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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: Dr. David Urbach on a plan to concentrate certain surgical procedures among the physicians and hospitals that perform the most of them.
Dr. David Urbach is a professor of Surgery and of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Fiore on the potential for regulation of nicotine levels in cigarettes to help smokers quit.
Dr. Michael Fiore is director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on the outlook for Medicare’s new physician payment system.
Dr. Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy & Management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen Morrissey…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Christopher Robertson on the FDA’s new draft guidelines on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
Dr. Christopher Robertson is a professor at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Hermes Taylor-Weiner on the regulation of stem-cell clinics offering unproven therapies.
Dr. Hermes Taylor-Weiner is a Whitaker Scholar at the Karolinska Institute who recently finished his graduate work at the University of California, San Diego…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Georgina Peacock on improvements in care and access to services for people with disabilities and where more work is needed.
Dr. Georgina Peacock is director of the Division of Human Development and Disabilities at the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Michelle Mello on a new California law that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccination mandates.
Dr. Michelle Mello is a professor of law and of health research and policy at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Philip Landrigan on health concerns associated with genetically modified crops and the herbicides used on them.
Dr. Philip Landrigan is dean for global health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on strategies for testing new ideas in health care quickly and efficiently.
Dr. David Asch is executive director of the Center for Health Care Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Ronald Bayer on why the heightened focus on precision medicine misses the point when it comes to public health.
Dr. Ronald Bayer is codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Steffanie Strathdee on needle-exchange policies and the recent HIV outbreak in rural Indiana.
Dr. Steffanie Strathdee is associate dean of global health sciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Stanley Plotkin on a strategy for stimulating and supporting global vaccine research.
Stanley Plotkin is an emeritus professor of the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.A…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Amy Kapczynski on provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership that could affect access to drugs in the United States and abroad.
Amy Kapczynski is a professor of law at Yale Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Kapczynski. The…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Joshua Sharfstein on the process of approving new sunscreen ingredients for marketing in the United States.
Joshua Sharfstein is associate dean for public health practice and training at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Ted Kaptchuk on the outlook for harnessing the benefits of placebo effects in medicine.
Ted Kaptchuk is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter at Beth Israel…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on the 21st Century Cures Act’s potential implications for drug development and safety.
Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Aaron Kesselheim on the challenges of bringing follow-on biologic drugs to the market.
Aaron Kesselheim is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Dhruv Khullar on uses of behavioral economics concepts in modifying physicians’ behavior under value-based health care models.
Dhruv Khullar is a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Neel Shah on new guidelines from the United Kingdom on the safety of midwife-guided deliveries.
Neel Shah is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and associate faculty at…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Leemore Dafny on ways of producing health care mergers that are good for both patients and providers.
Leemore Dafny is a professor of management and strategy at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Henry Aaron on new legislation that reforms physician reimbursement under Medicare.
Henry Aaron is a senior fellow in the economic studies program at the Brookings Institution. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on a new estimate of the cost of bringing a drug to market.
Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Sara Rosenbaum on a Republican proposal for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, which would restructure Medicaid.
Sara Rosenbaum is a professor of health law and policy at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Lee on a strategic approach to value for health care organizations seeking to compete in the current market.
Thomas Lee is a professor at Harvard Medical School and the chief medical officer of Press Ganey. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. John McDonough on Vermont’s attempt to implement a single-payer health care system - and why it failed.
John McDonough is a professor of public health practice and director of the Center for Executive and Continuing Professional Education at the Harvard T.H. Chan…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Vin Gupta on a medication-adherence program to address latent tuberculosis in Seattle’s homeless population.
Vin Gupta is a fellow in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Nicole Lurie on the lessons learned from the Ebola epidemic and how to prepare for future global disease threats.
Nicole Lurie is the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Mariner on state laws that regulate physicians’ speech and behavior in the context of abortion.
Wendy Mariner is a professor of health law, bioethics, and human rights at the Boston University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Benjamin Sommers on the potential effects on the health care system of President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration.
Benjamin Sommers is an assistant professor of health policy and economics at the Harvard School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine at…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Mary Bassett on factors contributing to poorer health outcomes among black Americans and what physicians can do to reduce racial disparities.
Mary Bassett is commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Robert MacCoun on the marketing of marijuana edibles and the risks posed by legalizing retail marijuana.
Robert MacCoun is a professor at Stanford Law School and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Barak Richman on hospital mergers and the decision in the Partners HealthCare case.
Barak Richman is a professor at Duke University School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.E. Herzlinger, B.D…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Francis Collins on what to expect from the recently announced Precision Medicine Initiative.
Francis Collins is Director of the National Institutes of Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. F.S. Collins and…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Ubel on the influence of insurance-exchange website design on consumers' choices.
Peter Ubel is a professor of business, public policy, and medicine at Duke University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Priscilla Slanetz on legislation on breast density and supplemental breast-cancer screening.
Priscilla Slanetz is an associate professor of radiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Steven Lewis on health care in Canada and the challenges facing a fragmented system.
Steven Lewis is the president of Access Consulting in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Perri Klass on experiencing weekends in the hospital from a patient’s point of view.
Perri Klass is a professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P…
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NEJM Interview: Lynne Wilkinson on a community-based strategy to promote HIV treatment adherence in South Africa.
Lynne Wilkinson is the field coordinator for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeffrey Drazen on the IOM proposal for the sharing of patient data from clinical trials.
Jeffrey Drazen is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Drazen. Sharing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Steven Weinberger on the pros and cons of the new Maintenance of Certification standards.
Steven Weinberger is Executive Vice President and CEO of the American College of Physicians. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Jonathan Oberlander on what the midterm election results mean for the future of the Affordable Care Act.
Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy & Management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Sara Rosenbaum on Medicaid payments, physician participation, and access to care.
Sara Rosenbaum is a professor of Health Policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Lindsey Baden on the state of the ongoing Ebola epidemic and progress on vaccines and treatments.
Lindsey Baden is director of clinical research in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Deputy Editor of the Journal…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Christine Cassel on the lessons of past performance-measurement efforts and promising future directions.
Christine Cassel is president and CEO of the National Quality Forum. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.K. Cassel and…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Brian Strom on the first year of experience with GlaxoSmithKline’s data-sharing initiative.
Brian Strom is chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and a member of the independent review panel assessing the data requests. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jason Schwartz on the past, present, and future of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Jason Schwartz is a research associate in bioethics at the Princeton University Center for Human Values. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jennifer Woo Baidal on nutrition, childhood obesity, and the battle over school-lunch standards.
Jennifer Woo Baidal is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and the MassGeneral Hospital for Children. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Otto Cars on the growing problem of antibiotic resistance and the challenges involved in addressing it.
Otto Cars is a professor in the Department of Medical Sciences at Uppsala University in Sweden. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Walter Orenstein on a spike in U.S. measles cases and ways to improve vaccination efforts.
Walter Orenstein is associate director of the Emory Vaccine Center and professor of medicine, pediatrics, and global health at Emory University. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. John Ayanian on the implementation and lessons of the Healthy Michigan Plan.
John Ayanian is the director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation at the University of Michigan and an Associate Editor at the Journal…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Nathan Cobb on the future of e-cigarettes, smoking, nicotine-replacement therapy, and Big Tobacco.
Nathan Cobb is an attending physician in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Georgetown University Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Lee on the social factors that affect health and possible reforms that could help to address them.
Thomas Lee is an internist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, and the chief medical…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the current Ebola epidemic and the promise of candidate vaccines and therapies.
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: Prof. George Annas on the tension between federal and state marijuana laws and the role of physicians.
George Annas is a professor of health law, bioethics, and human rights at the Boston University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the past, present, and future of chikungunya virus disease.
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. Gail Wilensky on recommendations for changing the financing of U.S. graduate medical education.
Gail Wilensky is an economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE, who cochaired the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Governance and Finance of GME…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. William Weeks on a proposal for shifting VA’s health care role to benefits and coordination.
William Weeks is a senior research scientist at the Dartmouth Institute and a professor of psychiatry and of community and family medicine at Dartmouth’s…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Julie Donohue on the policy lessons from Medicare’s drug benefit.
Julie Donohue is an associate professor of health policy and management in the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. George Annas on the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision and its context and implications.
George Annas is a professor of health law, bioethics, and human rights at the Boston University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Clemens Hong on promoting adoption of complex care management.
Dr. Clemens Hong is a primary care physician and health services researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical…