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Caitlin Costello

Caitlin Costello

MD

Psychiatrist

Dr. Caitlin Costello is a psychiatrist who cares for pediatric patients. She has particular interests in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and tic disorders, medical education and curriculum development, and child and adolescent forensic psychiatry (issues involving psychiatry and the law). She serves as medical director for child and adolescent ambulatory services at UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics, and as associate director for UCSF's fellowship program in child and adolescent psychiatry.

Costello earned her medical degree and completed a residency in psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at New York – Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in forensic psychology at UCSF.

  • Board Certifications

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry, 2015

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2014

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry, 2012

  • Fellowships

    UCSF, Forensic Psychiatry, 2015

    Weill Cornell Medicine, Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, 2014

  • Residencies

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Psychiatry, 2012

  • Internship

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Psychiatry, 2009

  • Degree

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2008

Where I see patients (2)

    Tender wagging care

    Our therapy dogs spread joy and smiles at the bedside and throughout the hospital.

    Visit Child Life services

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