Dr. Esther A. Torres M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine San Juan PR, 00935About
Dr. Esther Torres is a gastroenterologist practicing in San Juan, PR. Dr. Torres specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Torres performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in an insured population in Puerto Rico during 1996.
- Folic acid supplementation does not prevent ribavirin-induced anemia.
- Improving access to liver transplantation: the University of Puerto Rico experience.
- Crohn's disease associated to chordoma: a case report.
- Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus and associated risk behaviours: a population-based study in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Infliximab in Hispanics: characterization of response to infliximab in an ethnic minority with Crohn's disease.
- The NIH 2002 Consensus Conference on hepatitis C: what it said and what it means.
- Epidemiology of hepatitis C infection and its public health implications in Puerto Rico.
- A government sponsored clinic for the evaluation and treatment of chronic hepatitis C in an underinsured population in Puerto Rico.
- Iron-deficiency anemia as presentation of pouchitis.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma at the University of Puerto Rico Liver Transplant Clinic.
- Hepatitis C in Puerto Rico: a time for public health action.
- Abdominal pain and weight loss in an HIV-infected patient.
- Etanercept therapy for psoriasis in a patient with concomitant hepatitis C and liver transplant.
- From organ donation to trasplantation: it takes a team.
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