NEJM Interviews

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Joelle Abi-Rached is a fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Abi-Rached and A.M. Brandt. Do Pandemics Ever End? N Engl J Med 2023;389:1349-1351.

Rosemary Sokas is a professor of human science at the Georgetown School of Health and a professor of family medicine at the Georgetown School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.K. Sokas and E. Senay. Preventing Heat-Related Illness among Outdoor Workers — Opportunities for Clinicians and Policymakers. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1253-1256.

Atheendar Venkataramani is an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine and director of the Opportunity for Health Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Venkataramani. Affirmative Action, Population Health, and the Importance of Opportunity and Hope. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1157-1159.

Steven Woloshin is a professor of medicine and the director of the Center for Medicine and the Media at the Dartmouth Institute and a member of the Dartmouth Cancer Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Woloshin and Others. The New USPSTF Mammography Recommendations — A Dissenting View. N Engl J Med 2023;389:1061-1064.

Erin Fuse Brown is a professor of law and director of the Center for Law, Health and Society at Georgia State University and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Zhu, H. Rooke-Ley, and E. Fuse Brown. A Doctrine in Name Only — Strengthening Prohibitions against the Corporate Practice of Medicine. N Engl J Med 2023;389:965-968.

Salim Abdool Karim is a professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Columbia University, director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, and a member of the Journal’s editorial board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.I. Ko and Others. Threatening the Future of Global Health — NIH Policy Changes on International Research Collaborations. N Engl J Med 2023;389:869-871.

Ashish Jha is the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and the former White House Covid-19 response coordinator. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. X. Becerra and A. Jha. Project NextGen — Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic. N Engl J Med 2023;389:773-775.

Valerie Montgomery Rice is the President and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.W. Yancy and Others. The Supreme Court and the Importance of Diversity in Medicine. N Engl J Med 2023;389:677-679.

Catherine Godfrey is the senior technical advisor for adult treatment at the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C. Godfrey and J. Nkengasong. Prioritizing Mental Health in the HIV/AIDS Response in Africa. N Engl J Med 2023;389:581-583.

Douglas Krakower is an infectious diseases physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Krakower and J.L. Marcus. Free the PrEP — Over-the-Counter Access to HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis. N Engl J Med 2023;389:481-483.

Adam Rodman is a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Cooper and A. Rodman. AI and Medical Education — A 21st-Century Pandora’s Box. N Engl J Med 2023;389:385-387.

David Blumenthal is a professor of the practice of public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Blumenthal and N. Lurie. A Critical Opportunity to Improve Public Health Data. N Engl J Med 2023;389:289-291.