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
Oct 9, 2019 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Stacie Dusetzina on three proposals for redesigning the Medicare Part D prescription-drug benefit.
Dr. Stacie Dusetzina is an associate professor of health policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.B. Dusetzina, N.L. Keating, and H.A. Huskamp. Proposals to Redesign Medicare Part D — Easing the Burden of Rising Drug Prices. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1401-1404.
Oct 2, 2019 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Prof. Tara Sklar on recent state laws creating prescription-drug affordability boards.
Dr. Tara Sklar is a professor of health law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T. Sklar and C. Robertson. Affordability Boards — The States’ New Fix for Drug Pricing. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1301-1303.
Sep 25, 2019 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Benard Dreyer on government policies and actions that build on a legacy of antiimmigrant sentiment in the United States.
Dr. Benard Dreyer is a professor of pediatrics at the New York University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B.P. Dreyer. Sustained Animus toward Latino Immigrants — Deadly Consequences for Children and Families. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1196-1198.
Sep 18, 2019 • 12min
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 11, 2019 • 8min
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 4, 2019 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Baden on deaths of women due to complications from illegal abortion attempts.
Dr. Michael Baden is a forensic pathologist. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Rosenbaum. Perilous Politics — Morbidity and Mortality in the Pre-Roe Era. N Engl J Med 2019;381:893-895.
Sep 4, 2019 • 14min
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.
Aug 28, 2019 • 10min
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 2019;381:796-798.
Aug 21, 2019 • 13min
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 and A. Bernstein. Combating EPA Rollbacks — Health Care’s Response to a Retreat on Climate. N Engl J Med 2019;381:696-698. R.N. Salas, D. Malina, and C.G. Solomon. Prioritizing Health in a Changing Climate. N Engl J Med 2019;381:773-774.
Aug 14, 2019 • 16min
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.
