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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.
Episodes
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Megan Ranney on the #ThisIsOurLane movement and health care professionals’ role in advocating for solutions to the gun violence epidemic.
Dr. Megan Ranney is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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Dr. Ameya Kulkarni on drivers of physician loneliness and opportunities for meaningful interaction.
Dr. Ameya Kulkarni is a cardiologist with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in Virginia. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing…
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NEJM Interview: George Karandinos on high rates of incarceration among racial and ethnic minorities as a driver of health disparities in the United States.
George Karandinos is an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate in social anthropology at Harvard University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Amir Mohareb on the humanitarian crisis and violations of medical neutrality in Yemen.
Dr. Amir Mohareb is a fellow in infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Arthur A. Levin on the use of oligonucleotide drugs that regulate RNA.
Dr. Arthur A. Levin, the interviewee, is the Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Avidity Biosciences. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Matlow on proposed changes to U.S. regulations on standards of care for noncitizen children.
Dr. Ryan Matlow is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Alison Loren on the risk of opioid use disorder in survivors of cancer and judicious prescribing of pain medications.
Dr. Alison Loren is an associate professor of medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Cheryl Seymour on critical thinking about the social structures that affect patients’ health.
Dr. Cheryl Seymour is the medical director of the Maine Mobile Health Program and a faculty physician at the Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. David Morens on lessons from the 1918 influenza pandemic and the threat of a similar global health disaster.
Dr. David Morens is senior advisor to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. David Jones on the possibilities for finding solutions to health policy problems at the state level.
Dr. David Jones is an assistant professor of health policy and management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Eve Rittenberg on providing patient-centered and compassionate care for people who have experienced trauma.
Dr. Eve Rittenberg is a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Fish Center for Women’s Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Inger Damon on the response to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr. Inger Damon is director of the Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Joel Braslow on how medicalization and demedicalization have affected patients, including those with chronic mental illness.
Dr. Joel Braslow is a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and of history at the University of California, Los Angeles. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Melinda Ashton on easing the burden of administrative tasks in medicine and helping clinicians find more meaning in their work.
Dr. Melinda Ashton is the Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at Hawaii Pacific Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Corcoran on the potential clinical applications of cell-free DNA analysis in patients with cancer.
Dr. Ryan Corcoran is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and leader of the Corcoran lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Susan Mann on steps that hospitals can take to keep women safe during and after childbirth.
Dr. Susan Mann is an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Esther Choo on steps that medical institutions can take to support and empower women.
Dr. Esther Choo is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Parmet on the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of a California law about information provided by crisis pregnancy centers.
Prof. Wendy Parmet is a professor of law and faculty director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Bach on payment approaches Medicare could consider for costly new CAR-T treatments.
Dr. Peter Bach is director of the Center for Health Policy and Outcomes at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. David Adams on the use of clinical next-generation sequencing to obtain a genetic diagnosis.
Dr. David Adams is from the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Goldstein on disparities in access to preexposure prophylaxis among populations at high risk for HIV infection.
Dr. Robert Goldstein is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and medical director of the Transgender Health Program at Massachusetts General…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Garen Wintemute on state and federal policies that could prevent firearm-related deaths.
Dr. Garen Wintemute is director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on the FDA Amendments Act of 2007 and the effort to make data on drug safety more transparent and available.
Dr. Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Cheryl Healton on the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and opportunities for action against other industries that harm health.
Dr. Cheryl Healton is dean of the New York University College of Global Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Breanne Grace on immigrant and refugee health and the effects of systematic personal, social, and institutional instability.
Dr. Breanne Grace is an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina College of Social Work. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Tushar Patel on the role of extracellular vesicles in physiologic function and as potential biomarkers for disease.
Dr. Tushar Patel is the dean for research at the Mayo Clinic in Florida. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Shah, T…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Mark Pallansch on the challenges involved in eradicating polio.
Dr. Mark Pallansch is director of the Division of Viral Diseases at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on the results of Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
Dr. Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of social medicine and health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Eduardo Bruera on the treatment of pain during a severe shortage of parenteral opioids.
Dr. Eduardo Bruera is chair of the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Rebecca Haffajee on the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws.
Dr. Rebecca Haffajee is an assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Diana Bianchi on the use of cell-free DNA testing to screen for fetal chromosome abnormalities.
Dr. Diana Bianchi is from the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. John Maa on his proposal for a Surgeon General’s report on firearm injuries and violence that could change the U.S. debate about guns.
Dr. John Maa is chief of the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery at Marin General Hospital in California. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum on how emotion and risk perception affect decision making in public health and medicine.
Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum is a national correspondent for the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Rosenbaum…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Charlotte Haug on a new European privacy law that gives consumers, including patients, more explicit control of their own data.
Dr. Charlotte Haug is an international correspondent for the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.J. Haug…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Bernard Lo on a herpes vaccine trial that reportedly flouted established protections for research participants.
Dr. Bernard Lo is the President of the Greenwall Foundation. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. B. Lo. A Parallel…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Brendan Saloner on increasing access to medication for treatment of opioid use disorder.
Dr. Brendan Saloner is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Carl June on chimeric antigen receptor therapy.
Dr. Carl June is the director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Amy Kind on a new tool for incorporating data on neighborhood disadvantage into research, policy, and health interventions.
Dr. Amy Kind is an associate professor and director of the Health Services and Care Research Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. David Shulkin on strategies for enhancing the quality of care at VA medical centers.
Dr. David Shulkin is the former Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.H. Sheetz and D.J…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Loren Rabinowitz on the hurdles and frustrations that female medical trainees face in a sexist culture.
Dr. Loren Rabinowitz is a resident physician at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Amber Willink on a new law that increases the flexibility of benefit offerings in Medicare Advantage plans.
Dr. Amber Willink is an assistant scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Bernard Lo on aid-in-dying laws and their implications for doctors.
Dr. Bernard Lo is the President of the Greenwall Foundation. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. B. Lo. Beyond…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Julie Donohue on changes to Medicare Part D’s benefit design under the Bipartisan Budget Act.
Dr. Julie Donohue is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dan Liljenquist on generic-drug market failures and the creation of a nonprofit drug manufacturer.
Dan Liljenquist is a vice president at Intermountain Healthcare. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Liljenquist, G…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Catherine MacLean on physician performance measures and their integration into care delivery.
Dr. Catherine MacLean is Chief Value Medical Officer at the Hospital for Special Surgery and a member of the American College of Physicians Performance…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Taylor Kelley on options for states seeking to expand health insurance coverage for undocumented immigrants.
Dr. Taylor Kelley is a clinical lecturer in internal medicine and fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of Michigan. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Evan Wood on actions taken by Canada to reduce opioid-overdose deaths.
Dr. Evan Wood is a professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia and director of the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use. Stephen Morrissey…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the use of monoclonal antibodies in the context of emerging infectious diseases.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Harris on HHS’s new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division and polarized rhetoric about abortion.
Dr. Lisa Harris is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Gail Wilensky on physician payment under MACRA and efforts to improve health care outcomes and value.
Dr. Gail Wilensky is a senior fellow at Project HOPE. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. G.R. Wilensky. Will MACRA…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jake Liang on the increasing spread of hepatitis C virus associated with injection-drug use.
Dr. Jake Liang is chief of the Liver Diseases Branch at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Gayatri Devi on assessment and support for physicians with Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Gayatri Devi is the director of Park Avenue Neurology and a clinical professor of neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox on alternative payment models and disincentives for treating high-risk patients.
Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox is an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. John Balmes on the potential health effects of recent wildfires in California.
Dr. John Balmes is a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and professor of public health at the University of California…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Douglas Opel on legal issues surrounding the enforcement of influenza-vaccination requirements for health care workers.
Dr. Douglas Opel is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on lessons for health care from behavioral economics and other fields.
Dr. Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Leemore Dafny on the proposed merger of CVS and Aetna.
Dr. Leemore Dafny is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. George Bakris on new blood-pressure guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.
Dr. George Bakris is a professor of medicine and director of the Comprehensive Hypertension Center at University of Chicago Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Claire Pouncey on the controversy surrounding psychiatrists’ comments on President Trump’s mental health.
Dr. Claire Pouncey is a psychiatrist at Eudaimonia Associates. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C. Pouncey. President…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Tait Shanafelt on causes of burnout and efforts to improve support for clinicians.
Dr. Tait Shanafelt is the Chief Wellness Officer at Stanford Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.A. Wright…