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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