head of the Lung Transplant and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs at Clements University Hospital. His clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension, lung transplantation, ECMO and clinical outcomes research in lung transplantation and pulmonary hypertension.  Over the past 15 years, Dr. Torres has served as principal investigator or coinvestigator in multiple clinical trials.

Dr. Torres earned his medical degree at Cornell University Medical College in New York, New York. He completed his internship and residency at UTSWMC and a fellowship in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and lung transplantation at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Torres is board certified in pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine.