EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Year Degree/Certification Institution Discipline
2012 Fellowship UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience Geriatric Psychiatry
and Human Behavior
2011 Residency Loma Linda University Medical Center General Psychiatry
2001 MD Universidad Libre Cali, Cali Colombia Doctor of Medicine
BOARD CERTIFICATION
2012 American Board of Geriatric Psychiatry
2011 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
ACADEMIC HISTORY
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, LLU August 2014
Volunteer Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, LLU May 2022 - current
EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENTS
Staff Psychiatrist at Patton State Hospital October 2022- Current
Staff Psychiatrist, Contractor at Patton State Hospital May 2022- October 2022
Attending, Psychiatry, SAC Health System August 2014- April 2022
Attending, Geriatric Psychiatry, LLUBMC August 2014- April 2022
Geriatric and Adult Psychiatrist, Kaiser Permanente 2012-2014
Clinical Research Coordinator , USC, 2003-2005
ACADEMIC & ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
Loma Linda University Medical Center
•Medical Director for Psychiatry, SAC Health System 2018-2019
•Supportive tumor board member, LLUMC 2020 - 2022
•Bioethics Committee Member, LLUMC 2015- 2022
•Chief Resident Department of Psychiatry, LLUMC 2010-2011
Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center
•Medical Staff President, LLUBMC 2018-2020
•Medical Staff President Elect, LLUBMC 2016-2018
•Chair of Credentials Committee, LLUBMC 2016-2018
•Medical Director Geriatric Psychiatry Intensive Outpatient Program, LLUBMC July 2017 – April 2022
Loma Linda Behavioral Health Institute WHO/PAHO Collaborative Center
•Trainer for trainers on Problem Management Plus (PM+). Individual psychological help for adults impaired by distress in communities exposed to adversity in Latin America and Caribbean regions . BHI 2018-2022
Loma Linda University Health Care
•Spirituality and Psychiatry Committee Member, LLUH 2014- 2022
•Director for the Geriatric Psychiatry Didactics for Psychiatry Residents 2014-
•Educational Course Teaching Ongoing 2014-2022
oCross Cultural Communication- Year 1 Medical Students
oCatholicism in Hispanic Culture- Psychiatry Residents
oHispanic Culture- Psychiatry Residents
oSTAR-D and CATIE studies for Evidenced Based Lectures- Psychiatry Residents
Grand Rounds Presentations
oNeuro-degeneration Behind Bars, Patton State Hospital Forensic Conference 2/2015
oMental Health in the Hispanic Culture, Dept. of Psychiatry LLUH 10/2013
oAging and the Medically at Risk Driver, UCLA Semel Institute 3/2012
oThe Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia, UCLA Dept. of Neurology 10/2011
oWhat Went Wrong? The Acute Management of the Agitated Elderly Patient, Patton State Hospital 4/2011
oCombining Resources; Animal Assisted Therapy, Dept. of Psychiatry LLUH 4/2010
oIntegrative Case Conference, Dept. of Psychiatry LLUH 3/2010
oHome of a Healing God, Psychiatry in India, Dept. of Psychiatry LLUH 4/2009
oPost-Traumatic Personality Disorder; A reformulation of complex post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder, Dept. of Psychiatry LLUH 12/2008
oColombia; A Glimpse to Mental Health in Hispanic Culture, Dept. of Psychiatry LLUH 7/2007
•Resident Poster Presentation Faculty Teaching and Support
o“An Innovative Phamacological Protocol to Facilitate Court- Ordered Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Acutely Psychotic Patients”, Presented by Dr. Semenova (PGY4) at American Psychiatry Association Meeting, New York 4/2018
o“Suggested Protocol for Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression in a Parkinson’s Disease Patient with Deep Brain Stilumator; A Case Report”, Presented by Dr. Stoletniy (PGY4) at American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry Meeting, Dallas Texas 3/2016
o“Update on Alternative Muscle Relaxation Techniques in ECT: A Case of Osteogenesis Imperfecta”, American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, Washington D.C. 3/2012
PUBLICATIONS
Sfera A, Osorio C, Maguire G, Rahman L, Afzaal J, Cummings M, Maldonado JC.COVID-19, ferrosenescence and neurodegeneration, a mini-review. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. December 2020
Dr. Carolina Osorio, M.D., Psychiatrist
Curriculum Vitae
Sabbath Seminars
Room 3208
Centennial Complex of Loma Linda University Sabbath Morning 10:30-12:30