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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. Michele Heisler on attacks on physicians and health care facilities in Syria and the response from the international community.

Dr. Michele Heisler is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and a board member at Physicians for Human Rights. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Heisler, E. Baker, and D. McKay. Attacks on Health Care in Syria - Normalizing Violations of Medical Neutrality? N Engl J Med 2015;373:2489-91.

Dec 23, 201512 min

NEJM Interview: Prof. Alexander Capron on proposed changes to regulations governing human-subjects research.

Prof. Alexander Capron is a professor of law and medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.L. Hudson and F.S. Collins. Bringing the Common Rule into the 21st Century. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2293-6. E.J. Emanuel. Reform of Clinical Research Regulations, Finally. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2296-9.

Dec 09, 201517 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. H. Gilbert Welch on trends in the incidence of metastatic cancers and their implications for both screening and our understanding of cancer.

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch is a professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H.G. Welch, D.H. Gorski, and P.C. Albertsen. Trends in Metastatic Breast and Prostate Cancer - Lessons in Cancer Dynamics. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1685-7.

Oct 28, 20157 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Kevin Schulman on the recent approval of two PCSK9 inhibitors and what their prices could mean for insurance premiums.

Dr. Kevin Schulman is a professor of medicine and of business administration at Duke University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.A. Schulman, S. Balu, and S.D. Reed. Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Hyperlipidemia - Impact on Insurance Premiums. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1591-3. B.M. Everett, R.J. Smith, and W.R. Hiatt. Reducing LDL with PCSK9 Inhibitors - The Clinical Benefit of Lipid Drugs. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1588-91.

Oct 21, 20159 min

NEJM Interview: Drs. Allan Goroll and Ateev Mehrotra on whether the annual physical should be retained, eliminated, or modified for 21st-century realities.

Dr. Allan Goroll is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ateev Mehrotra is an associate professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.H. Goroll. Toward Trusting Therapeutic Relationships - In Favor of the Annual Physical. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1487-9. A. Mehrotra and A. Prochazka. Improving Value in He...

Oct 14, 201516 min

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, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Oberlander and M.J. Laugesen. Leap of Faith - Medicare’s New Physician Payment System. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1185-7. M.B. Rosenthal. Physician Payment after the SGR - The New Meritocracy. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1187-9.

Sep 23, 20158 min

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 Managing Editor of the Journal. C.T. Robertson. New DTCA Guidance - Enough to Empower Consumers? N Engl J Med 2015;373:1085-7. J.A. Greene and E.S. Watkins. The Vernacular of Risk - Rethinking Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1087-9.

Sep 16, 20158 min

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. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H. Taylor-Weiner and J. Graff Zivin. Medicine’s Wild West - Unlicensed Stem-Cell Clinics in the United States. N Engl J Med 2015;373:985-7.

Sep 09, 20156 min

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, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. G. Peacock, L.I. Iezzoni, and T.R. Harkin. Health Care for Americans with Disabilities - 25 Years after the ADA. N Engl J Med 2015;373:892-3.

Sep 02, 20158 min
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