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Vicente Torres, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Internist
  2. Nephrologist
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Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

EnglishSpanish

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Vicente E. Torres, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Mayo Clinic Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Dr. Torres has published extensively on a multitude of topics, including epidemiology, phenotypic characterization, natural history and clinical management of PKD and related diseases. He has also contributed to the identification of responsible genes and expression and function of the encoded proteins, as well as to preclinical and clinical therapeutic trials.

  1. ADPKD
  2. Glomerular disease
  3. Kidney failure
  4. Kidney stone
  5. Polycystic kidney disease
  1. Kidney transplant
  2. Pancreas transplant
  3. Transplant
  • Inherited renal diseases
  • Polycystic kidney disease
  • Glomerular diseases
  • Kidney and pancreas transplantation
  • Nephrollithiasis/Transplantation disorders
  1. 1979
    ResidentNephrology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 1979
    Resident - NephrologyMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 1977
    Resident - Internal MedicineMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 1975
    Internship - Straight Medical InternshipMount Sinai Medical Center
  5. 1974
    Fellow - Research Fellow, Division of NephrologyMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  6. 1972
    Fellow - Research Fellow, Division of NephrologyHospital Clinico y Provincial de Barcelona Faculty of Medicine
  7. 1971
    PhDUniversidad de Barcelona
  8. 1970
    InternshipHospital Clinico y Provincial de Barcelona Faculty of Medicine
  9. 1969
    MDUniversidad de Barcelona

Certifications

  1. 1980
    NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 1977
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2023
    Department of Defense Focused Program Award recipient for “Targeting Cyclic AMP and Protein Kinase A signaling to Treat ADPKD: An Efficacious Strategy with Further Potential.”United States Department of Defense
  2. 2020
    Listed as top 2% of world’s most influential scientists in the Stanford scientific rankingDepartment of Medicine
  3. 2020
    Mayo Clinic Team Science Award in the PKD CenterDepartment of Medicine
  4. 2019
    Team Science AwardDepartment of Medicine
  5. 2019
    Henry S. Plummer Distinguished Physician AwardDepartment of Medicine
  6. 2016
    2016 Gratitude Benefit: A Celebration Benefiting the PKD FoundationPKD Foundation
  7. 2015
    Robert M. and Billie J. Pirnie Professorship in Kidney Research in Honor of Dr. Michael J. KrowkaDepartment of Internal Medicine
  8. 2013
    Landmark Contributions to the Literature for New England Journal of Medicine article on TolvaptanDepartment of Internal Medicine
  9. 2009
    DOM Research Career Achievement AwardAwarding Organization
  10. 2006
    Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for the Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney DiseasePKD Foundation and International Society of Nephrology
  11. 1973
    National Kidney Foundation
  12. 1972
    Juan March FoundationAwarding Organization
  13. 1972
    ScholarshipJuan March Foundation (Spain)
  14. 1971
    Magna Cum Laudae, Doctoral DegreeUniversidad de Barcelona
  15. 1964
    Magna Cum Laudae, H.S.Awarding Organization
  16. 1962
    Merit ScholarshipJuan March Foundation
  17. 1958
    Merit ScholarshipSpanish Government

Professional memberships

  1. 2008
    MemberSpecial Emphasis Review Panel, Polycystic Kidney Disease Program Project, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  2. 2005 - present
    Associate MemberFaculty in Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  3. 2004
    ChairExecutive Committee, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
  4. 2004
    ChairSteering and Practice Committee, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
  5. 2004 - present
    MemberExecutive Committee, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
  6. 2004 - present
    MemberSteering and Practice Committee, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
  7. 2004 - present
    MemberResearch Committee, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
  8. 2003
    Abstract Reviewer36th Annual Meeting American Society of Nephrology, American Society of Nephrology
  9. 2003 - 2005
    Associate EditorNephrology Self-Assessment Program, American Society of Nephrology
  10. 2002 - 2004
    ChairPKR Foundation
  11. 2000 - 2004
    MemberSpecial Grants Review Committee, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  12. 2000 - 2004
    ChairExternal Advisory Panel, National Analgesic Nephropathy (NAN), National Institutes of Health
  13. 2000 - 2004
    MemberExternal Advisory Panel, National Analgesic Nephropathy (NAN), National Institutes of Health
  14. 2000 - 2002
    Vice ChairPKR Foundation
  15. 2000 - 2002
    MemberBoard of Directors, Council of American Kidney Societies
  16. 2000
    ChairReview Committee, National Institutes of Health
  17. 2000
    ChairAbstract Review Committee, Polycystic Disease, American Society of Nephrology
  18. 2000
    MemberReview Committee, National Institutes of Health
  19. 2000 - present
    MemberScientific Advisory Board, PKR Foundation
  20. 1998
    Abstract ReviewerHereditary/Genetics/Development/Other Hereditary Diseases, American Society of Nephrology
  21. 1998
    MemberAd Hoc Advisory Group, National Institutes of Health
  22. 1998
    MemberReview Committee, National Institutes of Health
  23. 1996 - 1998
    MemberNephrology Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (NMKSAP), American College of Physicians
  24. 1995
    Site VisitHuman Polycystic Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health
  25. 1995 - 1997
    MemberInstitutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Mayo Clinic Committees
  26. 1994 - 2000
    MemberAdvisory Committee, General Clinical Research Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  27. 1994 - 1996
    MemberAd Hoc Review Committee, National Institutes of Health
  28. 1993
    Site VisitRenal Development and Injury in Polycystic Kidneys, National Institutes of Health
  29. 1993
    MemberExternal Review Board, Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Program Project, National Institutes of Health
  30. 1992
    Abstract ReviewerClinical Nephrology/Hereditary Disorders, American Society of Nephrology
  31. 1992 - present
    MemberPKR Foundation
  32. 1992 - present
    MemberScientific Advisory Board
  33. 1991
    Advisory Board MemberWorkshop on treatment of hypertension in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), National Kidney and Urologic Diseases
  34. 1991
    Site VisitNatural history of polycystic kidney disease, Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health
  35. 1990
    Site VisitPolycystic Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health
  36. 1989
    Site VisitHuman Polycystic Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health
  37. 1988 - 2003
    MemberSteering Committee, Mayo Nephrology Collaborative Group, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  38. 1984
    Site VisitCollaborative Study of Adult Glomerular Disease, National Institutes of Health
  39. 1984 - present
    MemberNational Institutes of Health
  40. 1984
    MemberAdvisory Group for Research on Urinary Structure and Function, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  41. 1979 - 2004
    MemberDivision of Nephrology & Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  42.  
    MemberNephrology Research Committee, Division of Nephrology & Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  43.  
    ChairSpecial Emphasis Review Panel, Polycystic Kidney Disease Program Project, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  44.  
    MemberAmerican Federation for Clinical Research
  45.  
    MemberAmerican Society of Transplant Physicians
  46.  
    MemberInternational Society of Nephrology
  47.  
    MemberNational Kidney Foundation
  48.  
    MemberAmerican Society of Renal Biochemistry and Metabolism
  49.  
    MemberSigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
  50.  
    MemberNational Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health
  51.  
    MemberCentral Society for Clinical Research

Publications

Research activities

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