David Chooljian

David Chooljian, MD, JD, HEC-C

David Chooljian is the Chief Ethics Consultant and Chair of the Consultative Ethics Committee for the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University's School of Medicine and works as a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine physician at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System. He graduated from UCLA with a BS in Anthropology. He then went on to acquire a MD and JD from the dual degree program at Vanderbilt University’s Schools of Medicine & Law. Following clinical training in internal medicine as well as pulmonary and critical care medicine, Dr. Chooljian completed a fellowship in clinical medical ethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. He specializes in clinical medical ethics, is a member of the State Bar of California, and has written and lectured on topics including surrogate decision making, resource allocation, and the care of carceral patients.