John Banja PhD

Ethics Center
Professor

(404) 712-4804
jbanja@emory.edu

Academic Appointment

Education

Degrees

PhD from Fordham University
BA from Pennsylvania State University
MA from Fordham University

Research

Focus

Moral formation of healthcare professionals; empathic communication; disclosure of medical error; neuroethics; translational research ethics.

Publications

Advancing Ethical Considerations for Data Science in Injury and Violence Prevention.
Public Health Rep Page(s): 333549241312055
01/20/2025 Authors: Idaikkadar N; Bodin E; Cholli P; Navon L; Ortmann L; Banja J; Waller LA; Alic A; Yuan K; Law R
Opportunity and Opportunism in Artificial Intelligence-Powered Data Extraction: A Value-Centered Approach.
AJR Am J Roentgenol Volume: 223 Page(s): e2431686
12/01/2024 Authors: Waite S; Davenport MS; Graber ML; Banja JD; Sheppard B; Bruno MA
Fairness as an afterthought: An American perspective on fairness in model developer-clinician user collaborations.
PLOS Digit Health Volume: 2 Page(s): e0000386
11/01/2023 Authors: Banja J; Gichoya JW; Martinez-Martin N; Waller LA; Clifford GD
"Defensive Medicine" in the AI Era.
Eur J Radiol Volume: 168 Page(s): 111096
11/01/2023 Authors: Banja J; Hollstein R-D; Bruno MA
AI pitfalls and what not to do: mitigating bias in AI.
Br J Radiol Volume: 96 Page(s): 20230023
10/01/2023 Authors: Gichoya JW; Thomas K; Celi LA; Safdar N; Banerjee I; Banja JD; Seyyed-Kalantari L; Trivedi H; Purkayastha S
Bioethicist Position Available: Philosophers Need Not Apply.
Am J Bioeth Volume: 22 Page(s): 30 - 33
12/01/2022 Authors: Banja J
When Artificial Intelligence Models Surpass Physician Performance: Medical Malpractice Liability in an Era of Advanced Artificial Intelligence.
J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 19 Page(s): 816 - 820
07/01/2022 Authors: Banja JD; Hollstein RD; Bruno MA
Characteristics of Radiologists Serving as Medical Malpractice Expert Witnesses for Defense Versus Plaintiff.
J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 19 Page(s): 807 - 813
07/01/2022 Authors: Tharp K; Santavicca S; Hughes DR; Kishore D; Banja JD; Duszak R
Farewell and With Gratitude.
AJOB Neurosci Volume: 13 Page(s): 1 - 2
01/01/2022 Authors: Banja J
Sharing and Selling Images: Ethical and Regulatory Considerations for Radiologists.
J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 18 Page(s): 298 - 304
02/01/2021 Authors: Banja J; Rousselle R; Duszak R; Safdar N; Alessio AM
Congee for the Soul.
Hastings Cent Rep Volume: 51 Page(s): 10 - 12
01/01/2021 Authors: Gabbay E; Fins JJ; Banja J; Evans T
Ensuring machine learning for healthcare works for all.
BMJ Health Care Inform Volume: 27
11/01/2020 Authors: McCoy LG; Banja JD; Ghassemi M; Celi LA
How Might Artificial Intelligence Applications Impact Risk Management?
AMA J Ethics Volume: 22 Page(s): E945 - E951
11/01/2020 Authors: Banja J
AI Hype and Radiology: A Plea for Realism and Accuracy.
Radiol Artif Intell Volume: 2 Page(s): e190223
07/01/2020 Authors: Banja J
Reasonable Persons, Autonomous Persons, and Lady Hale: Determining a Standard for Risk Disclosure.
Hastings Cent Rep Volume: 50 Page(s): 25 - 34
03/01/2020 Authors: Banja J
Ethical considerations in artificial intelligence.
Eur J Radiol Volume: 122 Page(s): 108768
01/01/2020 Authors: Safdar NM; Banja JD; Meltzer CC
Overriding advance directives: A 20-year legal and ethical overview.
J Healthc Risk Manag Volume: 39 Page(s): 11 - 18
10/01/2019 Authors: Banja J; Sumler M
Ethical Perspectives on Neuromarketing: An Interview With Will Allred.
AJOB Neurosci Volume: 10 Page(s): 71 - 74
01/01/2019 Authors: Banja J
Welcoming the "Intel-ethicist".
Hastings Cent Rep Volume: 49 Page(s): 33 - 36
01/01/2019 Authors: Banja J
Failures of foreseeability: Risk management considerations in reducing allegations of sexual violence in psychiatric units.
J Healthc Risk Manag Volume: 36 Page(s): 21 - 25
01/01/2017 Authors: Banja JD
The Disability Movement's Critique of Rehabilitation's Medical Model: A Rebuttal.
AMA J Ethics Volume: 17 Page(s): 562 - 567
06/01/2015 Authors: Banja JD
Ethical considerations in stem cell research on neurologic and orthopedic conditions.
PM R Volume: 7 Page(s): S66 - S75
04/01/2015 Authors: Banja JD
Humility and Leadership.
Healthc Exec Volume: 30 Page(s): 50 - 53
01/01/2015 Authors: Banja J
Disclosure of experience as a risk factor in informed consent for neurosurgery: the case of Johnson v. Kokemoor.
Virtual Mentor Volume: 17 Page(s): 69 - 73
01/01/2015 Authors: Banja JD
Guidelines for the ethical use of neuroimages in medical testimony: report of a multidisciplinary consensus conference.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 35 Page(s): 632 - 637
04/01/2014 Authors: Meltzer CC; Sze G; Rommelfanger KS; Kinlaw K; Banja JD; Wolpe PR
Alcohol and drug testing of health professionals following preventable adverse events: a bad idea.
Am J Bioeth Volume: 14 Page(s): 25 - 36
01/01/2014 Authors: Banja J
A mask tells us more than a face.
Am J Bioeth Volume: 14 Page(s): 47 - 49
01/01/2014 Authors: Banja J
Preventing sexual attacks in healthcare facilities: risk management considerations.
J Healthc Risk Manag Volume: 33 Page(s): 5 - 12
01/01/2014 Authors: Banja JD
Radiologic reporting: the ethical obligation of the interpreting physician to provide an accurate report.
AJR Am J Roentgenol Volume: 201 Page(s): 356 - 360
08/01/2013 Authors: Barron BJ; Banja J
Ethical perspectives on knowledge translation in rehabilitation.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 94 Page(s): S55 - S60
01/01/2013 Authors: Banja JD; Eisen A
Stigmatization, empathy, and the ego depletion hypothesis.
Pain Med Volume: 12 Page(s): 1579 - 1580
11/01/2011 Authors: Banja JD
Stroke rehabilitation and the phenomenological reconstitution of the self.
Top Stroke Rehabil Volume: 18 Page(s): 24 - 29
01/01/2011 Authors: Banja JD
When moral arguments become intractable.
Pain Med Volume: 11 Page(s): 439
03/01/2010 Authors: Banja JD
Speaking up in case management, part II: implementing speaking up behaviors.
Prof Case Manag Volume: 15 Page(s): 237 - 242
01/01/2010 Authors: Banja JD; Craig K
The normalization of deviance in healthcare delivery.
Bus Horiz Volume: 53 Page(s): 139
01/01/2010 Authors: Banja J
Speaking up in case management, part I: ethical and professional considerations.
Prof Case Manag Volume: 15 Page(s): 179 - 185
01/01/2010 Authors: Craig K; Banja JD
Enhancing informed consent in clinical trials and exploring resistances to disclosing adverse clinical trial results.
Am J Bioeth Volume: 9 Page(s): 39 - 41
08/01/2009 Authors: Banja JD; Dunlop B
A renewed, ethical defense of placebo-controlled trials of new treatments for major depression and anxiety disorders.
J Med Ethics Volume: 35 Page(s): 384 - 389
06/01/2009 Authors: Dunlop BW; Banja J
Are brain dead patients really dead?
J Head Trauma Rehabil Volume: 24 Page(s): 141 - 144
01/01/2009 Authors: Banja JD
Overriding the Jehovah's Witness patient's refusal of blood: a reply to Cahana, Weibel, and Hurst.
Pain Med Volume: 10 Page(s): 878 - 882
01/01/2009 Authors: Banja JD
Toward a more empathic relationship in pain medicine.
Pain Med Volume: 9 Page(s): 1125 - 1129
11/01/2008 Authors: Banja JD
Conflicts of interest in pain medicine: Practice patterns and relationships with industry.
Pain Volume: 139 Page(s): 494 - 497
10/31/2008 Authors: Schofferman J; Banja J
But who will take care of the janitors?
Am J Bioeth Volume: 8 Page(s): 20 - 21
10/01/2008 Authors: Banja J
Problematic medical errors and their implications for disclosure.
HEC Forum Volume: 20 Page(s): 201 - 213
09/01/2008 Authors: Banja JD
Ethical challenges in disclosing risk.
J Hosp Med Volume: 3 Page(s): 1 - 3
01/01/2008 Authors: Banja J; Schneider JS
My what?
Am J Bioeth Volume: 7 Page(s): 13 - 15
11/01/2007 Authors: Banja JD
Discharge dilemmas as system failures.
Am J Bioeth Volume: 7 Page(s): 29 - 31
03/01/2007 Authors: Banja J; Eig J; Williams MV
Case managers and ethics: balancing advocacy with objective evaluation.
Prof Case Manag Volume: 12 Page(s): 68 - 69
01/01/2007 Authors: Banja J
Personhood: elusive but not illusory.
Am J Bioeth Volume: 7 Page(s): 60 - 62
01/01/2007 Authors: Banja J
The Sorry Works! Coalition: making the case for full disclosure.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf Volume: 32 Page(s): 344 - 350
06/01/2006 Authors: Wojcieszak D; Banja J; Houk C
Three perspectives on suffering.
Case Manager Volume: 17 Page(s): 21 - 23
01/01/2006 Authors: Banja JD
The role of feelings in making moral decisions.
Case Manager Volume: 17 Page(s): 17 - 62
01/01/2006 Authors: Banja JD
Ethics, case management, and the standard of care.
Case Manager Volume: 17 Page(s): 20 - 22
01/01/2006 Authors: Banja JD
Empathy in the physician's pain practice: benefits, barriers, and recommendations.
Pain Med Volume: 7 Page(s): 265 - 275
01/01/2006 Authors: Banja JD
Miguel Ruiz's four agreements as applied to difficult conversations.
Case Manager Volume: 17 Page(s): 20 - 22
01/01/2006 Authors: Banja JD
Qualifying confidentiality obligations.
Am J Bioeth Volume: 6 Page(s): 28 - 29
01/01/2006 Authors: Banja JD
Case management and the standards of practice.
Case Manager Volume: 17 Page(s): 21 - 23
01/01/2006 Authors: Banja JD
Talking to the dying.
Case Manager Volume: 16 Page(s): 37 - 39
01/01/2005 Authors: Banja J
Ethics charter from American Academy of Pain Medicine.
Pain Med Volume: 6 Page(s): 203 - 212
01/01/2005 Authors: AAPM Council on Ethics
Medical errors 101: a primer.
Case Manager Volume: 16 Page(s): 57 - 59
01/01/2005 Authors: Banja J
Moral absolutes and cultural influences on case management.
Case Manager Volume: 16 Page(s): 20 - 23
01/01/2005 Authors: Banja J
"Reasonable and necessary": some case management considerations.
Case Manager Volume: 16 Page(s): 24 - 34
01/01/2005 Authors: Banja JD
"Puzzling pain conditions": a puzzling article.
Pain Med Volume: 6 Page(s): 323 - 326
01/01/2005 Authors: Banja JD
Ethically speaking: the case manager's response to harm-causing error.
Case Manager Volume: 16 Page(s): 60 - 65
01/01/2005 Authors: Banja JD
Obesity, responsibility, and empathy.
Case Manager Volume: 15 Page(s): 43 - 46
01/01/2004 Authors: Banja J
Back to basics.
Case Manager Volume: 15 Page(s): 16 - 18
01/01/2004 Authors: Banja J
On being a legal expert. Opinion No.1.
Pain Med Volume: 4 Page(s): 362 - 363
12/01/2003 Authors: Kulich RJ
On being a legal expert - Some thoughts on "advocacy"
PAIN MEDICINE Volume: 4 Page(s): 364 - 364
12/01/2003 Authors: Banja J
On being a legal expert. Opinion No.3.
Pain Med Volume: 4 Page(s): 364
12/01/2003 Authors: Banja J
Disclosing medical error: how much to tell?
J Healthc Risk Manag Volume: 23 Page(s): 11 - 14
01/01/2003 Authors: Banja JD
The use of standardized patients within a procedural competency model to teach death disclosure.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 9 Page(s): 1326 - 1333
11/01/2002 Authors: Quest TE; Otsuki JA; Banja J; Ratcliff JJ; Heron SL; Kaslow NJ
Impairment of movement initiation and execution but not preparation in idiopathic dystonia.
Exp Brain Res Volume: 140 Page(s): 460 - 468
10/01/2001 Authors: Jahanshahi M; Rowe J; Fuller R
Ethical dilemmas in pain management.
J Pain Volume: 2 Page(s): 171 - 180
06/01/2001 Authors: Ferrell BR; Novy D; Sullivan MD; Banja J; Dubois MY; Gitlin MC; Hamaty D; Lebovits A; Lipman AG; Lippe PM
The case - When it's hard to please everybody: Etiquette serving ethics when you disagree with a colleague - Opinion #1 - Negotiating uncertainty: "Let's talk..."
PAIN MEDICINE Volume: 2 Page(s): 83 - 85
03/01/2001 Authors: Banja J
When the payer says "no!": ethical considerations in patient advocacy.
J Spinal Cord Med Volume: 24 Page(s): 230 - 234
01/01/2001 Authors: Banja JD
Moral courage in medicine--disclosing medical error.
Bioethics Forum Volume: 17 Page(s): 7 - 11
01/01/2001 Authors: Banja J
The rehabilitation marketplace: economics, values, and proposals for reform.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 81 Page(s): 233 - 240
02/01/2000 Authors: Banja JD; DeJong G
The improbable future of employment-based insurance.
Hastings Cent Rep Volume: 30 Page(s): 17 - 25
01/01/2000 Authors: Banja JD
Some thoughts on the art of healing.
Case Manager Volume: 11 Page(s): 30 - 31
01/01/2000 Authors: Banja J
State and federal regulation of health care: friend or foe?
Case Manager Volume: 11 Page(s): 34 - 36
01/01/2000 Authors: Banja J
Patient advocacy at risk: ethical, legal and political dimensions of adverse reimbursement practices in brain injury rehabilitation in the US.
Brain Inj Volume: 13 Page(s): 745 - 758
10/01/1999 Authors: Banja J
Consensus conference. Rehabilitation of persons with traumatic brain injury. NIH Consensus Development Panel on Rehabilitation of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury.
JAMA Volume: 282 Page(s): 974 - 983
09/08/1999
Dad.
Case Manager Volume: 10 Page(s): 26 - 27
01/01/1999 Authors: Banja JD
Ethical decision--making: origins, process, and applications to case management.
Case Manager Volume: 10 Page(s): 41 - 47
01/01/1999 Authors: Banja J
Why case management remains essential.
Case Manager Volume: 10 Page(s): 25 - 34
01/01/1999 Authors: Banja J; Boling J; Coleman JR; Gambosh M; McCollom P; Mullahy CM; Sager D; Severson M; Weed RO
Enthusiasm in rehabilitation in the era of managed care.
J Head Trauma Rehabil Volume: 13 Page(s): 91 - 96
04/01/1998 Authors: Banja JD
Ethical dimensions of caring for defiant patients: a case study.
J Head Trauma Rehabil Volume: 11 Page(s): 93 - 97
12/01/1996 Authors: Banja JD; Adler RK; Stringer AY
Ethics, values, and world culture: the impact on rehabilitation.
Disabil Rehabil Volume: 18 Page(s): 279 - 284
06/01/1996 Authors: Banja JD
Ethics - Introduction
NEUROREHABILITATION Volume: 6 Page(s): 95 - 96
04/01/1996 Authors: Banja JD
Assessing client competence to participate in rehabilitation decision making.
NeuroRehabilitation Volume: 6 Page(s): 123 - 132
01/01/1996 Authors: Auerbach VS; Banja JD
Introduction.
NeuroRehabilitation Volume: 6 Page(s): 95 - 96
01/01/1996 Authors: Banja JD
1995 SHELDON-BERROL-MEMORIAL-CHAUTAUQUA .2. THE MORALITY OF 3RD-PARTY REIMBURSEMENT
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION Volume: 76 Page(s): 211 - 211
02/01/1995 Authors: BANJA J
Ethical dilemmas resulting from insurance coverage for catastrophic rehabilitative care.
J Head Trauma Rehabil Volume: 10 Page(s): 90 - 93
02/01/1995 Authors: Cervelli L; Banja JD
DISCUSSING CARDIOPULMONARY-RESUSCITATION WITH ELDERLY REHABILITATION PATIENTS - ETHICAL AND CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS TOWARD THE FORMATION OF POLICY
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Volume: 74 Page(s): S12 - S15
01/01/1995 Authors: BANJA JD; BILSKY GS
Outcomes evaluation in TBI rehabilitation. Part III: Ethical perspectives and social policy.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 75 Page(s): SC19 - SC26
12/01/1994 Authors: Banja J; Johnston MV
Deception in advertising and marketing: ethical applications in rehabilitation.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 75 Page(s): 1015 - 1018
09/01/1994 Authors: Banja JD
Ethics, outcomes, and reimbursement.
Rehab Manag Volume: 7 Page(s): 61 - 136
01/01/1994 Authors: Banja JD
Discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation with elderly rehabilitation patients. Ethical and clinical considerations toward the formation of policy.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 72 Page(s): 168 - 171
06/01/1993 Authors: Banja JD; Bilsky GS
Ethical issues in treating pediatric rehabilitation patients.
NeuroRehabilitation Volume: 3 Page(s): 44 - 52
01/01/1993 Authors: Banja JD; Jann BB
Outcomes following cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an acute rehabilitation hospital. Clinical and ethical implications.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 71 Page(s): 232 - 235
08/01/1992 Authors: Bilsky GS; Banja JD
The nurse as patient advocate.
Plast Surg Nurs Volume: 12 Page(s): 159 - 161
01/01/1992 Authors: Banja JD
Rehabilitation and empowerment.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 71 Page(s): 614 - 615
07/01/1990 Authors: Banja JD
Nutritional discontinuation: active or passive euthanasia?
J Neurosci Nurs Volume: 22 Page(s): 117 - 120
04/01/1990 Authors: Banja JD
Nutritional discontinuation: active or passive euthanasia?
J Neurosurg Nurs Volume: 22 Page(s): 117 - 120
04/01/1990 Authors: Banja JD
Case studies in ethics: HIV antibody testing and informed consent.
J Am Acad Physician Assist Volume: 2 Page(s): 136 - 139
01/01/1989 Authors: Banja JD; Conrad CC
COMPETENCE TO CONSENT TO MEDICAL-TREATMENT AMONG NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS - THE COMPETENCY INTERVIEW
Volume: 69 Page(s): 716 - 716
09/01/1988 Authors: BANJA JD; AUERBACH VS
Independence and rehabilitation: a philosophic perspective.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 69 Page(s): 381 - 382
05/01/1988 Authors: Banja JD
ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IN VIDEOTAPING THERAPEUTIC SESSIONS
Volume: 68 Page(s): 672 - 672
09/01/1987 Authors: BANJA JD; HIGGINS P
Malpractice litigation for uninformed consent. Implications for physical therapists.
Phys Ther Volume: 67 Page(s): 1226 - 1229
08/01/1987 Authors: Banja JD; Wolf SL
Exceptions to the right to refuse treatment.
AORN J Volume: 45 Page(s): 892 - 897
04/01/1987 Authors: Hofmann PB; Banja JD
Proxy consent to medical treatment: implications for rehabilitation.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 67 Page(s): 790 - 792
11/01/1986 Authors: Banja JD
CORRECTION
PHYSICAL THERAPY Volume: 66 Page(s): 579 - 579
04/01/1986 Authors: BANJA JD
Stroke rehabilitation.
J Med Assoc Ga Volume: 75 Page(s): 86 - 91
02/01/1986 Authors: Rees B; Banja J; Bhoomkar A; Tchou S
Whistleblowing in physical therapy.
Phys Ther Volume: 65 Page(s): 1683 - 1686
11/01/1985 Authors: Banja JD

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John Banja PhD

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