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.
Latest episodes
Feb 14, 2020 • 10min
NEJM Interview February 7, 2020: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on what physicians need to know about the current 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak.
Eric Rubin is Editor-in-Chief and Lindsey Baden Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Medical Journals and the 2019-nCoV Outbreak. N Engl J Med 2020 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2001329.
Feb 12, 2020 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Bianca Frogner on scope-of-practice regulations and how they can be redesigned to better serve the needs of patients.
Dr. Bianca Frogner is an associate professor of family medicine and director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B.K. Frogner and Others. Modernizing Scope-of-Practice Regulations — Time to Prioritize Patients. N Engl J Med 2020;382:591-593.
Feb 5, 2020 • 13min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Joshua Mezrich on the dead-donor rule and how it affects donation of organs in the United States and Canada.
Dr. Joshua Mezrich is a transplant surgeon and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Rosenbaum. Altruism in Extremis — The Evolving Ethics of Organ Donation. N Engl J Med 2020;382:493-496.
Jan 29, 2020 • 8min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ruma Rajbhandari on the need for increased investment in district hospitals in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
Dr. Ruma Rajbhandari is an instructor at Harvard Medical School and associate physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Rajbhandari and Others. The Neglected Hospital — The District Hospital’s Central Role in Global Health Care Delivery. N Engl J Med 2020;382:397-400.
Jan 22, 2020 • 13min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Karthik Sivashanker on leveraging models from patient-safety efforts to increase equity.
Dr. Karthik Sivashanker is the medical director of quality, safety, and equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Sivashanker and T.K. Gandhi. Advancing Safety and Equity Together. N Engl J Med 2020;382:301-303.
Jan 15, 2020 • 15min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Dominique Béhague on therapeutic strategies that rely on bidirectional critical analysis and learning.
Dr. Dominique Béhague is an associate professor of medicine, health, and society at Vanderbilt University and a reader in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.P. Béhague and Others. Dialogic Praxis — A 16-Year-Old Boy with Anxiety in Southern Brazil. N Engl J Med 2020;382:201-204.
Jan 8, 2020 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Cutler on the debate over Medicare for All and other proposals for reforming the U.S. health care system.
Dr. David Cutler is a professor of applied economics at Harvard University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Rosenbaum. Costs, Benefits, and Sacred Values — Why Health Care Reform Is So Fraught. N Engl J Med 2020;382:101-104.
Jan 1, 2020 • 25min
NEJM Interview: Drs. James Shultz and Krista Nottage on climate-change–driven storms and their disproportionate effects on marginalized populations.
James Shultz is director of the Center for Disaster and Extreme Event Preparedness at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Krista Nottage is a Bahamian surgeon and New England Journal of Medicine editorial fellow. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Shultz and Others. Double Environmental Injustice — Climate Change, Hurricane Dorian, and the Bahamas. N Engl J Med 2020;382:1-3.
Dec 25, 2019 • 12min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Dhruv Kazi on a new California law aimed at increasing use of preexposure prophylaxis by people at heightened risk for acquiring HIV infection
Dr. Dhruv Kazi is associate director of the Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology and director of the Cardiac Critical Care Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.S. Kazi, I.T. Katz, and A.K. Jha. PrEParing to End the HIV Epidemic — California’s Route as a Road Map for the United States. N Engl J Med 2019;381:2489-2491.
Dec 18, 2019 • 14min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michele Friedner on how the concept of normality affects health care decisions.
Dr. Michele Friedner is an assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Friedner and Others. Embracing Multiple Normals — A 12-Year-Old Boy in India with a Cochlear Implant. N Engl J Med 2019;381:2381-2384.
