Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Born in Barcelona in 1954, he is Full Professor in Medicine at the University of Barcelona (UB) and Head of the Respiratory Intesive Care Unit at Hospital Clínic. He is considered a physician of reference both nationally and internationally in lung infections, including pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, immunocompromised patients, weaning, noninvasive ventilation (NIV), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS-ALI). He leads the research group on Applied Research in Respiratory Diseases of the Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), from where he facilitates translational research studies. He also coordinates a CIBER group on respiratory diseases (Ciberes) and takes part in several European projects. He is co-author of more than 300 scientific publications and has supervised 24 Phd theses. Research interests Dr. Torres has developed several lines of investigation in the field of respiratory infections and artificial ventilation: 1- Infections in patients in intensive care unit: 2- Infections in patients outside the intensive care unit. 3- Artificial ventilation
Coordinator of all the ICUs of the Clinic Thorax Institute
-Professor at the faculty of Medicine (Pulmonology & Critical Care): Instructor: 1993-2007 Associate Professor 2007-2009 Full Professor 2009-currently -Coordinator of the core course "Diseases of the respiratory system" of the 4th year of the degree, since 2008 -Director of 32 Doctoral Theses (PhD programmes)
-Coordinator of the Corporate Research Program on Pneumonia of Ciberes for the period 2010-2015 & 2016-2018 -Best qualified research group out of 34 groups for the 2012-2014 period
Applied Research on Infectious Respiratory Diseases, critical patients and lung cancer. Impact Factor 1997-2014: 1.900
Head of the Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Allergy