Torsten Peter Vahl, MD
Locations and Appointments
New Patients
ColumbiaDoctors - 26 Indian Rock
ColumbiaDoctors - 1086 North Broadway
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Oxford Health Plans
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Torsten Peter Vahl, MD
Torsten P. Vahl, MD, is the Director of Translational Research and is an attending physician at the Columbia Structural Heart & Valve Center and Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Vahl is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Vahl is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, and internal medicine. He specializes in the percutaneous treatment of coronary artery and structural heart disease and cardiac catheterization.
Dr. Vahl attended medical school at the Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany. He did his internal medicine residency and his cardiovascular disease fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He also completed a fellowship in both interventional cardiology and structural interventional cardiology, focusing on valvular heart disease, at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
Expertise
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Atrial Fibrillation
Heart Disease
Heart Valve Disease
Heart Valve Repair
Heart Valve Replacement
Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Minimally Invasive Valve Repair
Mitral Valve Repair
Mitral Valve Replacement/Repair
Stenting Coronary Arteries
TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement)
Education
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Internship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Medical School: Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Internship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Medical School: Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
Languages Spoken
- German