Aaron Kheriaty, MD, on How to Heal Modern Medicine
Something has gone terribly wrong with American medicine. The COVID pandemic broke the back of trust in our public health officials. There is an affordability crisis. Medical ethics have degraded to the point that doctors no longer take the Hippocratic Oath. Chronic diseases are on the rise, particularly in children. It has all become such a mess.
But what should be done about it? Christ famously said, “Physician, heal thyself.” Is that the answer?
Welsey’s guest on this episode of Humanize, Aaron Kheriaty, MD, thinks it is. He has written an important book — Making the Cut: How to Heal Modern Medicine — a fascinating combination of memoir, exposé, and advocacy for reform as the author grapples with the most intractable problems afflicting our healthcare system.
Dr. Kheriaty is a physician specializing in psychiatry and author of over one hundred articles and five books. For many years he was Professor of Psychiatry at UCI School of Medicine and Director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health, where he chaired the ethics committee. He is currently the Director of the Bioethics, Technology, and Human Flourishing Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Dr. Kheriaty has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Federalist, Compact, Tablet, and First Things. He is a plaintiff in the landmark free speech case Missouri v. Biden, which went to the Supreme Court. He also writes a Substack commentary called Human Flourishing.
This is Dr. Kheriaty’s second appearance on this podcast.