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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: Professor Randall Packard on antimalarial drugs, drug resistance, and social and economic contributors.
Randall Packard is a professor of the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Interview with Professor Brendan Reilly on teaching hospitals’ balancing of their educational and patient care missions.
Brendan Reilly is an honorary professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor…
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NEJM Interview: Interview with Professor David Kessler on more comprehensive food labeling.
David Kessler is a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and a former…
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NEJM Interview: Interview with Professor Nadia Sawicki on the constitutional implications of clinicians’ involvement in capital punishment.
Nadia Sawicki is an associate professor of law at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of…
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NEJM Interview: Interview with Professor Kevin Outterson on the FDA’s guidance on off-label promotion and the move toward clinical trial transparency.
Kevin Outterson is a professor of health law, bioethics, and human rights at the Boston University School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Interview with Dr. David Rothman on the changing approaches to death and dying in the United States.
Dr. David Rothman is a professor of social medicine and history and the director of the Center for the Study of Society and Medicine at the College of…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Michelle Macaraig on tuberculosis control and the changing epidemiology of tuberculosis in the United States.
Dr. Michelle Macaraig is the director of planning and policy at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Sebastian Schneeweiss discusses opportunities for and obstacles to the use of big health care data.
Dr. Sebastian Schneeweiss is a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Harvard Medical School and vice chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Yngvild Olsen on Zohydro, other opioids, and the epidemic of addiction.
Dr. Yngvild Olsen is the medical director for the Institutes for Behavior Resources and REACH Health Services in Baltimore. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Mette Kalager on the Swiss Medical Board’s recommendation to phase out routine mammography screening.
Dr. Mette Kalager is a general surgeon, breast-cancer surgeon, and researcher at Telemark Hospital in Norway and a visiting scientist in the Department of…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Chin Jou on a century of obesity research and treatment.
Dr. Chin Jou is a lecturer in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Kelly Brownell on the FDA's proposed ban on artificial trans fats and the future of U.S. food regulation.
Kelly Brownell is the Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Klompas on the apparent increase in sepsis rates and the problematic mandates for sepsis care.
Dr. Michael Klompas is an Associate Professor of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and an infectious…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Erin Fox on critical national drug shortages and what can be done to prevent them.
Dr. Erin Fox is the Director of the Drug Information Service at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy at the…
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NEJM Interview: Drs. Robert Kocher and Bryan Roberts on a proposal for changes to the drug development and approval processes.
Drs. Robert Kocher and Bryan Roberts are partners at Venrock, a venture capital firm. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Raymond Chung on the science behind evolving treatments for hepatitis C and progress toward a cure.
Dr. Raymond Chung is the Vice Chief of the Gastrointestinal Unit and Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program at Massachusetts General Hospital…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Pieter Cohen on unsafe dietary supplements and ways for physicians and agencies to share information about them.
Dr. Pieter Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a primary care physician at the Cambridge Health Alliance. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Allan Detsky on the ACGME rules about resident supervision and the need for graded autonomy in medical education.
Dr. Allan Detsky is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Eileen Reynolds on the ACGME's review of clinical learning environments and its goals for residency programs.
Dr. Eileen Reynolds is the Residency Program Director in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeffrey Ecker on the recent Marlise Muñoz case and its legal, ethical, and clinical implications.
Dr. Jeffrey Ecker is a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Obstetrical Clinical Research…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Timothy Uyeki on the current influenza season and interventions for preventing and controlling influenza.
Dr. Timothy Uyeki is a medical epidemiologist in the Influenza Division of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. David Reuben on the emergence of hospital-dependent patients and its clinical and ethical implications.
Dr. David Reuben is the Director of the UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and of the UCLA Claude Pepper Older Americans…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Nancy Morden on the Choosing Wisely campaign and the pathway to reducing use of low-value services.
Dr. Nancy Morden is an associate professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and at the Geisel School of Medicine at…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the need for an HIV vaccine and the advances that will help fulfill that need.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Jon Kingsdale on the rollout of the ACA's health insurance marketplaces and expectations for their benefits.
Dr. Jon Kingsdale is the Director of the Boston office of the Wakely Consulting Group and the former Executive Director of the Massachusetts Health Connector…
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NEJM Interview: Mr. Matthew Myers on efforts to reduce or eliminate smoking and prevent smoking-related illness and death.
Mr. Matthew Myers is the President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.L…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. R. Alta Charo on laws that restrict women's rights, especially in pregnancy and contraception.
Prof. R. Alta Charo is a Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Gail Wilensky on proposed legislation to replace Medicare's physician-payment formula.
Dr. Gail Wilensky is an economist and a senior fellow at Project HOPE. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. G.R…
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NEJM Interview: Ms. Jan Walker on the move toward open medical notes and its implications for clinicians and patients.
Ms. Jan Walker is a member of the research faculty in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and research…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Alexander Smith on ways of improving the safety and health of self-neglecting elderly patients.
Dr. Alexander Smith is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Nirav Shah on New York State's decision to address housing needs as a social determinant of health.
Dr. Nirav Shah is the New York State Commissioner of Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.M. Doran, E.J. Misa…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Larson on new insights into the dementia epidemic.
Dr. Eric Larson is the Vice President for Research at the Group Health Research Institute and a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Health Services at the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Matthew Gillman on pre- and postnatal strategies for the prevention of childhood obesity.
Dr. Matthew Gillman is Professor and Director of the Obesity Prevention Program in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Dan Barouch on researchers' ongoing quest to develop an HIV-1 vaccine.
Dr. Dan Barouch is the Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School and a…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on the cost and value of medical education.
Dr. David Asch is a Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics, and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Robert Huckman on publicly reported data and the shift towards consumerism in health care.
Prof. Robert Huckman is a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Sara Rosenbaum on the health care safety net, Medicaid expansion, and access to care.
Prof. Sara Rosenbaum is Professor of Health Law and Policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Stephen Morrissey…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Ubel on a new focus on informing patients about the likely out-of-pocket costs of care.
Dr. Peter Ubel is Professor of Business Administration and Medicine and of Public Policy at Duke University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Ingrid Katz on the transition from PEPFAR-funded to government-funded HIV care in South Africa.
Dr. Ingrid Katz is from the Division of Women's Health, Infectious Diseases, and Medical Communications at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Gerard O'Donoghue on the past and future development of cochlear implants.
Dr. Gerard O'Donoghue is Honorary Professor of Otology and Neurotology at the University of Nottingham and Consultant Neurotologist at Queen's Medical Centre…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Schwartzstein on the pros and cons of three-year medical school programs.
Dr. Richard Schwartzstein is a Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, Director of the HMS Academy for Teaching Excellence and…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Troyen Brennan on one chain pharmacy's initiative to curb abuse of controlled substances.
Dr. Troyen Brennan is the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of CVS Caremark. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Katherine Baicker on the balance between coordination and competition in U.S. health care after the Affordable Care Act.
Dr. Katherine Baicker is a Professor of Health Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum on nonadherence and ways to improve patients' adherence to medication regimens.
Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum is a Cardiologist at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center and a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Mark Pauly on the consequences of postponing the ACA's employer mandate.
Prof. Mark Pauly is a Professor of Health Care Management, Business Economics, and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Keren Ladin on fairness in the allocation of lung transplants for children.
Dr. Keren Ladin is the Director of the Lab for Research on Ethics, Aging, and Community Health and an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Occupational…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Greene on prenatal screening and the pros and cons of cell-free fetal DNA testing.
Dr. Michael Greene is the Chief of Obstetrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Travis Baggett on tobacco use and other health problems among homeless people.
Dr. Travis Baggett is an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Jonathan Oberlander on the future of Medicare's Independent Payment Advisory Board and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Prof. Jonathan Oberlander is a Professor of Social Medicine and of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Nicholas Black on the current crisis in England's National Health Service and ways it could be resolved.
Dr. Nicholas Black is a Professor of Health Services Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Pat Croskerry on widespread cognitive biases and ways of counteracting them for accurate diagnosis.
Dr. Pat Croskerry is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Critical Thinking Program in the Division of Medical Education at Dalhousie…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the novel H7N9 influenza virus and the evolution of pandemic viruses.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Adam Goldstein on assessment of competency for concealed-weapons permits and physicians' roles in reducing gun violence.
Dr. Adam Goldstein is a Professor of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Allan Brandt on the AIDS epidemic's effects on medicine, culture, and the development of the new "global health."
Prof. Allan Brandt is a Professor of the History of Science and the History of Medicine at Harvard University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Meredith Rosenthal on the trend toward greater transparency regarding physicians' relationships with industry.
Prof. Meredith Rosenthal is a Professor of Health Economics and Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Arthur Kellermann on planning for the medical response to mass-casualty events such as the Boston Marathon bombing.
Dr. Arthur Kellermann is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and an emergency medicine physician. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Mariner on New York City's invalidated Portion Cap Rule and other efforts to regulate public health.
Prof. Wendy Mariner is a Professor of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights at the Boston University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the…
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NEJM Interview: Prof. Holly Lynch on the ethical and legal issues surrounding physicians' discrimination against patients.
Prof. Holly Lynch is the Executive Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Stephen…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Schwartzstein on the goals and strategies behind the holistic admissions movement at U.S. medical schools.
Dr. Richard Schwartzstein is a Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, the Director of the HMS Academy for Teaching Excellence…
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NEJM Interview: Dr. Joseph Newhouse on the importance of differences in Medicare spending within hospital referral regions.
Dr. Joseph Newhouse is a Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health and a Professor at…