Kyle Karches, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Care Ethics
Education
- Ph.D. in Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University
- M.D. from the University of Chicago
- B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame
Research Interests
Ethics education, virtue ethics, philosophy of medicine, technology, end-of-life care, and medical ethics in the Catholic tradition
Publications and Media Placements
Selected Publications
- Karches KE. Hermeneutics as Impediment to AI in Medicine. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2025;46:31-49.
- Karches KE. The Moral Difference Between Faces and FaceTime. Hastings Center Report 2023;53(4):16-25.
- Karches KE. The value of a gut punch. JAMA 2022;328(18):1809-10.
- Karches KE. The ends of medicine and the crisis of chronic pain. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2019;40:183-196.
- Karches K. Temperance, moral friendship, and smoking cessation. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2019;44:299-313.
- Karches KE. Against the iDoctor: why artificial intelligence cannot replace physician judgment. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2018;39:91-110.
Honors and Awards
- Pillar of Professionalism Award, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2025
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Arnold P. Gold Foundation, 2024
- SSM-SLUH Caring Physician Award, 2021
Professional Organizations and Associations
- American College of Physicians
- Society of General Internal Medicine
- American Society of Bioethics and Humanities