Robert Klitzman
Biography
Clinical Psychiatrist and bioethicist at Columbia with expertise in medical ethics, genetic testing, and HIV/AIDS research. Prolific author with 9 books and 200+ journal articles. Recipient of prestigious fellowships from Guggenheim, Russell Sage, and Commonwealth foundations.
Sample Works
- Designing Babies: How Technology is Changing the Ways We Create Children (2020) Book
- The Ethics Police?: The Struggle to Make Human Research Safe (2015) Book
- When Doctors Become Patients (2007) Book
- The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals and Mad Cow Disease (1998) Book
- In a House of Dreams and Glass: Becoming a Psychiatrist (1995) Book
- Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains and Healing the Whole Person (2024) Book
Roundtable Appearances
December 4, 2021 · ▶ Video
Designer Genes
The roundtable explores how modern reproductive technologies have created unprecedented choices regarding offspring attributes. Historical context includes mythological and...
Nathaniel Comfort, Henry Greely, Robert Klitzman, Vardit Ravitsky
March 20, 2021 · ▶ Video
Panacea or Poison: Placebos and Nocebos in Modern Medicine
The roundtable explores how placebos "work" for medical conditions despite being inert substances. It examines the mind-body connection, asking: "what is the work they do?" The...
Luana Colloca, Kathryn Hall, Gerald Hurowitz, Robert Klitzman