Medical Director Full Service Partnership (FSP)
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center BOX 497 1000 West Carson St.
Torrance, California 90509Phone (310) 222- 3133

Education
Medical School  
University of Liège, Belgium- MD awarded 1987.
Belgium Board Certified 1992
USA Board Certified in Psychiatry 2008
Visiting Scholar Beck Institute (Cognitive Therapy). Philadelphia. 2006.
University of California Los Angeles. Harbor- UCLA. Psychiatric Residency 2005.
University of California Los Angeles. Harbor- UCLA. CBT/DBT Training
Visiting Fellow in Psychiatry-The McLean Center for the Treatment of Borderline
Personality Disorder- Harvard Medical School Affiliate. Professor John Gunderson,
Supervisor (2005)
Visiting Fellow in Psychiatry - Personality Disorders Institute and the Cornell
Psychotherapy Program, Cornell University Medical College. Professor Otto Kernberg,
Supervisor (1997).
University of Liège, Belgium. Residency Training in Psychiatry.1992.
Professional experience:
Harbor UCLA Attending Psychiatrist (July 2005-current)
MD Asian Pacific Boarding Care (July 2004-current)
Harbor UCLA Psychiatric Residency Program. (2001-2005)
St Vincent de Rocourt Hospital (University of Liège affiliate) 1992-1999: Attending
Psychiatrist
Doctors without Borders. Algeria, 1998.
Medicus Mundi International (MMI): Abidjan, Ivory Coast.1985.

Honors and Awards
Honorable Mention Award.  National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality
Disorder, in partnership with the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and
Depression (Narsad) 2007.
Best Role Model. Harbor UCLA. 2007.
Excellence in Teaching by a Resident. Harbor UCLA 2005
Outstanding Resident Award for “Outstanding Clinical and Teaching Skills in the Area of
Personality Disorders.” Southern California Psychiatric Society. 2005.
A. Rogawski Prize. UCLA NPI. 2004. “Words, memories, Synapses: The Biological Art of
Psychotherapy."

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Michele S. Berk , PhD; Bernadette Grosjean , MD; Heather D. Warnick , PsyD
Beyond Threats: Risk factors for suicide in Borderline Personality Disorder
Grosjean, B, Tsai G : NMDA Neurotransmission as a Critical Mediator of Borderline
Personality Disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neurosciences. March 2007; 32 (2) 103-
115.
Grosjean.B: “From Synapse to  Psychotherapy: the Fascinating Evolution of
Neurosciences”. The American Journal of Psychotherapy  (59/3) 2005.
Grosjean B, Finnerty B, Rawson R: Drug Abuse Trends in Los Angeles. Epidemiologic
Trends in Substance Abuse. Executive Summary. Community Epidemiology Network
Group. NIDA. NIH.2001.
Grosjean B: On the Margin of Symbolization: Borderline Personality and Psychosomatic
Disorders. Acta Psychiatrica Belgica.2001; 101:161-178 (French)
Grosjean B: Borderline Personality and the Frame. Edition Marinor. Alger. Acta. Belgo-
Algerian Meeting, 1999; 99-125 (French)
Grosjean B: Anorexia: Challenge and Tragedy. La  Revue Francaise de Psychiatrie et de  
Psychologie Médicale, 1997 ; 12:43-44 (French)
Grosjean B: Responsibility and the Therapeutic Plan. XXIIIème Meeting of Day Hospital.
Proceedings - 1995.30-36(French)
Grosjean B: An Exemplary Death. Revue Médicale de Liège.1994 ; XLIX,9 :515-518 (French)
Grosjean B : Psychiatric Emergencies: Daily, Troublesome Issues. Revue Médicale de
Liège, 1992 ; XLVII,5- 255-263 (French)

WEBCONFERENCES:
Grosjean B. Etats-Limites: L'experience Americaine 1&2 (including BPD treament in
inpatient, case presentation and supervision ) In collaboration with Hospital Jean Titeca
Bruxelles/Belgium April 2008 & May 2008 (in French)

SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS: (USA and International)
Grosjean B "Psychiatry in the streets of Los Angeles: from deinstitutionalization to
dereliction to hope?" (Grand Round Belgium February 2010) in French, coming in English in
May 2010

Borderline personality disorder and bipolar: a never ending challenge” Harbor UCLA Grand
Round, CA January 2009.

Grosjean.B. A double challenge Borderline personality and bipolar disorder. 47eme
meeting of Colombian Psychiatric Association Bogota Colombia 2008
GrosjeanB. NMDA synapse and psychiatry: how to examine psychotherapy through the
prism of neuroscience47eme meeting of Colombian Psychiatric Association Bogota
Colombia 2008
Grosjean.B. Nociception in Borderline Personality Disorder: the role of glutamatergique
neurotransmission APA Washington 2008
Grosjean.B. NMDA neurotransmission and the neurobiology of borderline personality
disorder APA Washington 2008
Grosjean.B. Borderline Personality Disorders: What Hearing Officers need to know .
CALPSHO San Francisco April 2008.

Grosjean.B. “ NMDA Neurotransmission and the Biology of Borderline Personality
Disorder” APA San Diego May 2007.
Grosjean.B.  NMDA Neurotransmission and the Biology of Borderline Personality Disorder”
2nd International Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Santiago Chile April 2007.
Full Service Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities.” Grand Round.Harbor UCLA,
Torrance , CA June 2007.

“NMDA Receptors and BPD: A Critical Mediator”, APA Annual Meeting Toronto May 2006.
“Borderline Personality Disorder and Culture”, APA Annual Meeting Toronto May 2006.
“From Synapse to Psychotherapy: The fascinating Evolution of Neurosciences.” APA
Annual Meeting Toronto May 2006.
"Borderline Personality Disorder: From Brain to Mind". Harbor UCLA Grand Round.
February 2006.
“Borderline Personality Disorder: a Western-Culture Bound Syndrome?” The Society for
the Study of Psychiatry and Culture Annual Meeting, Colorado, October 2005.
“Cross-Cultural Studies in Borderline Personality Disorders Identification of Protective
Factors and Early Intervention”, American Psychiatric Association. Institute on Psychiatric
services Atlanta, October 2004.
“Borderline Personality Disorders and Transference Focused Psychotherapy”. Grand
Round. Asian Pacific Mental Health Center. Redondo Beach, CA. May 2004.
“Words, Memories, Synapses: the Biological Art of Psychotherapy”. Los Angeles
Metropolitan Hospital. Grand Round. June 2003; Harbor-UCLA Grand Round. June 2003.
Selected Presentations (International)
"Etats-Limites de la Neurobiologie a la Psychotherapie" (BPD from neurobiology to
psychotherapy). Rocourt. Belgium. February 2006.
“On the Margin of Symbolization: Borderline Personality and Psychosomatic Disorders.”
ULG. Belgium.2000.
“Borderline Personality Disorder and the Therapeutic Frame.” Algeria, 1998.
“Anorexia in the General Hospital: Challenge and Tragedy.” XXXIX International Congress
of Medical Psychology”. Belgium 1996.
“Responsibility and the Therapeutic Plan” Keynote speaker, XXIII International Symposium
of the « Psychiatric Day Hospital Meeting Belgium-France-Switzerland ». France, 1995.
“A Difficult Waltz: Death and the Therapist.” ULG. Grand Round.1994.
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