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
Jan 2, 2019 • 9min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Matlow on proposed changes to U.S. regulations on standards of care for noncitizen children.
Dr. Ryan Matlow is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Matlow and D. Reicherter. Reducing Protections for Noncitizen Children — Exacerbating Harm and Trauma. N Engl J Med 2019;380:5-7.
Dec 26, 2018 • 8min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Alison Loren on the risk of opioid use disorder in survivors of cancer and judicious prescribing of pain medications.
Dr. Alison Loren is an associate professor of medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.W. Loren. Harder to Treat Than Leukemia — Opioid Use Disorder in Survivors of Cancer. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2485-2487.
Dec 19, 2018 • 13min
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 12, 2018 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Morens on lessons from the 1918 influenza pandemic and the threat of a similar global health disaster.
Dr. David Morens is senior advisor to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.M. Morens and J.K. Taubenberger. Influenza Cataclysm, 1918. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2285-2287.
Dec 5, 2018 • 12min
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Jones on the possibilities for finding solutions to health policy problems at the state level.
Dr. David Jones is an assistant professor of health policy and management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.K. Jones, C. Pagel, and C.F. Koller. The Future of Health Care Reform — A View from the States on Where We Go from Here. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2189-91.
Nov 28, 2018 • 12min
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 21, 2018 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Inger Damon on the response to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr. Inger Damon is director of the Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. I.K. Damon and Others. New Tools in the Ebola Arsenal. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1981-3.
Nov 14, 2018 • 13min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Joel Braslow on how medicalization and demedicalization have affected patients, including those with chronic mental illness.
Dr. Joel Braslow is a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and of history at the University of California, Los Angeles. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J.T. Braslow and L. Messac. Case Studies in Social Medicine: Medicalization and Demedicalization - A Gravely Disabled Homeless Man with Psychiatric Illness. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1885-8.
Nov 7, 2018 • 10min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Melinda Ashton on easing the burden of administrative tasks in medicine and helping clinicians find more meaning in their work.
Dr. Melinda Ashton is the Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at Hawaii Pacific Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Ashton. Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1789-91.
Oct 31, 2018 • 11min
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Corcoran on the potential clinical applications of cell-free DNA analysis in patients with cancer.
Dr. Ryan Corcoran is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and leader of the Corcoran lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.B. Corcoran and B.A. Chabner. Application of Cell-free DNA Analysis to Cancer Treatment. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1754-65.
