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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. Michael Fralick on contributors — and proposed solutions — to high insulin prices in the United States.

Dr. Michael Fralick is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a general internist at Mount Sinai Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Fralick and A.S. Kesselheim. The U.S. Insulin Crisis — Rationing a Lifesaving Medication Discovered in the 1920s. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1793-1795.

Nov 06, 20198 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Lakshmi Ganapathi on threats to medical deferred action.

Dr. Lakshmi Ganapathi is an attending physician in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Nephrology at Boston Children’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Ganapathi and Others. Medical Deferred Action — Living on Borrowed Time. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1601-1603.

Oct 23, 201912 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Aronowitz on how the largely social processes by which we identify diseases can transform diseases themselves.

Dr. Robert Aronowitz is chair of the department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Aronowitz and J.A. Greene. Contingent Knowledge and Looping Effects — A 66-Year-Old Man with PSA-Detected Prostate Cancer and Regrets. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1093-1096.

Sep 18, 201912 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Debra Weinstein on policies related to parenting during medical training that could be implemented at the national, institutional, and program levels.

Dr. Debra Weinstein is vice president for graduate medical education at Partners HealthCare and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.F. Weinstein, C. Mangurian, and R. Jagsi. Parenting during Graduate Medical Training — Practical Policy Solutions to Promote Change. N Engl J Med 2019;381:995-997.

Sep 11, 20198 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ida Sim on mobile devices and health.

Dr. Ida Sim is Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Director of Digital Health for the Division of General Internal Medicine, and codirector, Informatics and Research Innovation at UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. I. Sim. Mobile Devices and Health. N Engl J Med 2019;381:956-968.

Sep 04, 201914 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Catherine Lucey on the identification and treatment of opioid use disorder in medical students.

Dr. Catherine Lucey is vice dean for education at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.R. Lucey, L. Jones, and A. Eastburn. A Lethal Hidden Curriculum — Death of a Medical Student from Opioid Use Disorder. N Engl J Med 2019;381:793-795. L. Beletsky, S.E. Wakeman, and K. Fiscella. Practicing What We Preach — Ending Physician Health Program Bans on Opioid-Agonist Therapy. N Engl J Med ...

Aug 28, 201910 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Renee Salas on the effects of climate change on human health and health systems.

Dr. Renee Salas is an affiliated faculty member at the Harvard Global Health Institute and an emergency medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.N. Salas and C.G. Solomon. The Climate Crisis — Health and Care Delivery. N Engl J Med 2019;381:e13. C. Sorensen and R. Garcia-Trabanino. A New Era of Climate Medicine — Addressing Heat-Triggered Renal Disease. N Engl J Med 2019;381:693-696. G. McCarthy a...

Aug 21, 201913 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Kelly Knight on reproductive injustice and actions clinicians can take to prevent disparities in reproductive health outcomes

Dr. Kelly Knight is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K.R. Knight and Others. Reproductive (In)justice — Two Patients with Avoidable Poor Reproductive Outcomes. N Engl J Med 2019;381:593-596.

Aug 14, 201916 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Katherine A. High on gene therapy for genetic disease.

Dr. Katherine High is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania and president and head of research and development at Spark Therapeutics. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K.A. High and M.G. Roncarolo. Gene Therapy. N Engl J Med 2019;381:455-464.

Jul 31, 201915 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Deborah Anderson on the potential for new contraceptive methods to ease problems associated with population growth.

Dr. Deborah Anderson is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, microbiology, and medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.J. Anderson. Population and the Environment — Time for Another Contraception Revolution. N Engl J Med 2019;381:397-399.

Jul 31, 20196 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Anita Berlin on the relationship between the state and medical care and maintaining the integrity of the medical code of ethics.

Anita Berlin is a professor of primary care education at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Berlin and Others. The Right and Left Hands of the State — Two Patients at Risk of Deportation. N Engl J Med 2019;381:197-201.

Jul 17, 201914 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Julie Cantor on steps taken by local governments to control the spread of measles.

Dr. Julie Cantor is an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.D. Cantor. Mandatory Measles Vaccination in New York City — Reflections on a Bold Experiment. N Engl J Med 2019;381:101-103. R.D. Silverman, D.J. Opel, and S.B. Omer. Vaccination over Parental Objection — Should Adolescents Be Allowed to Consent to Receiving Vaccines? N Engl J Med 2019;381:104-106.

Jul 10, 201922 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Roy Perlis on esketamine as an option for treatment-resistant depression.

Dr. Roy Perlis is the director of the Center for Quantitative Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Kim and Others. Esketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression — First FDA-Approved Antidepressant in a New Class. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1-4.

Jul 03, 20198 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act and the ongoing health policy stalemate in Washington.

Dr. Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of social medicine and health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Oberlander. Sitting in Limbo — Obamacare under Divided Government. N Engl J Med 2019;380:2485-2487.

Jun 26, 20198 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Héctor Carrasco on strategies for uncovering and addressing the fundamental causes of complex health problems.

Dr. Héctor Carrasco is a physician and a doctor of public health candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. H. Carrasco, L. Messac, and S.M. Holmes. Misrecognition and Critical Consciousness — An 18-Month-Old Boy with Pneumonia and Chronic Malnutrition. N Engl J Med 2019;380:2385-2389.

Jun 19, 201910 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Deborah Dowell on concerns about misimplementation and misapplication of the CDC’s opioid-prescribing guideline.

Dr. Deborah Dowell is the chief medical officer of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Dowell, T. Haegerich, and R. Chou. No Shortcuts to Safer Opioid Prescribing. N Engl J Med 2019;380:2285-2287.

Jun 12, 20199 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on troubling increases in measles cases in the United States and globally.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.I. Paules, H.D. Marston, and A.S. Fauci. Measles in 2019 — Going Backward. N Engl J Med 2019;380:2185-2187. R.D. Silverman, D.J. Opel, and S.B. Omer. Vaccination over Parental Objection — Should Adolescents Be Allowed to Consent to Receiving Vaccines? N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1905814. J.D. Cantor. Mandatory Measl...

Jun 05, 201912 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr on an ambitious new HIV goal for the United States and lessons to be learned from the global HIV response.

Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr is the director of ICAP at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. W.M. El-Sadr and Others. AIDS in America — Back in the Headlines at Long Last. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1985-1987. S. Kishore, M. Hayden, and J. Rich. Lessons from Scott County — Progress or Paralysis on Harm Reduction? N Engl J Med 2019;380:1988-1990.

May 22, 201911 min

NEJM Interview: Dr. Daphna Stroumsa on the limitations of classification systems in health care and their potential effects on patients.

Dr. Daphna Stroumsa is a fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program and a clinical lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Stroumsa and Others. The Power and Limits of Classification — A 32-Year-Old Man with Abdominal Pain. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1885-1888.

May 15, 201911 min
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