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Karen Dorsman, Ph.D.

Karen Dorsman, Ph.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

Schools
Medical School
Departments
Psychiatry | Pediatrics

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  • Biography

    Karen Dorsman, Ph.D., has joined the Department of Psychiatry with a dual appointment to the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP).

    Dr. Dorsman will serve as a bilingual neuropsychologist with a special focus on neurodevelopmental and neurogenetic disorders. Dr. Dorsman completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a predoctoral internship at UT Southwestern Medical Center and completed a 2-year, APPCN-member, postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas/UT Southwestern.

    Her clinical interests include genetic and neurodevelopmental disorders, acquired brain injuries, and rare neurological conditions, along with culturally responsible assessments. Her research interests center on social determinants of health, their impact on neurodevelopmental outcomes, and factors that support the optimization of neuropsychological evaluations by the systems in which children grow (e.g., family, school, and medical).

  • Publications
    Supporting Spanish-Bilingual Assessment Skills as an English-Monolingual Supervisor in the United States: The Bilingual Supervisee and Monolingual Supervisor (BSAMS) Training Model
    Orobio J, Dorsman K, Dryden M, Cartwright J, Bordes Edgar V, Neumann J Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2026 11 3-13
    Neuropsychological assessment in rare pediatric neurogenetic disorders: considerations for cross-cultural clinical research
    Bordes Edgar V, Dorsman KA, Horton DK, Messahel S, MacDonald B Child Neuropsychology 2024 30 900-917
    A call for clinical trial globalization in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia
    Author Collaboration ft, Llibre-Guerra JJ, Heavener A, Brucki SM, Marante JP, Pintado-Caipa M, Chen Y, Behrens MI, Hardi A, Admirall-Sanchez A, Akinyemi R, Alladi S, Dorsman KA, Rodriguez-Salgado AM, Solorzano J, Babulal GM Alzheimer's and Dementia 2023 Jul 19 3210-3221
    Addressing the disparities in dementia risk, early detection and care in Latino populations: Highlights from the second Latinos & Alzheimer's Symposium
    Quiroz YT, Solis M, Aranda MP, Arbaje AI, Arroyo-Miranda M, Cabrera LY, Carrasquillo MM, Corrada MM, Crivelli L, Diminich ED, Dorsman KA, Gonzales M, González HM, Gonzalez-Seda AL, Grinberg LT, Guerrero LR, Hill CV, Jimenez-Velazquez IZ, Guerra JJ, Lopera F, Maestre G, Medina LD, O'Bryant S, Peñaloza C, Pinzon MM, Mavarez RV, Pluim CF, Raman R, Rascovsky K, Rentz DM, Reyes Y, Rosselli M, Tansey MG, Vila-Castelar C, Zuelsdorff M, Carrillo M, Sexton C Alzheimer's and Dementia 2022 Sep 18 1677-1686
    Relationship between residential segregation, later-life cognition, and incident dementia across race/ethnicity
    Pohl DJ, Seblova D, Avila JF, Dorsman KA, Kulick ER, Casey JA, Manly J International journal of environmental research and public health 2021 Nov 18
    Assessment of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Timeliness and Comprehensiveness of Dementia Diagnosis in California
    Tsoy E, Kiekhofer RE, Guterman EL, Tee BL, Windon CC, Dorsman KA, Lanata SC, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Kind AJ, Possin KL JAMA neurology 2021 Jun 78 657-665
    Can You Hear Me Now? Telephone-Based Teleneuropsychology Improves Utilization Rates in Underserved Populations
    Caze T, Dorsman KA, Carlew AR, Diaz A, Bailey KC Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 2020 Dec 35 1234-1239
    Get Moving! Increases in Physical Activity Are Associated With Increasing Functional Connectivity Trajectories in Typically Aging Adults
    Author Collaboration fH, Dorsman KA, Weiner-Light S, Staffaroni AM, Brown JA, Wolf A, Cobigo Y, Walters S, Kramer JH, Casaletto KB Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2020 Apr 12
    BHA-CS: A novel cognitive composite for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
    Tsoy E, Erlhoff SJ, Goode CA, Dorsman KA, Kanjanapong S, Lindbergh CA, La Joie R, Strom A, Rabinovici GD, Lanata SC, Miller BL, Tomaszewski Farias SE, Kramer JH, Rankin KP, Possin KL Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 2020 12
    Linguistic and Cultural Acceptability of a Spanish Translation of the Ohio State University Traumatic Brain Injury Identification Method Among Community-Dwelling Spanish-Dominant Older Adults
    Hufstedler HC, Dorsman KA, Rivera EJ, Lanata SC, Bogner JA, Corrigan JD, Fuller SM, Borja XR, Wilson F, Gardner RC Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation 2019 Dec 1