Board-certified in cardiovascular disease through UC San Diego Health, David Torres Barba, MD, PhD practices academic cardiology in downtown San Diego's Bankers Hill district on Third Avenue. His MD from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (2016) and cardiovascular fellowship at UCSD drive published research on transcatheter aortic valve replacement hemodynamics, a subspecialty scope distinct from the exercise-based cardiac recovery protocols at The Physical Therapy Effect. As an Assistant Professor of Medicine in UCSD's Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, he maintains clinical appointments across UC San Diego Health's La Jolla, Hillcrest, and East Campus medical centers. Coronary artery disease screening, heart failure staging, and hypertension management make up the core clinical workload at this Bankers Hill office, with complex cardiac medication regimens coordinated through Sharp Rees-Stealy Downtown Pharmacy in the same corridor. Highest-tier evaluations include TAVR candidacy assessment with echocardiographic hemodynamic profiling and post-procedural valve durability monitoring under current ACC/AHA guideline protocols.