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NEJM Interviews
Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.
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NEJM Interview: Irene Papanicolas on the role of profit in the U.S. health insurance sector and policy lessons from other countries.
Irene Papanicolas is a professor of health services, policy, and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer…
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NEJM Interview: Anjali Deshmukh on legal challenges to fines issued by federal agencies.
Anjali Deshmukh is an associate professor of law at Seton Hall University School of Law and a pediatrician. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Matthew Vogel on the emergence of clinical trial prediction markets.
Matthew Vogel is a professor at the Brown University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Lena Makaroun on opportunities for clinicians to address firearm-related risks with their older patients.
Lena Makaroun is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive…
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NEJM Interview: Sarah Schmitz on protections for people enrolled in trials of investigational agents for obesity.
Sarah Schmitz is an obesity medicine specialist at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending physician at New York–Presbyterian Hospital. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Benjamin Scher on opioid litigation and governance systems for spending related funds.
Benjamin Scher is a lecturer and postdoctoral research associate in the Global Health Program at Princeton University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Christopher Forrest on declines in the health of U.S. children and the role of communities in reversing those trends.
Christopher Forrest is a professor of pediatrics and the director of the Applied Clinical Research Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dhruv Khullar on concerns about displacement of clinicians by artificial intelligence and counterarguments based on economic theory.
Dhruv Khullar is an associate professor of population health sciences and of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Elizabeth Kaplan on changes to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the importance of evidence-based recommendations for preventive services.
Elizabeth Kaplan is a clinical instructor and the director of health care access at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School…
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NEJM Interview: Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler on the legal argument that permitting telehealth access to mifepristone can abet reproductive coercion.
Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler is a professor of health services, policy and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health and of family medicine and medical…
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NEJM Interview: Rebecca Haffajee on the rescheduling of medical marijuana products and its potential effect on research.
Rebecca Haffajee is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Eric Schneider on the limitations of pay-for-performance programs and alternative options to support quality improvement.
Eric Schneider is an adjunct professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a member of the Journal’s…
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NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on the importance of investment in equitable partnerships, community trust, and local scientific leadership for outbreak preparedness.
Jean Nachega is a professor of infectious diseases and the director of the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University and an associate professor…
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NEJM Interview: Jerry Avorn on the role of litigation in addressing product-related damage to health.
Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the codirector of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law at Harvard Medical…
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NEJM Interview: Arnold Monto on the value and feasibility of various methods for evaluating the protection offered by vaccines.
Arnold Monto is a professor emeritus of epidemiology and of public health and codirector of the Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response at the…
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NEJM Interview: Yaara Zisman-Ilani on navigating the uncertainty surrounding medication management in autism care.
Yaara Zisman-Ilani is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Barnett College of Public Health and in the Department…
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NEJM Interview: Mark Unruh on projected increases in the need for long-term services and supports in the United States amid declines in nursing-home capacity.
Mark Unruh is an associate professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive…
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NEJM Interview: Justin Barr on physician leadership in American society and politics over the past 250 years.
Justin Barr is a transplant surgeon at the Ochsner Clinic and a historian. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal…
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NEJM Interview: Stacie Dusetzina on a new program that will allow Medicare Part D enrollees to obtain GLP-1 medications for use for weight loss.
Stacie Dusetzina is a professor of health policy and of cancer research at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Marcus Hughes on inconsistent oversight of psychedelic agents at the state and federal levels in the United States.
Marcus Hughes is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and an attending psychiatrist at Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital…
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NEJM Interview: Edward Ryan on factors driving continued disease and death from cholera and opportunities for progress.
Edward Ryan is the director of global infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Loren Adler on regulatory strategies for addressing factors that make consolidation in health care especially profitable.
Loren Adler is a fellow and the associate director at the Center on Health Policy at the Brookings Institution. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Deirdre Tobias on the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including areas of confusion and contradiction.
Deirdre Tobias is an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital…
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Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Angela Hewlett is Director of the Nebraska Biocontainment…
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NEJM Interview: Raja-Elie Abdulnour on the need for clinicians and AI systems to refrain from expressing undue confidence in their knowledge.
Raja-Elie Abdulnour is the Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at NEJM Group and an associate physician in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at…
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NEJM Interview: Jatin Vyas on the effect of corporatization of academic medical centers on medical education and trainee development.
Jatin Vyas is a professor of medicine and associate dean for academic innovation at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Amanda Banks on concerns about a potential association between GLP-1 receptor agonists and restrictive eating disorders.
Amanda Banks is a consultant and a physician at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive…
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NEJM Interview: Sara Gerke on a Utah pilot program involving an AI system that autonomously renews certain prescriptions.
Sara Gerke is an associate professor of law and at the European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Amy Stimpfel on a new policy that would cap loans for graduate nursing and other students.
Amy Stimpfel is an assistant professor at the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Danielle Jones on the development of tools to help family physicians address social determinants of health and advance health equity.
Danielle Jones is the vice president of accountability, belonging, and culture at the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Lawrence Casalino on qualities of corporate organizations that could affect physicians’ intrinsic motivation and the quality of the care they provide.
Lawrence Casalino is a professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Douglas Opel on the importance of clinician–parent communication amid changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.
Douglas Opel is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Abbas Hassan on the gap between the services that residents and fellows provide and the revenue that hospitals can capture.
Abbas Hassan is a plastic surgery resident at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Ruqaiijah Yearby on recent trends in health care markets and their implications for health equity.
Ruqaiijah Yearby is a professor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Bruce Chabner on recent FDA statements regarding potential uses for leucovorin.
Bruce Chabner is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and clinical director emeritus of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Sonja Rasmussen on the 2025–2026 influenza season, including factors contributing to the intensity of influenza activity.
Sonja Rasmussen is a professor in the Department of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive…
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NEJM Interview: Carmel Shachar on the opportunities and risks presented by the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Carmel Shacharis an assistant clinical professor of law and faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Leemore Dafny on the implications of corporatization of the U.S. health insurance industry.
Leemore Dafny is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Robert Kocher on strategies for improving blood-pressure control in the United States.
Robert Kocher is an adjunct professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, a nonresident senior scholar at the University of Southern California…
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NEJM Interview: Tara Eicher on changes in autism diagnosis in recent years and statements from the federal government regarding autism.
Tara Eicher is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Tara Sklar on U.S. telehealth payment policy and the potential for a revised approach to support competition and efficiency.
Tara Sklar is the faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and associate director of…
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NEJM Interview: Rachel Sachs on recent agreements governing coverage and pricing of GLP-1 receptor agonists in the United States.
Rachel Sachs is a professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal…
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NEJM Interview: Ambar La Forgia on the drivers and effects of corporatization of outpatient medical services.
Ambar La Forgia is an assistant professor in the Management of Organizations group at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Anne Zink on increases in rates of congenital syphilis and potential strategies for reversing this trend.
Anne Zink is a lecturer and senior fellow at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Reshma Ramachandran on changes to the FDA’s adverse-event data releases and future directions for enhancing its safety-surveillance infrastructure.
Reshma Ramachandran is an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Robert Huckman on the dearth of successful business models aimed at keeping people healthy.
Robert Huckman is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research…
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NEJM Interview: Nishant Uppal on the emergence of venture capital investing by academic medical centers and its potential implications.
Nishant Uppal is an instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Jane Zhu on a new Oregon law that aims to address corporate control in medicine.
Jane Zhu is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Joshua Barocas on recent federal actions related to harm-reduction programs for people with substance use disorders.
Joshua Barocas is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Yashaswini Singh on antitrust enforcement as a potential counterbalance to consolidation resulting from rapid health care corporatization.
Yashaswini Singh is an assistant professor of health services, policy, and practice at Brown University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive…
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NEJM Interview: Eberechi Nwogu-Onyemkpa on integrating palliative care services and resources into the management of sickle cell disease.
Eberechi Nwogu-Onyemkpa is an assistant professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Michael Liu on a new model that will expand the use of prior authorization in traditional Medicare.
Michael Liu is a resident physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M…
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NEJM Interview: Andrew Gabrielson on cuts to the U.S. research agency charged with safeguarding workers’ health.
Andrew Gabrielson is a pediatric urology fellow at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Steven Lipstein on the drivers and the benefits of mergers and consolidation, from the perspective of a health care system leader.
Steven Lipstein is the former chief executive officer of BJC HealthCare. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal…
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NEJM Interview: Nancy Krieger on the effects of structural racism on health and health care and the conflation of research on health equity with DEI work.
Nancy Krieger is a professor of social epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive…
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NEJM Interview: John Ayanian on opportunities to study the health and economic effects of Medicaid work requirements and to mitigate their adverse consequences.
John Ayanian is the director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation at the University of Michigan. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Amanda Janitz on a navigation program aimed at improving cancer outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native patients.
Amanda Janitz is an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Hudson College of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Darshali Vyas on campaigns to remove race from clinical algorithms.
Darshali Vyas is a pulmonary and critical care fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Amitabh Chandra on why corporatization occurs in health care, when it can succeed, and why it can go wrong.
Amitabh Chandra is a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a professor of business administration at Harvard Business…
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NEJM Interview: Nicholas Bagley on the Supreme Court’s decision in a case with implications for coverage of preventive services.
Nicholas Bagley is a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the…