Lisa Torres, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medical Center. She earned her MD from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and an MS in Clinical and Translational Investigation from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. After her internship in the Irish Health Service Executive, Dr. Torres completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, followed by a Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center.  

Dr. Torres is a clinician and translational investigator studying sepsis-induced immune suppression in critically ill patients. These “immune paralyzed” patients are at highest risk for opportunistic infections and mortality. Her work is focused on understanding alterations in immune cell metabolism and impaired cell signaling associated with immune paralysis. She is supported by an NIH K23 award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the Houston Methodist – Weill Cornell Medicine Pilot Award, as well as the NIH Loan Repayment Program via the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Torres attends on both the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Pulmonary Consult Services at the New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell and Lower Manhattan Hospital campuses.