David John Doukas (born 4 November 1957, Washington, DC), is an American family physician and bioethicist.
[2] Prof. Doukas was also the past-Executive Director of the Master of Science in Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Tulane University.
Professor Doukas was Founding President of the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care (2012 to 2019), for which he was awarded the first Presidential Award at the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Annual Meeting in June 2023, for his efforts as Founder and President of APHC for seven years (2012–2019).
Prof. Doukas and others subsequently applied the family covenant to genetic[9] and end-of-life ethical circumstances.
He co-authored Planning for Uncertainty with William Reichel, M.D.. Cited as "provid[ing] useful background and practical steps,"[12] the book examines the evaluation of patient values and their relevance to advance directive selection.