Department of Internal Medicine Dr. Kaldjian Named Director of Biomedical Ethics Program 9/9/2005 Dr. Lauris Kaldjian, UI assistant professor of internal medicine, has been named director of the Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities (PBEMH).
Kaldjian takes over for Dr. Robert Weir, UI professor of pediatrics and religion, and Caplan Chair in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities, who served as director of the program since its inception in 1988. Weir recently resigned from the directorship to begin a phased retirement.
PBEMH faculty members engage in educational efforts directed at medical students, residents, medical faculty, nurses, and other health professionals. Faculty perform research in bioethics, clinical ethics, research ethics, history of medicine, and health law; serve on the hospital ethics committee; and provide other services in the UI Carver College of Medicine (COM), UI Hospitals and Clinics, and University. They also participate in state and national health care organizations.
Kaldjian, a UI faculty member since 2000, received his medical degree from the University of Michigan and his PhD in ethics from Yale. He is a practicing physician who teaches medical ethics and conducts research on medical ethical issues, including decisions related to end-of life care, particularly as they relate to physician practice. He also conducts research on medical error disclosure and how physicians integrate their personal belief systems, including religious views, into their professional practices. His clinical expertise includes general internal medicine and infectious diseases.
His publications include "A Clinician's Approach to Clinical Ethical Reasoning," which appeared in the March 2005 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. He was named a Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for 2002-2006, and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He also holds memberships in the Society of General Internal Medicine and the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, and is the ethics and law column editor for Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine. |