Dr. Andrew Nelson De la torre M.D.
Surgeon
1135 Main St 3rd floor, Suite1 Clifton NJ, 07013Practice Philosophy
Traditional Medicine
About
Dr. Andrew de la Torre is the Director of Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Surgery and Liver Cancer Care at St Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson New Jersey and Associate Professor of Surgery at ...
Education and Training
Queens College, CUNY Chemistry 1984
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md Medicine 1989
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- 1999
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Rituximab with plasmapheresis and splenectomy in abo-incompatible liver transplantation.
- Effect of sirolimus on infection incidence in liver transplant recipients.
- Vasopressor administration during liver transplant surgery and its effect on endotracheal reintubation rate in the postoperative period: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- Family physicians' knowledge and screening of chronic hepatitis and liver cancer.
- Global gene expression profiles of ischemic preconditioning in deceased donor liver transplantation.
- Ambovex(®) as a novel immunological modulator drug for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the liver: a Phase II clinical trial.
Treatments
- Liver Surgery
- Pancreatic Surgery
- Biliary Reconstruction Surgery
- Liver Cancer
- Immunotherapy
Fellowships
- University of Maryland, Baltimore Kidney/Pancreas Transplant 1998
- UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Liver Transplant 2000
Experience & Accolades
- Associate Professor1999 - 2012UMDNJ-NJMSLiver Transplant, HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgeon
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