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NEJM Interviews

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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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Episodes

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 interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.T. Braslow and L. Messac. Case Studies in Social Medicine: Medicalization and Demedicalization - A Gravely Disabled Homeless Man with Psychiatric Illness. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1885-8.

Nov 14, 201813 min

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 the Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Mann and Others. What We Can Do about Maternal Mortality — And How to Do It Quickly. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1689-1691. M.E. Murray Horwitz, R.L. Molina, and J.M. Snowden. Postpartum Care in the United States — New Policies for a New Paradigm. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1691-1693.

Oct 31, 20189 min

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 interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. E.K. Choo, J. van Dis, and D. Kass. Time’s Up for Medicine? Only Time Will Tell. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1592-3. V.J. Dzau and P.A. Johnson. Ending Sexual Harassment in Academic Medicine. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1589-91.

Oct 24, 20188 min

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 interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. W.E. Parmet, M.L. Berman, and J.A. Smith. The Supreme Court’s Crisis Pregnancy Center Case - Implications for Health Law. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1489-91.

Oct 17, 20186 min

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 Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.H. Goldstein, C.G. Streed, and S.R. Cahill. Being PrEPared — Preexposure Prophylaxis and HIV Disparities. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1293-1295.

Oct 03, 20189 min

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 Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Avorn, A. Kesselheim, and A. Sarpatwari. The FDA Amendments Act of 2007 - Assessing Its Effects a Decade Later. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1097-9.

Sep 19, 201810 min

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 Editor of the Journal. B.L. Grace, R. Bais, and B.J. Roth. The Violence of Uncertainty - Undermining Immigrant and Refugee Health. N Engl J Med 2018;379:904-5. K.M. Perreira, H. Yoshikawa, and J. Oberlander. A New Threat to Immigrants’ Health - The Public-Charge Rule. N Engl J Med 2018;379:901-3.

Sep 05, 20189 min

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 interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.A. Pallansch. Ending Use of Oral Poliovirus Vaccine - A Difficult Move in the Polio Endgame. N Engl J Med 2018;379:801-3.

Aug 29, 20188 min

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 Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Maa and A. Darzi. Firearm Injuries and Violence Prevention - The Potential Power of a Surgeon General’s Report. N Engl J Med 2018;379:408-10.

Aug 01, 20188 min

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 interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.H. June and M. Sadelain. Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapy. N Engl J Med 2018;379:64-73.

Jul 04, 20189 min

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 Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. B. Saloner, K.B. Stoller, and G.C. Alexander. Moving Addiction Care to the Mainstream - Improving the Quality of Buprenorphine Treatment. N Engl J Med 2018;379:4-6. S.E. Wakeman and M.L. Barnett. Primary Care and the Opioid-Overdose Crisis - Buprenorphine Myths and Realiti...

Jul 04, 20187 min

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 Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.J.H. Kind and W.R. Buckingham. Making Neighborhood-Disadvantage Metrics Accessible - The Neighborhood Atlas. N Engl J Med 2018;378:2456-8.

Jun 27, 201816 min

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 Editor of the Journal. L.G. Rabinowitz. Recognizing Blind Spots - A Remedy for Gender Bias in Medicine? N Engl J Med 2018;378:2253-5. L.S. Rotenstein and A.B. Jena. Lost Taussigs - The Consequences of Gender Discrimination in Medicine. N Engl J Med 2018;378:2255-7. S.K. Shillcutt and J.K. Silver. Social Media and Advancement of Women Physic...

Jun 13, 20189 min

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 Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Willink and E.H. DuGoff. Integrating Medical and Nonmedical Services - The Promise and Pitfalls of the CHRONIC Care Act. N Engl J Med 2018;378:2153-5.

Jun 06, 201812 min
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