Director of Education, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
College of Health Sciences

Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education
School of Medicine

Founding Director, Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Fellowships
School of Medicine

Co-Director, Health Education to Advance Leaders in Integrative Medicine (HEAL-IM)
College of Health Sciences

Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
School of Medicine

Medical education, Integrated care, Integrative Medicine, Pain Medicine

TNT Primary Care Fellowships

Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI)

UCI Office of Continuing Medical Education

2001 – Alpha Omega Alpha – Resident Teacher Recognition, Rush University

2004 – Early Career Psychiatrist Leadership/Advocacy Award, American Psychiatric Association

2006 – Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Physician, University of California Davis School of Medicine

2009 – Current Psychiatry Section Editor of the year

2009 – Outstanding Teacher and Faculty Member – UC Davis Student Run Willow Clinic

2012 – Outstanding Physician Leadership Award Central California Psychiatric Society

2012 – Distinguished Teacher and Mentor Award, American College of Physicians

2013 – Outstanding Leadership Award, Integrated Education and Clinical Care, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry

2013 – Outstanding Leadership and Teaching, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine

2016 – Association of Medicine and Psychiatry Innovative Education and Clinical Award (invitation to present an overview on the Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship)

2016 – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) California, “Outstanding Recovery Practitioner Award”

2017 – Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Alan Stoudemire Award for Innovation and Excellence in Psychosomatic Medicine Education

2018 – Central California Psychiatric Society Donald Hilty Outstanding Mentorship Award

2019 – American College of Psychiatrists Creativity in Education Award

2019 – California State Assembly Accommodation for Service from Representative Eloise Reyes (47 District)

2020 – American Osteopathic Association Nomination to the ACGME Residency Review Committee, Psychiatry

2021 – Victor J. Teichner Award
The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry (AAPDP) and American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) co-sponsor the Victor J. Teichner Award, developed to promote and improve the teaching of psychodynamic principles to trainees in Psychiatry

2023 – Physicians of Excellence Award (Psychiatry), Orange County Medical Association, featured in the January 2023 edition of Orange Coast Magazine

2023 – American Psychiatric Association Board of Trustees Psychiatric Services Award: Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship

2024 – Physicians of Excellence Award (Psychiatry), Orange County Medical Association, featured in the January 2024 edition of Orange Coast Magazine

2024 – Steinberg Institute (Sacramento CA) Behavioral Health Champion

2024 – George E. Thibault, MD Nexus Award, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education

2024 – AACME Commendation (Co-recipient: Jen Reino, CHCP)

2025 – Physicians of Excellence Award (Psychiatry), Orange County Medical Association

Robert M. McCarron, DO, DFAPA, FAIHM, completed a dual residency in internal medicine and psychiatry at Rush University and received board certification in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and internal medicine. He completed a two-year fellowship in integrative medicine at the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine. McCarron was a long-time psychiatry and internal medicine residency director and became the Founding Director of the UCI Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Fellowships, which are one-year programs designed to train primary care providers in the essentials of adult psychiatry, pediatric psychiatry, and SUD behavioral health. McCarron is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, the Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education, and the Director of Education for the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI). McCarron serves on the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry. He is also a 2024-2025 Chairperson of the APA Assembly Committee on Psychiatric Diagnosis and the DSM, and a California National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Executive Board Member. He is a past president of the Central California Psychiatric Society, the California Psychiatric Association, and the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry.

Huo S, Bruckner B, Das A, Xiong G, Marcovitz D, Neikrug A, & McCarron RM. Opioid Prescriptions Following Behavioral Health Training Among Primary Care Providers. BMC Medical Education. November 26, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06289-y

Neikrug A, Cho S, Nguyen E, Stehli A, Huo S, Garcia C, Au S, Masoumirad M, Cant W, Le-Bucklin K, Gagliardi J, Xiong G, & McCarron RM. Improving Behavioral Healthcare Access Disparities by Training Providers in Disadvantaged Communities – Evidence of Strategy Effectiveness. Journal of General Internal Medicine. October 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-09020-1

Masoumirad M, Gagliardi J, Wagner M, Hebert C, Ramezani A, & McCarron RM. Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship : Advancing and Expanding Global Behavioral Healthcare Delivery Through Interprofessional Primary Care Psychiatric Training Program. Global Mental Health & Psychiatry Review, Volume 5, Page 21-22.

McCarron RM, Malik S, & Gerenz M. Integrative Medicine in Psychiatry: Beyond Just Treating the Disease. Psychiatric News, Volume, 59, Page 19-22. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/pn.2024.59.issue-7

Hardoy CR, Shipley JH, Kramer EN, & McCarron, RM. Mental Health Is Heart Health: Adjusting Clinical Guidelines for Depression After Myocardial Infarction. Harvard Review of Psychiatry ():10.1097/HRP.0000000000000385, October 24, 2023.

Huo S, Bruckner TA, Xiong GL, Cooper E, Wade A, Neikrug AB, Gagliardi JP, McCarron RM. Antidepressant Prescription Behavior Among Primary Care Clinician Providers After an Interprofessional Primary Care Psychiatric Training Program. Adm Policy Ment Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-023-01290-x

Neikrug AB, Xiong. GL, Stehli A, Suo S, Le-Bucklin, Cant W, McCarron RM. Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship—Optimizing Delivery of Behavioral Health Care Through Training for Primary Care Providers. Journal for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCEHP). Spring 2022. Vol 42, Number 2.

Amir Ramezani, Seyed Reza Alvani, Philippe Tomas Levy, McCarron RM, Samir Sheth & Rasti Emamirad (2022) Paroxysmal Dyskinesia and Electrodermal Volatility: The Role of Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Psychophysiological Interventions, Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2022.2060749.

Wang A, McCarron RM, Azzam D, Stehli A, Xiong G, DeMartini J. Utilizing Big Data from Google Trends to Map Population Depression in the United States: Exploratory Infodemiology Study. JMIR Ment Health. 2022 Mar 31;9(3):e35253. doi: 10.2196/35253. PMID: 35357320.

Lieng M, Magi A, Kang Y, et al., McCarron RM. Primary Care Physician Adherence to Telepsychiatry Recommendations: Intermediate Outcomes from a Randomized Clinical Trial. Telemedicine and e-Health. November 2021.

Yellowlees PM, Parsih M, Gonzalez A, Chan SR, Hilty DM, McCarron RM. Clinical Outcomes of Asynchronous Versus Synchronous Telepsychiatry in Primary Care: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research Vol 27, Issue 7, July 2021.

McCarron RM, Shapiro B, Rawles J, Luo J. Depression [published online ahead of print, 2021 May 11]. Ann Intern Med. 2021;10.7326/AITC202105180. doi:10.7326/AITC202105180

Lu Y, Ann L, McCarron RM. Steroid-induced psychiatric symptoms: What you need to know. Current Psychiatry Vol 20, No 4, Pages 33-38, April 2021.

Burke MP, Gonzalez AG, Hilty D, Chan S, Xiong GL, McCarron RM, Yellowlees P. Original Research. Asynchronous Telepsychiatry Interviewer Training Recommendations: A Model for Interdisciplinary, Integrated Behavioral Health Care. Telemedicine and e-Health.
Telemed J E Health. 2021 Sep;27(9):982-988. PMID: 33434453

McCarron RM, DeMartini J, Onate J. The General Medical Psychiatric
Interview. Primary Care Pain Management. DeMesa C, Sheth S, Keenan C, McCarron RM, John J. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.

De Mesa C, Sheth S, Keenan C, McCarron RM, John J. Primary Care
Pain Management. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.

Hilty D, Sunderji N, Suo S, McCarron R. Telepsychiatry and Other
Technologies for Integrated Care: Evidence Base, Best Practice Models and Competencies. International Review of Psychiatry. 2019.

Turner A, Kim J, McCarron RM, Nguyen C. Differentiating Serotonin
Syndrome and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome. Current Psychiatry, Vol 18, No 2, Pages 30-35, February 2019.

Hilty D, Rabinowitz T, McCarron RM, Katzelnick D, Chang T, Bauer A,
Fortney J. An Update on Telepsychiatry and How It Can Leverage Collaborative, Stepped, and Integrated Services to Primary Care. Psychosomatics, 2018:59, May/June 2018, Pages 227-250.

McCarron RM, Reed M, Rivelli S, Han Jaesu, Suo S., et al. Integrated
Psychiatric Education. Editors: De Golia, SG. Supervision in Psychiatric Practice: Practical Approaches Across Venues and Providers. American Psychiatric Publishing; 2019.

McCarron, R. et al, eds. Association of Medicine and Psychiatry:
Primary Care Psychiatry. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2018.

Hersevoort S, McCarron, R. Xiong G, eds.
Primary Care Psychiatry Pocket Book. Philadelphia, PA:
Wolters Kluwer; 2018.

Yellowlees P, Burke-Parish M, Gonzalez A, Chan S, Hilty D, Losif AM,
McCarron R, Odor A, Scher L, Sciolla A, Shore J, Xiong G. Asynchronous Telepsychiatry: A component of Stepped Integrated Care. Telemedicine and e-Health. Volume 24, No 5, May 2018.

McCarron RM, Keenan CR, Lashai B, Onate JC. How to Diagnose and
Manage Hypertension in a Psychiatric Patient. Current Psychiatry Vol 16, Number 6, pages 23-30.2017.

Nguyen C, Xie L. McCarron RM, et. al. Epidemiology and Economic
Burden of Serotonin Syndrome With Concomitant Use of Serotonergic Agents: A Retrospective Study Utilizing Two Large US Claims Databases. Primary Care Companion CNS Disorders 2017; 19(0).

Xiong, GL, Iosif AM, Culpepper NH, McCarron RM. Use of Preventive
Health Services in People With Serious Mental Illness: Consumer Perspectives on Barriers and Solutions. Mental Health Consumers Perspectives. 2017, January 5.

McCarron RM, Xiong GL, Keenan C, Scher L, Servis, M, Han J.
Preventive Medical Care in Psychiatry A Practical Guide for Clinicians: Study Guide. American Psychiatric Publishing, 2016.

Ramezani A, Rockers DM, Wanlass RL, & McCarron RM. Teaching
Behavioral Medicine Professionals and Trainees an Elaborated Version of the Y-Model: Implications for the Integration of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 2016, August 8

McCarron RM, Vanderlip E, Rado J. Assessment and Treatment of
Depression – Clinical Updates. Annals of Internal Medicine. Volume 4 Oct 2016 p51-63.

McCarron RM, Xiong GL, Keenan C, Nasrallah H. Preventive Medical
Care in Psychiatry A Practical Guide for Clinicians.
American Psychiatric Publishing 2015.

McCarron RM. Integrated Care at the Interface of Psychiatry and
Primary Care Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Vol 38 (2015) 463–474.

Ramezani A, McCarron RM, Lashai M, Lenaerts M. Head Pain and
Psychiatric Illness: Applying the Biopsychosocial Model To Care – Integrating the Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychological Aspects of This Condition Enhances Clinical Assessment. Current Psychiatry Vol 14, Number 9, Page 13-26.

Cedars-Sinai Grant. Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Psychiatry (PCP) Fellowship $650,000 (2018-2019)

California Office of Statewide Planning and Development Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship. $1,000,000 (2018-2020)

Cedars-Sinai Grant. Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Psychiatry (PCP) Fellowship $510,000 (2019-2021)

California Office of Statewide Planning and Development Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship. $2,700,000 (2019-2021)

Peter Yellowlees, M.D. (Principal Investigator), Don M. Hilty, M.D. (Co-Principal Investigator, Robert M. McCarron, D.O. (Co-investigator): A controlled trial of patient centered telepsychiatry interventions, AHRQ #1R01HS021477. Comparing synchronous and asynchronous telepsychiatry (based in the primary care setting). $2,499,500 (2013-18)

California Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship. $10,000,000 (2021-2025)

California Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care (PC) Training and Education in Addiction Medicine (TEAM) Fellowship. $18,600,000 (2022-2026)

Cedars-Sinai Grant. Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) Academic Integrative Medicine (AIM) Health & Wellness Coaching (HWC) Program. $70,000 (2022-2024)

Cedars-Sinai Grant. Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) Academic Integrative Medicine (AIM) Health & Wellness Coaching (HWC) Program. $70,000 (2024-2026)

Tennessee Primary Care Association Opioid Abatement Funding. $1,800,000 (2024-2027)

Past President, California Psychiatric Association

Past President, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry

Past President, Central California Psychiatric Society

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) CA Board Member

ACGME Psychiatry Residency Review Committee Appointed Member

Chair, APA Assembly Committee - Psychiatric Diagnosis & DSM

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Last updated
05/27/2025