
Aaron Kheriaty
Fellow
Aaron Kheriaty, MD, is a Fellow & Director of the Program in Bioethics and American Democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is a physician specializing in psychiatry and author of three books, including most recently, The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State (2022).
Dr. Kheriaty also serves as Senior Scholar and Fellow at the Brownstone Institute, Senior Fellow at the Zephyr Institute, Chief of Medical Ethics at The Unity Project, Scholar at the Paul Ramsey Institute, Fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, and he serves on the advisory board at the Simone Weil Center for Political Philosophy.
Dr. Kheriaty graduated from the University of Notre Dame in philosophy and pre-medical sciences, earned his MD degree from Georgetown University, and completed residency training in psychiatry at the University of California Irvine. 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 also chaired the ethics committee at the California Department of State Hospitals for several years.
Dr. Kheriaty has authored books and articles for professional and lay audiences on bioethics, public health, political theory, social science, psychiatry, philosophy, religion, and culture. His work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Newsweek, The Federalist, Compact, The New Atlantis, Public Discourse, City Journal, and First Things. He has conducted print, radio, and television interviews on bioethics topics with The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NPR, EWTN, and Epoch TV.
On matters of public policy and healthcare he has addressed the California Medical Association and has testified before the California Senate Health Committee and the United States Senate. Dr. Kheriaty has consulted on Covid related ethical issues during the pandemic for the University of California Office of the President, the County of Orange Healthcare Agency, and the California Department of Public Health.
You can follow him on Twitter at @akheriaty and subscribe to his newsletter at AaronKheriaty.Substack.com
The Brilliant Legal Mind of John Sauer
Aaron Kheriaty

This struggle over federal censorship reflects two competing visions of freedom in America.
The Epoch Times / August 24, 2023
Beheading Leviathan
Aaron Kheriaty

Curbing censorship will require a full-scale assault on the surveillance state.
The American Mind / August 23, 2023
The Censorship Empire Strikes Back After Missouri v. Biden Free Speech Victory
Aaron Kheriaty

Recent ‘analysis’ frames Missouri v. Biden in entirely partisan terms, revealing an inadequate understanding of First Amendment guarantees.
The Federalist / July 12, 2023
BOOM: Yesterday In Court We Landed a Major Blow Against the Censorship Leviathan
Aaron Kheriaty

On Independence Day (fittingly), the court granted our petition in Missouri v. Biden for a temporary injunction against the government censors.
Articles
Human Flourishing / July 5, 2023
Rebellion, Not Retreat
Aaron Kheriaty

Blueprints for flourishing in the midst of a decaying civilization.
Articles
The American Mind / June 27, 2023
Slaying the Censorship Leviathan
Aaron Kheriaty

While much of the press cooperated with the state’s censorship efforts and has ignored our court battle, we expect that it will ultimately go to the Supreme Court, setting up Missouri v. Biden to be the most important free speech case of our generation—and arguably, of the past 50 years.
Articles
Tablet Magazine / June 4, 2023
Biomedical Security State, British Edition
Aaron Kheriaty

The latest revelation of government intelligence agencies spying on and censoring their own citizens for public health wrongthink. In Orwell’s country of origin, Big Brother is Always Watching.
Articles
Human Flourishing / January 30, 2023
The White House Covid Censorship Machine
Aaron Kheriaty

Newly released emails show how officials coerce social-media companies to toe the government line.
Articles
The Wall Street Journal / January 8, 2023
Dr. Fauci’s Amnesia
Aaron Kheriaty

Extraordinary things certainly have happened under his watch when science and politics fused.
Articles
COMPACT Magazine / December 15, 2022
Vaccine Propaganda and Coercion
Aaron Kheriaty

Institutions embraced these misguided policies with little public discussion and no debate.
Articles
Human Flourishing / November 25, 2022
Our Digital Panopticon
Aaron Kheriaty

How digital surveillance is gaining power for the biomedical security state.
Articles
American Greatness / November 3, 2022
The Rise of Biodigital Surveillance
Aaron Kheriaty

Those with economic interests in creating markets for their products—whether vaccines, digital surveillance products, or harvested data—will continue to deploy the carrots and sticks of access to medical care and other services to promote digital IDs.
Articles
COMPACT Magazine / October 27, 2022