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Luis Carlos Venegas Sanabria
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Luis Carlos Venegas Sanabria

  • Profesor principal de carrera, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud , Universidad del Rosario - 2005
  • Investigador, Semillero de Investigación: Semillero de Investigación en Envejecimiento y Longevidad (SIELo-UR) , Grupo de Investigación en Envejecimiento y Longevidad - 2000

Áreas de investigación

  • Ageing
  • Cognitive Decline
  • Frailty
  • Physical Activity
  • Sarcopenia
  • Perfil
  • Formación Académica
  • Publicaciones
  • Proyectos

Perfil

Perfil Profesional

  • Luis Carlos Venegas Sanabria es un médico geriatra, con una maestría en bioestadística y estudios doctorales en psicogerontología e investigación sociosanitaria y de la actividad física. Actualmente, ejerce como docente e investigador en la Universidad del Rosario y la Red Hospitalaria Méderi. Su sólida trayectoria profesional refleja un gran equilibrio entre la práctica clínica, la enseñanza y la generación de conocimiento científico.Reconocido como Investigador Senior y por Minciencias, ha centrado su labor científica en la epidemiología y el estudio clínico del envejecimiento.

    Su investigación profundiza en el efecto del ejercicio físico sobre las funciones cognitivas en pacientes con demencia y en el manejo de síndromes geriátricos como la sarcopenia, el deterioro funcional hospitalario y la fragilidad, así como el efecto de diferentes condiciones sobre el cambio cognitivo mediante el uso de datos de estudios poblacionales.En materia de docencia y extensión, se destaca por su constante liderazgo en la dirección de trabajos de grado para especialidades médicas y maestrías, formando integralmente a nuevas generaciones. Además,  contribuye al desarrollo técnico de políticas públicas sobre el envejecimiento y la vejez. Su constante labor divulgativa y de apropiación social del conocimiento reafirma su profundo compromiso con la traslación de la evidencia científica a la atención oportuna en salud.
  • Formación Académica

    Formación Académica

  • 2010, Médico, Universidad Antonio Narino - Bogotá D.C.
  • 2018, Especialista en Geriatria, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá
  • Formación Académica Complementaria

  • 2025, Taller: Lanzamiento del Portal de Servicios Al Personal Investigador, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • Publicaciones

    Publicaciones

  • artículos académico

    • Microbes and ageing beyond the gut: the oral microbiome and frailty, sarcopenia and neurocognitive disorders in the elderly-a scoping review protocol
      2026-1-28
    • Geriatric Syndromes and Mortality Among Hospitalized Older Adults
      2026-1-1
    • Memory trajectories in lonely individuals in Europe: an analysis of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
      2026-1-1
    • The functional continuum and hospital-associated functional decline in an Acute Geriatric Unit
      2025-3-1
    • Assessment and management of frailty in individuals living with dementia: expert recommendations for clinical practice
      2025-12-27
    • Effects of Sarcopenia on Patient Outcomes in Gastrointestinal Cancer: An Umbrella Review of Published Meta-Analyses
      2025-12-1
    • Falls, hospitalizations, and poor self-rated health in older people with diabetes and frailty: a secondary analysis of SABE-Colombia
      2025-12-1
    • Improving aging-related frailty status among older adults: Results of a nutrition-focused program
      2025-12-1
    • C-reactive protein predicts functional decline in older adults newly diagnosed with dementia: A 5-year follow-up study
      2025-11-1
    • Hacia la formalización de programas para la atención quirúrgica integral del paciente anciano
      2025-1-8
    • Comparative outcomes of endodontically treated teeth versus dental implant-supported prostheses: a systematic review
      2025-1-1
    • Frailty and Health Outcomes in People 65 Years or Older Living With Dementia: A Systematic Review of the Literature
      2025-1-1
    • Lewy Body Dementia Research in Latin America: A Scoping Review
      2025-1-1
    • Temporal muscle thickness predicts change in nutritional markers in individuals at risk of dementia: Insights from a 24-week longitudinal study
      2025-1-1
    • Prevalence of self-reported swallowing difficulties and associated factors among older Colombians
      2024-8-5
    • Efficacy of Nonpharmacological Interventions in Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Review And Network Meta-Analysis
      2024-7-8
    • Lymph Node Dissection of Choice in Older Adult Patients with Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
      2024-12-1
    • Outcomes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients older than 80 years: two-years follow-up
      2024-12-1
    • Unveiling a hidden burden: exploring sarcopenia in hospitalized older patients through concordance and cluster analysis
      2024-10-30
    • Valor clínico de las escalas Hospital Admission Risk Profile (HARP) e Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) para predecir el deterioro funcional asociado al ingreso hospitalario en una unidad geriátrica de agudos en Colombia
      2023-5-16
    • Oral health and self-rated health in community-dwelling older adults in Colombia
      2023-12-1
    • Protocol of the MOVI-ageing randomized controlled trial: a home-based e-Health intervention of cognitively demanding exercise for the improvement of cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive function in older individuals
      2023-1-1
    • A nutritionally focused program for community-living older adults resulted in improved health and well-being
      2022-7-1
    • Use of a nutrition-focused quality improvement program for community-living older adults at malnutrition risk is associated with better nutritional outcomes
      2022-4-1
    • Effect of multicomponent exercise in cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
      2022-12-1
    • Nutrition-Focused Care for Community-Living Adults: Healthcare Utilization and Economic Benefits
      2022-11-1
    • Delirium prevalence in a Colombian hospital, association with geriatric syndromes and complications during hospitalization
      2021-3-1
    • Body mass index, performance on activities of daily living and cognition: analysis in two different populations
      2021-12-1
    • Association of Malnutrition with Functional and Cognitive Trajectories in People Living with Dementia: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study
      2021-1-1
    • Complicaciones en una unidad geriátrica
      2021-1-1
    • Effect of physical activity on cognitive domains in dementia and mild cognitive impairment: overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
      2021-1-1
    • Validation of a self-implemented Walkway system for gait speed measurement in usual clinical care
      2020-3-1
    • Normative Values for the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and Their Association With Anthropometric Variables in Older Colombian Adults. The SABE Study, 2015
      2020-2-20
    • Metabolic Syndrome and Its Associated Factors in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of SABE Colombia in 2015
      2020-10-1
    • Hospital-associated functional decline and possible interventions based on physical activity, a review of the literature
      2020-1-1
    • Lymphopenia and risk of nosocomial infections in elderly in a health institution of Bogotá, Colombia. Cases and controls study
      2020-1-1
    • Gait speed moderates the adverse effect of obesity on dependency in older Colombian adult
      2019-11-1
    • Gait speed as a mediator of the effect of sarcopenia on dependency in activities of daily living
      2019-10-1
    • Factors associated with in-hospital complications in the elderly subjected to hip fracture surgery
      2018-5-1
    • Oropharyngeal dysphagia in older adults: The well-known tale
      2017-6-1
    • Statin and risk of falls in the elderly: A sytematic review of the literature
      2017-11-1
    • Disfagia sarcopénica
      2016-1-1
  • prensa y medios

    • Loneliness May Hurt Memory but Not in the Way You Think
      2026
    • Harvard Said Loneliness Was Killing Us. A New Study of 10,217 People Just Revealed a Surprising Twist
      2026
    • Can loneliness affect memory? A study of 10,000 older adults provides the answer
      2026
    • Loneliness Affects Memory in Older Adults Without Accelerating Decline, Study Finds
      2026
    • Loneliness Linked To Lower Memory In Older Adults, Study Suggests
      2026
    • The surprising effect of loneliness on the brain of older people
      2026
    • Loneliness not linked to failing brain function
      2026
    • The silent memory killer: How LONELINESS robs older adults before decline even begins
      2026
    • There’s New Evidence for How Loneliness Affects Memory in Old Age
      2026
    • Loneliness may be silently eroding your memory, new research reveals
      2026
    • Feeling Lonely? It Might Already Be Affecting Your Memory
      2026
    • Loneliness may not speed up memory loss after all, study finds
      2026
    • Does Loneliness Accelerate Memory Decline?
      2026
    • Loneliness Affects Memory Recall in Older Adults, But Not Decline Rate, Study Finds
      2026
    • Loneliness affects memory in older adults but does not accelerate brain decline, major international longitudinal study suggests
      2026
    • Loneliness affects memory in older adults, but it does not accelerate brain decline
      2026
    • Loneliness affects older adults' memory, but it does not accelerate brain decline
      2026
    • New research discovers loneliness hurts memory in older adults
      2026
    • The Loneliness Paradox: Memory Deficits Without Accelerated Decline
      2026
    • The surprising effect of loneliness on the brain of older people
      2026
    • New research discovers loneliness hurts memory in older adults
      2026
    • Researchers at University of Rosario Release New Study Findings on COVID-19 (A new non-invasive index for the prediction of endotracheal intubation in patients with SARS COVID-19 infection, in the emergency department, pilot study)
      2023
  • Proyectos

    Investigador Principal

  • Capacidad predictiva de la volumetría de la musculatura temporal sobre la mortalidad intrahospitalaria en personas mayores de 60 años hospitalizados por Ataque Cerebro Vascular de origen isquémico 2023-06-01 - 2027-12-31
  • Proyecto CHANGE: Validación de un modelo de evaluación hospitalaria para adultos mayores de una red multicéntrica de atención multidimensional 2023-08-01 - 2026-12-31
  • Coinvestigador

  • Resultados de la implementación de un modelo de atención de co-manejo entre cirugía general y geriatría en los pacientes ≥80 años que se les realizó procedimiento quirúrgico abdominal 2025-10-01 - 2026-10-01
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