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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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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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English


Episodes

NEJM Interview: Dhruv Khullar on the trend of hospital acquisition of physician practices in the United States.

3/13/2024
Dhruv Khullar is an assistant professor of medicine and of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Khullar, L.P. Casalino, and A.M. Bond. Vertical Integration and the Transformation of American Medicine. N Engl J Med 2024;390:965-967.

Duration:00:08:57

NEJM Interview: José Rodríguez on an intervention aimed at recruiting a diverse class into a family medicine residency program.

2/28/2024
José Rodríguez is a tenured professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and the associate vice president for health equity, diversity, and inclusion at University of Utah Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.E. Rodríguez and K. Stoesser. Transforming Diversity of a Family Medicine Residency Program. N Engl J Med 2024;390:773-775.

Duration:00:17:42

NEJM Interview: Ilya Golovaty on platforms offering direct-to-consumer prescribing of medications for weight management.

2/21/2024
Ilya Golovaty is an acting assistant professor of medicine at the University of Washington. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. I. Golovaty and S. Hagan. Direct-to-Consumer Platforms for New Antiobesity Medications — Concerns and Potential Opportunities. N Engl J Med 2024;390:677-680.

Duration:00:15:30

NEJM Interview: Dave Chokshi on ethical issues faced by safety-net health systems in the United States.

2/14/2024
Dave Chokshi is a professor at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York and a physician at Bellevue Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.A. Chokshi and F.P. Cerise. Ethical Issues in Providing Care in Safety-Net Health Systems. N Engl J Med 2024;390:581-584.

Duration:00:11:33

NEJM Interview: David Higgins on public confidence in the value of childhood vaccines and the importance of combating misinformation about vaccination.

2/7/2024
David Higgins is a research fellow and investigator at the Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science and a general academic pediatrician in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.M. Higgins and S.T. O’Leary. The Risks of Normalizing Parental Vaccine Hesitancy. N Engl J Med 2024;390:485-487.

Duration:00:06:28

NEJM Interview: Andrew Lea on how experience with a 1970s computerized diagnostic program can inform efforts to implement machine-learning prediction models in medicine.

1/24/2024
Andrew Lea is a resident physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Lea and D.S. Jones. Mind the Gap — Machine Learning, Dataset Shift, and History in the Age of Clinical Algorithms. N Engl J Med 2024;390:293-295.

Duration:00:08:54

Not Otherwise Specified

1/24/2024
The Quiet Revolution in Medical Training. In Season 2 of the NEJM podcast “Not Otherwise Specified” (NOS), host Lisa Rosenbaum delves into multiple facets of a burgeoning revolution in medical training. In discussions with a diverse group of trainees, educators, and experts on evolving cultural norms, Lisa explores the effects of the Covid pandemic, societal changes in attitudes toward work, trainee unionization, clashes of generational philosophies, the well-being movement, and other key strands of the rapidly changing fabric of medical culture.

Duration:00:04:18

NEJM Interview: Thomas Gallagher on historical and current ethical approaches to responding to harmful medical errors.

1/17/2024
Thomas Gallagher is a professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T.H. Gallagher and A. Kachalia. Responding to Medical Errors — Implementing the Modern Ethical Paradigm. N Engl J Med 2024;390:193-197.

Duration:00:17:25

NEJM Interview: Joseph Friedman on increases in drug-related mortality among adolescents and approaches to overdose prevention.

1/10/2024
Joseph Friedman is a medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA who has a Ph.D. in social medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Friedman and S.E. Hadland. The Overdose Crisis among U.S. Adolescents. N Engl J Med 2024;390:97-100.

Duration:00:10:23

NEJM Interview: Crystal Cené on the potential benefits, particularly for Black birthing people, of partnerships between perinatal care providers and community-based doulas.

12/27/2023
Crystal Cené is chief administrative officer for health justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and associate chief medical officer for health equity at UC San Diego Health, a professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Pressley Byrd and Others. Community-Based Doulas — Can Clinicians Share Power to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes? N Engl J Med 2023;389:2405-2407.

Duration:00:14:57

NEJM Interview: Bernard Lo on the evolution of the ethical and legal framework for making medical decisions for patients who lack decision-making capacity.

12/20/2023
Bernard Lo is a professor of medicine emeritus and director of the Program in Medical Ethics emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B. Lo. Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity — Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics. N Engl J Med 2023;389:2309-2312.

Duration:00:10:25

NEJM Interview: Laura Stark on the history of rules governing human-subjects research and potential lessons for the regulation of artificial intelligence.

12/13/2023
Laura Stark is an associate professor at the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Stark. Medicine’s Lessons for AI Regulation. N Engl J Med 2023;389:2213-2215.

Duration:00:10:01

Is Xenotransplantation Ready for Prime Time? — ITT Episode 22

12/6/2023
This podcast episode examines the need for and promise of xenotransplantation, considering first the plight of patients and then the progress being made by researchers. . Is Xenotransplantation Ready for Prime Time? N Engl J Med 2023;389:e49.

Duration:00:23:41

NEJM Interview: Robert Yeh on delays between FDA authorization and Medicare coverage of new medical devices and proposed reforms to current systems.

11/29/2023
Robert Yeh is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K.T. Kadakia, D.B. Kramer, and R.W. Yeh. Coverage for Emerging Technologies — Bridging Regulatory Approval and Patient Access. N Engl J Med 2023;389:2021-2024.

Duration:00:09:51

NEJM Interview: Hao Yu on a new Tennessee law that expands practice opportunities for some international medical graduates.

11/22/2023
Hao Yu is an associate professor in the Department of Population Medicine at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T. Ramesh, M. Horvitz-Lennon, and H. Yu. Opening the Door Wider to International Medical Graduates — The Significance of a New Tennessee Law. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1925-1928.

Duration:00:08:51

NEJM Interview: Nelson Wandera on an outbreak of Rift Valley fever virus in Uganda and an approach aimed at advancing surveillance, treatment, and research.

11/15/2023
Nelson Wandera is a physician in the infectious disease unit at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. N. Wandera and Others. Rift Valley Fever — The Need for an Integrated Response. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1829-1832.

Duration:00:13:56

NEJM Interview: Mason Marks on draft guidance on psychedelics research.

11/8/2023
Mason Marks is a professor at the Florida State University College of Law and the senior fellow and project lead of the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation at the Petrie–Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Marks and I.G. Cohen. How Should the FDA Evaluate Psychedelic Medicine? N Engl J Med 2023;389:1733-1735.

Duration:00:17:17

NEJM Interview: David Grabowski on a proposed federal rule mandating a specific minimum-staffing standard for U.S. nursing homes.

11/1/2023
David Grabowski is a professor in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.C. Grabowski and J.R. Bowblis. Minimum-Staffing Rules for U.S. Nursing Homes — Opportunities and Challenges. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1637-1640.

Duration:00:09:21

NEJM Interview: Kekoa Taparra on the Lāhainā fires and persistent threats to community recovery.

10/25/2023
Kekoa Taparra is a postdoctoral medical fellow and resident in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Taparra, M.-.-.-. Purdy, and K.L. Raphael. From Ashes to Action — Indigenous Health Perspectives on the Lāhainā Fires. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1543-1545.

Duration:00:09:44

NEJM Interview: Peter Hotez on concerns that yellow fever could return to the southern United States.

10/18/2023
Peter Hotez is a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Hotez and A.D. LaBeaud. Yellow Jack’s Potential Return to the American South. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1445-1447.

Duration:00:08:37