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Ernesto de la Torre, MD
MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee
Western Carolina University, Health & Human Sciences Building
3971 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 257-4719
Dr. Ernesto de la Torre graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1998, completed a family medicine internship at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA and then completed his family medicine training at Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. He is board certified in Family Medicine and spent 8 years on active duty in the US Navy as a physician including one tour in Iraq in 2006-07. He has spent the last 14 years practicing medicine in Western NC and joined MAHEC in 2025 to work in the multispecialty clinic in Cullowhee to serve the community and ultimately act as a preceptor for providers-in-training in a rural setting.
