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'''David John Doukas''' (born 4 November 1957, Washington, DC), is an American [[family physician]] and [[bioethicist]]. He holds the James A. Knight Chair of Humanities and Ethics in Medicine,<ref>https://medicine.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/pictures/spring_2018_tulane_med_mag_20044932_Tulane_Med_Mag_hires.pdf</ref> and directs the Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values at [[Tulane University School of Medicine|Tulane University's School of Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://medicine.tulane.edu/departments/the-program-in-medical-ethics-and-human-values/faculty | title=Tulane People &#124; Tulane School of Medicine }}</ref> Prof. Doukas is also the Executive Director of the Master of Science in Bioethics and Medical Humanities at [[Tulane University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://medicine.tulane.edu/biomedical-sciences-graduate-program/ms-bioethics-medical-humanities | title=MS in Bioethics & Medical Humanities &#124; Tulane School of Medicine }}</ref> Additionally, Dr. Doukas serves as the Health Care Chief Ethics Consultant at the
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System in New Orleans as well as the VISN16 Clinical Ethics Liaison. Professor Doukas was Founding President of the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care (2012 to 2019), for which he was awarded the first Presidential Award at the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Annual Meeting in June 2023, for his efforts as Founder and President of APHC for seven years (2012–2019).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medicinewavemakers.tulane.edu/2023/06/16/david-j-doukas-md-hec-c/|title=Wavemakers in Medicine}}</ref> In a 2023 analysis of the top 100 cited articles in ethics education, Prof. Doukas was "recognized as one of the most influential authors in the field of ethics education, with five articles in the top 10 list attributed to his name that have amassed a total of 296 citations."<ref>Roy S, Shah MH, Ahluwalia A, Harky A. Analyzing the Evolution of Medical Ethics Education: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Top 100 Cited Articles. Cureus. 2023 Jul 5;15(7):e41411. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41411. PMID 37416085; PMCID: PMC10321571.</ref>
==Early life==
Prof. Doukas holds degrees in Biology and Religious Studies (B.A.) from the [[University of Virginia]] and an M.D. from [[Georgetown University]] School of Medicine. After completing a Family Practice internship at [[UCLA]] and residency st the [[University of Kentucky]], he completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Bioethics (1986–87) at the Joseph and Rose [[Kennedy Institute of Ethics]] of Georgetown University.
== Career ==
He served on the faculties of [[Georgetown University]] (1987–1989), the [[University of Michigan]] (1989–1999), the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (1999–2004), and as the William Ray Moore Endowed Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Humanism, the Director of the Division of Medical Humanism and Ethics,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/familymedicine/humanism-ethics | title=Medical Humanism and Ethics — School of Medicine University of Louisville }}</ref> a Professor in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, and co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Bioethics Program at the [[University of Louisville]] (2004–2017). He joined the faculty of the Tulane University's School of Medicine in December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medicine.tulane.edu/departments/family-community-medicine-program-medical-ethics-and-human-values-mdms-bioethics-0|title=David Doukas at Tulane}}</ref>
==Scholarship==
His  scholarship focuses on the areas of [[professionalism]], [[primary care]] [[bioethics]], [[genetics]], and [[end-of-life care]] decision-making.  He is the originator of the concept termed the family covenant (1991),<ref>Doukas DJ, “Autonomy and Beneficence in the Family: Describing the Family Covenant.” Journal of Clinical Ethics, 2(3): 145-148, 1991.</ref> a health care agreement between a health provider and an entire family that addresses issues revolving around individual and family claims to medical information. Prof. Doukas and others subsequently applied the family covenant to genetic<ref>Doukas DJ, Berg JW, “The Family Covenant and Genetic Testing,” American Journal 	of Bioethics, 1(3): 2-10, 2001.</ref> and end-of-life ethical circumstances.<ref>Doukas DJ, Hardwig, J, “Using the Family Covenant In Planning End-of-Life Care: Obligations and Promises of Patients, Families, and Physicians.” Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 51(8): 1155-1158, 2003.</ref>
He is the co-developer and author of Values History (1988) with LB McCullough<ref>Doukas DJ, McCullough L, "The Values History: The Evaluation of the Patient's Values and Advance Directives." ''Journal of Family Practice'', 32(1): 145–153, 1991</ref> as a method for eliciting the values and advance directives of patients toward life-prolonging care. He co-authored ''Planning for Uncertainty'' with William Reichel, M.D.. Cited as "provid[ing] useful background and practical steps,"<ref>Bernal, E. W. (2008). Review of Planning for uncertainty: Living wills and other advance directives for you and your family, 2nd edition [Review of the book Planning for uncertainty: Living wills and other advance directives for you and your family, 2nd edition, by D. J. Doukas & W. Reichel]. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 3, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-5341-3-13</ref> the book examines the evaluation of patient values and their relevance to advance directive selection. According to [[WorldCat]], the book's two editions are held in 1031 libraries.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n93005269 WorldCat author listing]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://medicine.tulane.edu/education/program-medical-ethics-and-human-values Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values Website at Tulane University School of Medicine]
*[https://medicine.tulane.edu/departments/family-community-medicine-program-medical-ethics-and-human-values/faculty/david-j-doukas Personal Web Page at Tulane University]
*[https://medicine.tulane.edu/bioethics MS in Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Tulane University]
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