Torsten Vahl, MD
Enriched profileAssistant Professor of Medicine; Director of Translational Research; Co-Director, Structural Heart and Valve Center; Director, Left Atrial Appendage Program · Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Torsten Vahl is Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director of Translational Research; Co-Director, Structural Heart and Valve Center; Director, Left Atrial Appendage Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 247 publications with 5,894 citations (h-index 37); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 1 Sept 2026
Torsten Peter Vahl, MD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The public record shows 247 publications with 5,894 citations (h-index 37), centered on Cardiology. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 16 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2024 · Circulation
- Top research focus: Cardiology
- 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 16 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 2 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 1 Sept 2026
Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- ARTIST: Aortic Regurgitation Trial Investigating Surgery Versus Trilogy™
Sponsor: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
- The JenaValve ALIGN-AR Pivotal Trial
Sponsor: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
- THE ALIGN-AR EFS TRIAL: JenaValve Pericardial TAVR Aortic Regurgitation Study
Sponsor: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
Industry payments
Updated 1 Sept 2026
16 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year202525 payments$26,362openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year20253 payments
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20252 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2020)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Cardiovascular
79.7%Beta blocker29.7%Metoprolol Succinate100%Part D<11 patientsAngiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)17.6%Losartan Potassium100%Part D<11 patientsBlood & clotting
20.3%P2Y12 inhibitor20.3%Clopidogrel100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 1 Sept 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Improved Left Atrial Appendage Closure With the New-Generation WATCHMAN FLX by Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography at 45 Days Postimplant.
Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions
Letter2022
Online presence
Updated 1 Sept 2026
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Owned accounts
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doximity.com/pub/torsten-vahl-md
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Mentions by others
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nyevs.org/faculties/torsten-vahl-md
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acc.org/membership/person
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columbiacardiology.org/news/columbia-faculty-tct-2024
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Background & recognition
Updated 1 Sept 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →columbiacardiology.org ↗
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗
- Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗ - Fellowships in Interventional Cardiology and Structural Interventional Cardiology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- National Principal Investigator
ALIGN-AR trial (JenaValve device)
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- ColumbiaDoctors - 26 Indian Rock
Suffern, NY
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Yonkers, NY
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Presenter
"The Structural Heart Revolution: Perspectives From Fellowship and Beyond," TCTMD Fellows Course
2026verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →tctmd.com ↗
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