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
AUDIO: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on COVID Vaccine Mandates, Conscience Rights, and Medical Ethics
November 8, 2021 | Humanize podcast
On November 8, 2021, EPPC Fellow Aaron Kheriaty appeared on the Humanize podcast with Wesley J. Smith to discuss Covid…
VIDEO: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on Vaccine Mandates, His Lawsuit, and More
November 3, 2021 | American Thought Leaders
In a two-part interview with the “American Thought Leaders” program, EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty discussed vaccine mandates, his situation…
VIDEO/AUDIO: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty Discusses Vaccine Mandates, Lawsuit on Patrick Coffin Show
October 13, 2021 | The Patrick Coffin Show
EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty appeared on the Patrick Coffin Show to discuss vaccine mandates, exemptions, and his lawsuit against…
VIDEO/AUDIO: Aaron Kheriaty Discusses Vaccine Mandates and Exemptions with “Kennedy”
October 13, 2021 | Fox Business - Kennedy
On October 13, 2021, EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty appeared on the “Kennedy Saves the World” podcast to discuss the…
VIDEO: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty Discusses His Suspension Over Challenging Vaccine Mandates
October 8, 2021 | Fox News - Ingraham Angle
On October 8, 2021, EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty appeared on Fox News’s “Ingraham Angle” with guest host Raymond Arroyo…
VIDEO: Aaron Kheriaty on Fox Business on Colorado Denying Organs to Unvaccinated Transplant Patients
October 6, 2021 | Fox Business - Kennedy
On October 6, 2021, EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, the director of EPPC’s Bioethics and American Democracy program, appeared on…
VIDEO: Aaron Kheriaty on Psychological Impact of Our Pandemic Response
September 27, 2021 | Feudal Future podcast
On September 27, 2021, EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty joined the podcast Feudal Future with hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky…
VIDEO: Aaron Kheriaty on Vaccine Mandates and Natural Immunity
September 13, 2021 | Fox News Tonight with Shannon Bream
On September 13, 2021, EPPC Fellow Dr. Aaron Kheriaty appeared on Fox News at Night with Shannon Bream to discuss…