Prof. Dr. Carlos A. Torres-Cabala

Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Dr. Torres-Cabala is a Professor of Pathology, Dermatology, and Translational Molecular Pathology, and Section Chief of the Dermatopathology Section at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He also serves as co-director of the Dermatopathology Research Laboratory, along with Dr. Jonathan Curry. He completed his Anatomic Pathology residency at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and his Dermatopathology Fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Torres-Cabala has authored and co-authored more than 225 peer-reviewed articles along with eighteen book chapters in Dermatopathology, Pathology, and Dermatology, and edited a book, Genetics of Melanoma (2016).

Dr. Torres-Cabala is a current member of the Appropriate Use Criteria Committee of the American Society of Dermatopathology where he contributes with his expertise in melanocytic lesions. He is also a panel member of the T and B Cutaneous Lymphomas Section of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, as one of the two MD Anderson representatives. He is a former consultant for the American Cancer Society (ACS) overseeing the English-Spanish translation of ACS educational documents. Dr. Torres-Cabala is a former member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Dermatopathology and acts as a reviewer for many scientific journals. Dr. Torres-Cabala has been invited as speaker, chair, and organizer of several Dermatopathology, Pathology, and Dermatopathology sessions at national and international meetings, such as those of the American Society of Dermatopathology, International Society of Dermatopathology, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, International Academy of Pathology, Latin American Dermatology Society (RADLA), among many others around the country and the world.

Updated 13 September 2024