Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Drexel University College of MedicineMedical School
- University of Texas Tyler Health Science CenterResidency
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Zeballos Torrez is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Diagnostic Radiology, 2025
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Minorities in Cancer Research, National
- American Association for Cancer Research, National
- American College of Radiology, National
- American Society of Clinical Oncology, National
- Penn Center for Public Health Fellows Program, Local
- Society of Breast Imaging Breast Cancer Screening Network Task Force, National
- Society of Breast Imaging, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Zeballos Torrez CR, Edmonds CE, Nunes LW, Brewer-Hofmann A, Perez-Rojas S, Yan J, Fayanju OM, Englander B, Elmore LC Time to Diagnostic Resolution in Mobile Mammography Versus Urban Hospital-Based Breast Cancer Screening , Academic Radiology: 2026
Chen AW*, Zeballos Torrez CR*, Peterson LM, Muzi M, Specht JM, Cohen EA, Linden HM, Kontos D, Mankoff DA Novel 4D radiomics applied to dynamic FES PET images to improve prediction of breast cancer response to ER-targeted therapy , Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging: 2025
Mahmoud MA, Chen J, Edmonds CE, Fayanju OM, Zeballos Torrez CR, McCarthy AM Black-White Racial Differences in Background Parenchymal Enhancement at Breast MRI , Radiology, 318(1): 2026
Mahmoud M, Fayanju O, McCarthy AM, Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds C Exploring Imaging Biomarkers to Improve Equity in Supplemental and High-Risk Breast Cancer Screening Between Black and White Women: A Perspective on Background Parenchymal Enhancement and Breast Density , Clinical Breast Cancer: 2025
Gabriel AB do Nascimento, Vincent Dong, Guilherme J Cavalcante, Alex Nguyen, Thaís G do Rêgo, Yuri Malheiros, Carla R Zeballos Torrez, James C Gee, Anne Marie McCarthy, Andrew DA Maidment, Bruno Barufaldi Toward a robust lesion detection model in breast DCE-MRI: adapting foundation models to high-risk women , Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng: 2026
Mahmoud M, Edmonds CE, Barufaldi B, Nguyen A, Fayanju OM, Sore R, Ehsan S, Zeballos Torrez C, Chen J, Kontos D, McCarthy AM Racial differences in quantitative background parenchymal enhancement on breast magnetic resonance imaging , Cancer: 2025
Cavalcante GJ, Moreira JGA, do Nascimento GAB, Dong V, Nguyen A, Rego T, Malheiros Y, Silva Filho T, Zeballos Torrez C, Gee JC, McCarthy AM, Maidment AD, Barufaldi B, Toward explainable AI approaches for breast imaging: adapting foundation models to diverse populations , Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng: 2026
Zeballos Torrez CR, Gasior JA, Ginzberg SP, Nunes LW, Fayanju OM, Englander BS, Elmore LC, Edmonds CE Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Screening Mammography in a Medically Underserved Community , Acad Radiol, 31(7): 2023,2643-2650
Zeballos Torrez C, Edmonds C Mobile Mammography: Logistics and Addressing Gaps , Academic Radiology: 2025
Edmonds C, McCarthy AM, Elmore L, Mahmoud M, Zeballos Torrez C, Ginzberg S, Fayanju O Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Among Black Women: A Path Toward Equity , J Breast Imaging: 2025