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Dr. Kaldjian photoLauris C. Kaldjian, M.D., Ph.D., Director


Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
(General Internal Medicine)

1-112 Medical Education Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1190
319-335-6706
E-mail: lauris-kaldjian@uiowa.edu

Graduate Education:

  • M.D.                   University of Michigan
  • M.Div.                Yale Divinity School
  • Ph.D. (ethics)    Yale University

Teaching Activities:

  • Course Director, Healthcare, Ethics, Law and Policy
  • Course Director, Clinical Research Ethics
  • General Internal Medicine

Research Interests:

  • Clinical Ethics
  • Ethics Education
  • End-of-Life Issues
  • Professionalism
  • Religious Beliefs in Medical Ethics
  • Disclosure of Medical Errors
  • Feeding Tube Decisions in Advanced Dementia
  • Code Status Discussions

Recent Publications:

  • Kaldjian LC, Jones EW, Wu BJ, Forman-Hoffman VF, Levi BH, Rosenthal GE. Disclosing medical errors to patients: attitudes and practices of physicians and trainees. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007, available on-line at http://www.springerlink.com/content/th83172521204p43/.
  • 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;21:942-948.
  • Jones EW, Kaldjian LC, Forman-Hoffman V. "Factors associated with gastrostomy tube feeding in dementia: a structured literature review." Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2006;2:234-242.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Opioid maintenance therapy: ethical considerations for generalist physicians." Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine, 2006;6:148-149.
  • 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 32:188-198, 2006.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Risk vs relief in postmenopausal hormone therapy: finding a balance." Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 54:323-324, 2005.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Spiritual and religious needs in patient care." Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 5:207-208, 2005.
  • Kaldjian LC, Weir RF, Duffy TP. "A clinician's approach to clinical ethical reasoning." Journal of General Internal Medicine 20:306-311, 2005.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Are individuals diagnosed with brain death really dead?" Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 5:49-50, 2005.
  • Herwaldt LA, Kaldjian LC."Ethical aspects of infection control." In: Lautenbach E, Woeltje K, editors. Practical handbook for healthcare epidemiologists, 2nd ed. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Inc., pp. 25-33, 2004.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Should US physicians help their patients acquire prescription drugs from Canada?" Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 4:271-272, 2004.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Ethical challenges in opioid therapy for chronic pain" Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 4:51-52, 2004.
  • 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 21:381-387, 2004.
  • 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 30:499-503, 2004.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Is tube feeding in patients with advanced dementia ever useful?" Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 3;584-585, 2003.
  • Kaldjian LC. "HIV testing and partner notification: physicians' ethical responsibilities in a persistent epidemic."Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 3:413-414, 2003.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Are sleep deprivation and fatigue among physicians unavoidable?" Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 3;232-233, 2003.
  • Kaldjian LC. "Disclosing our own medical errors: Are three good reasons enough?" Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine 3:51-52. 2003.

Current Projects:

  • Code status decisions: goals, probabilities, and suffering
  • Education in Ethics and Professionalism: moving from lecture hall to clinical experience
  • Impact of foundational beliefs on reporting medical errors
  • Medical Ethics and Ethical Pluralism
  • Use of Feeding Tubes in Persons with Advanced Dementia

Current Grant Support:

  • Education in Ethics and Professionalism: moving from lecture hall to clinical experience (Educational Development Grant, OCRME, Carver College of Medicine)
  • Dementia, feeding tubes, and end of life treatments: beliefs and values of surrogates (Social Science Funding Program, University of Iowa)

University Service:

  • Ethical Issues Subcommittee, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • Conflict of Interest in Research Committee, University of Iowa
  • Medical Arts and Sciences Committee, Carver College of Medicine

Professional Service:

  • Attending Physician, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • Committee on Law and Ethics, Iowa Medical Society
  • Ethics Committee, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/ United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
 

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