Memorial Division of Critical Care Medicine
3501 Johnson Street Third Floor
Hollywood, FL 33021
954-965-5396
About Me
Stefanie Julissa Torres Ramirez, MD, is a board-certified physician in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care medicine and sleep medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Torres Ramirez joined Memorial Physician Group and Memorial Healthcare System as a critical care physician in 2016.
Previously, Dr. Torres Ramirez served as an assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. At the University of Kentucky, she was actively involved in the supervision and teaching of pulmonary fellows in the critical care setting, as well as in inpatient and outpatient pulmonary and sleep medicine rotations.
Dr. Torres Ramirez earned her medical degree in 2001 from Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador. She also completed the William J. Harrington Medical Training Programs for Latin America in 2001, at the University of Miami through Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Dr. Torres Ramirez finished her residency in internal medicine in 2007 at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she also went on to complete both a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine in 2010 and a fellowship in sleep medicine in 2011.
Medical Related ServicesHospital Affiliations
- Memorial Hospital Miramar
- Memorial Hospital Pembroke
- Memorial Hospital West
- Memorial Regional Hospital
Gender
- Female
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Education
Education
Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, 2001
Internships
University Of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2005, Internal Medicine
Residency
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2007, Internal Medicine
Fellowships
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2010, Pulmonary Disease
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital - OB/GYN, 2011, Sleep Medicine
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine-Internal Medicine
Awards, Achievements, and More
Research
- Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum and Epidural Pneumatosis in DKA: case report American Thoracic Society Meeting, 2015
- An Unusual Case of Transudative Hepatohydrochylothorax: case report American Thoracic Society Meeting, 2015
- Rare Pulmonary Manifestation of Crohn’s Disease: case report American Thoracic Society Meeting, 2015
- Sleep in Hispanic Women – Woman’s Day magazine Consultant, 2014
- Miami VA Medical Center Sub PI: Simon Chakko, MD Evaluation of the Q-T Dispersion as a Marker of Ischemia, 2004
- Universidad Catolica De Santiago De Guayaquil Sub PI: Joseph MacDermott MD Doctoral Thesis: Cardiac Arrhythmias: Correlation Between Symptoms and Electrocardiographic Findings (Holter), 2000-2001
Conferences
- Sleep Medicine: Review and Update (Grand Rounds), University
Professional Organizations
- American Medical Association
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American Thoracic Society
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Awards
- Internal Medicine Residency Chief Resident Award, 2007, 2008
- Department of Medicine Student Inpatient Teaching Award, 2006, 2007
- Dean’s Graduation Award, graduated among the Top 5 of the Class of 2001
- Doctoral thesis dissertation, nominated for best graduation thesis of the Class of 2001
- Scholarship for Academic Excellency, 1999-2000
- Best Student Award, Class of 1997