Department of Internal Medicine

General Internal Medicine Faculty

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Lauris Christopher Kaldjian, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Program in Biomedical Ethics, Carver College of Medicine

Dr. Kaldjian's clinical interests include general internal medicine and infectious diseases. His research focuses on clinical ethics, ethics education, d disclosure of medical errors, professionalism, religious beliefs in medical practice and ethics, end-of-life issues, and dementia and life-sustaining treatment decisions. Dr. Kaldjian is also the Director of the Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities.

Honors, Awards, and Organizations

• Teacher of the Year Award, Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Yale University School of Medicine, 1998
• Fellow, American College of Physicians
• Member, Society of General Internal Medicine
• Member, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
• Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2002-2006
• Collegiate Teaching Award, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2005

Recent Publications

1. Kaldjian LC, Jones EW, Rosenthal GE, Tripp-Reimer T, Hillis S. An empirically derived taxonomy of factors affecting physicians’ willingness to disclose medical errors. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006 (in press).
2. Kaldjian LC, Jones EW, Rosenthal GE, Tripp-Reimer T, Hillis S. An empirically derived taxonomy of factors affecting physicians' willingness to disclose medical errors. Journal of General Internal Medicine (provisionally accepted).
3. Jones EW, Kaldjian LC, Forman-Hoffman V. Factors associated with gastrostomy tube feeding in dementia: a structured literature review. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2006 (in press).
4. Kaldjian LC. Opioid maintenance therapy: ethical considerations for generalist physicians. Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2006 (in press).
5. Kaldjian LC, Jones EW, Rosenthal GE. Facilitating and impeding factors for physicians' error disclosure: a structured literature review. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 2006;32:188-198.
6. Kaldjian LC. Risk vs relief in postmenopausal hormone therapy: finding a balance. Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2005;5:323-324.
7. Kaldjian LC, Weir RF, Duffy TP. A clinician's approach to clinical ethical reasoning. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2005;20:306-311.
8. Kaldjian LC. Are individuals diagnosed with brain death really dead? Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2005;5:49-50.
9. Kaldjian LC. Spiritual and religious needs in patient care. Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2005;5:207-208.
10. Kaldjian LC, Jekel JK, Bernene JL, Rosenthal GE, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Duffy TP. Internists' attitudes toward terminal sedation in end-of-life care. Journal of Medical Ethics 2004;30:499-503.
11. Kaldjian LC, Wu BJ, Kirkpatrick JN, Thomas-Geevarghese A, Vaughan-Sarrazin M. Medical house officers' attitudes toward vigorous analgesia, terminal sedation, and physician-assisted suicide. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine 2004;21:381-387.
12. Kaldjian LC. Disclosing our own medical errors: Are three good reasons enough? Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2003;3:51-52.
13. Kaldjian LC. Are sleep deprivation and fatigue among physicians unavoidable? Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2003;3;232-233.
14. Kaldjian LC. HIV testing and partner notification: physicians' ethical responsibilities in a persistent epidemic. Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2003;3:413-414.
15. Kaldjian LC. Is tube feeding in patients with advanced dementia ever useful? Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2003;3;584-585.
16. Kaldjian LC. Ethical challenges in opioid therapy for chronic pain. Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2004;4:51-52.
17. Kaldjian LC. Should US physicians help their patients acquire prescription drugs from Canada ? Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 2004;4:271-272.
18. Kaldjian LC, Jekel JF, Bernene JL, Rosenthal GE, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Duffy TP. Should disagreement about physician-assisted suicide discourage professional societies from engaging in public debate? A Survey of 677 Connecticut Internists. Connecticut Medicine 2002;66:603-609.
19. Sofair AN, Kaldjian LC. Eugenic sterilization and a qualified Nazi analogy: The United States and Germany, 1930-1945. Annals of Internal Medicine 2000;132:312-319.
20. Kaldjian LC, Wu B, Jekel JF, Kaldjian EP, Duffy TP. Insertion of femoral vein catheters for practice by medical house officers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. New England Journal of Medicine 1999;341:2088-2091.
21. Kaldjian LC. A theological response to physician-assisted-suicide. Theology Today 1999; 56:197-209.
22. Kaldjian LC, Jekel JF, Friedland G. End-of-life decisions in HIV-positive patients: the role of spiritual beliefs. AIDS 1998;12:103-107.
23. Kaldjian LC. Persistent vegetative state in Connecticut : legal history and presentation of a case. Connecticut Medicine 1996;60:485-494.

Links of Interest:

• Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities

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