Jose Torrealba, M.D.

Biography

Jose Torrealba, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and holds the Drs. George and Anne Race Distinguished Professorship of Pathology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in lung and cardiovascular pathology, interstitial lung diseases, renal pathology, and transplantation pathology and immunology.

Dr. Torrealba earned his medical degree at the Central University of Venezuela. He completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and a fellowship in molecular cardiology at what is now the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison. He also gained advanced training through a fellowship in immunology at Toronto General Hospital.

Certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic and clinical pathology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2012.

Dr. Torrealba is Director of Renal Pathology and Director of Thoracic Pathology for UT Southwestern’s Department of Pathology. He also serves on the Pathology Resident Curriculum and Credentialing Committee.

His research interests include chronic kidney disease, lung cancer, and solid organ transplant immunopathology. The author of numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, he gives presentations and lectures around the world on his areas of expertise. He also serves on the editorial board of Human Pathology and the Journal of Clinical Medicine and is an ad hoc reviewer for several other scholarly journals.

Dr. Torrealba is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is also a member of other organizations, including the American Society of Transplantation, the American Society of Nephrology, and the Pulmonary Pathology Society.

Personal Note

When he’s not at work, Dr. Torrealba enjoys golf, table tennis, and astronomy and the physics of the universe.