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
Apr 24, 2019 • 12min
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 17, 2019 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Ansell on racial disparities in health that result from unequal distribution of power and resources.
Dr. David Ansell is the senior vice president for community health equity at Rush University Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Pallok, F. De Maio, and D.A. Ansell. Structural Racism — A 60-Year-Old Black Woman with Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1489-1493.
Apr 3, 2019 • 17min
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 3, 2019 • 20min
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.
Mar 27, 2019 • 10min
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 20, 2019 • 11min
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 13, 2019 • 7min
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 6, 2019 • 13min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Matthew H. Porteus on therapeutic editing of the human genome.
Dr. Matthew H. Porteus, the interviewee, is professor of pediatrics–stem cell transplantation at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.H. Porteus. A New Class of Medicines through DNA Editing. N Engl J Med 2019;380:947-959.
Mar 6, 2019 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. George Daley on the prospects for using genome editing to prevent genetic diseases.
Dr. George Daley is dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. G.Q. Daley, R. Lovell-Badge, and J. Steffann. After the Storm — A Responsible Path for Genome Editing. N Engl J Med 2019;380:897-899.
Feb 27, 2019 • 33min
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.
