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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. Scott Podolsky on the revolution in pharmaceutical marketing that set the stage for physician “education” about treating pain with opioids.

Dr. Scott Podolsky is a professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.H. Podolsky, D. Herzberg, and J.A. Greene. Preying on Prescribers (and Their Patients) — Pharmaceutical Marketing, Iatrogenic Epidemics, and the Sackler Legacy. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1785-1787.

May 08, 20198 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Helen Blau on stem cells in the treatment of disease.

Dr. Helen Blau is the director of the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. H.M. Blau and G.Q. Daley. Stem Cells in the Treatment of Disease. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1748-1760.

May 01, 20199 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. J. Brian Byrd on the recall of products containing angiotensin-receptor blockers and the implications for patient care.

Dr. J. Brian Byrd is an assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.B. Byrd, G.M. Chertow, and V. Bhalla. Hypertension Hot Potato — Anatomy of the Angiotensin-Receptor Blocker Recalls. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1589-1591.

Apr 24, 201912 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Isaac Kohane on machine learning in medicine.

Dr. Isaac Kohane, the interviewee, is chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and professor of biomedical informatics and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Rajkomar, J. Dean, and I. Kohane. Machine Learning in Medicine. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1347-1358.

Apr 03, 201917 min

NEJM Interview: Terry Langbaum and Dr. Tom Smith on issues faced by long-term survivors with metastatic cancer.

Terry Langbaum is chief administrative officer at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Dr. Tom Smith is a medical oncologist and the director of palliative medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T. Langbaum and T.J. Smith. Time to Study Metastatic-Cancer Survivorship. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1300-1302.

Apr 03, 201920 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ingrid Binswanger on gaps in treatment for opioid use disorder for people who are incarcerated.

Dr. Ingrid Binswanger is a senior investigator at the Institute for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente Colorado and an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. I.A. Binswanger. Opioid Use Disorder and Incarceration — Hope for Ensuring the Continuity of Treatment. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1193-1195.

Mar 27, 201910 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Laszlo Madaras on caring for people who diverge from the typical patient imagined by health care institutions.

Dr. Laszlo Madaras is chief medical officer of the Migrant Clinicians Network and a clinical assistant professor at Penn State College of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Madaras and Others. Social Distance and Mobility — A 39-Year-Old Pregnant Migrant Farmworker. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1093-1096.

Mar 20, 201911 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Cynthia Chuang on federal efforts to weaken the ACA’s contraceptive-coverage mandate.

Dr. Cynthia Chuang is a professor of medicine and public health sciences at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.H. Chuang and C.S. Weisman. Taking Aim at Contraceptive Coverage — The Trump Administration’s Attacks on Reproductive Rights. N Engl J Med 2019;380:993-995.

Mar 13, 20197 min

Audio roundtable discussion on learning to foster better teams.

Dr. Neel Shah is an assistant professor of obstetrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs. Dr. Amy Edmondson is a professor of leadership and management at Harvard Business School. Dr. Thoralf Sundt is a professor of surgery and chief of cardiac surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, the moderator, is a national correspondent for the Journal. L. Rosenbaum. The Not-My-Problem Problem. N Engl J Med 2019;380:881-885.

Feb 27, 201933 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Benjamin S. Freedman on organoids as preclinical models of human diseases.

Dr. Benjamin S. Freedman, the interviewee, is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Li and J.C. Izpisua Belmonte. Organoids — Preclinical Models of Human Disease. N Engl J Med 2019;380:569-579.

Feb 06, 20197 min

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 interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.L. Ranney, M.E. Betz, and C. Dark. #ThisIsOurLane — Firearm Safety as Health Care’s Highway. N Engl J Med 2019;380:405-407.

Jan 30, 20199 min

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 Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.K. Seymour and Others. Structural Differential — A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2385-2388.

Dec 19, 201813 min

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 Managing Editor of the Journal. E. Rittenberg. Trauma-Informed Care - Reflections of a Primary Care Doctor in the Week of the Kavanaugh Hearing. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2094-5. D.R. Novick. Sit Back and Listen - The Relevance of Patients’ Stories to Trauma-Informed Care. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2093-4.

Nov 28, 201812 min
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