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.
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on making decisions about Covid-19 testing and treatment for your patients.
19 mins; March 11, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Mariana Socal on draft guidance from the FDA aimed at promoting competition in the insulin market.
13 mins; March 11, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on what clinicians need to know in diagnosing and treating Covid-19.
17 mins; March 04, 2020
NEJM Interview: Roosa Tikkanen on patterns of social spending in the United States and other high-income countries.
8 mins; March 04, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on preparing for the spread of Covid-19.
15 mins; February 26, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Mark Travassos on preventing the spread of influenza among detained migrants and asylum seekers.
9 mins; February 26, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Christiani on the epidemic of vaping by young people and related severe lung injuries.
15 mins; February 19, 2020
NEJM Interview February 7, 2020: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on what physicians need to know about the current 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak.
10 mins; February 14, 2020
NEJM Interview February 14, 2020: Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19: redefining the disease.
16 mins; February 14, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Bianca Frogner on scope-of-practice regulations and how they can be redesigned to better serve the needs of patients.
10 mins; February 12, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Joshua Mezrich on the dead-donor rule and how it affects donation of organs in the United States and Canada.
12 mins; February 05, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ruma Rajbhandari on the need for increased investment in district hospitals in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
7 mins; January 29, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Karthik Sivashanker on leveraging models from patient-safety efforts to increase equity.
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Cutler on the debate over Medicare for All and other proposals for reforming the U.S. health care system.
11 mins; January 08, 2020
NEJM Interview: Drs. James Shultz and Krista Nottage on climate-change–driven storms and their disproportionate effects on marginalized populations.
25 mins; January 01, 2020
NEJM Interview: Dr. Dhruv Kazi on a new California law aimed at increasing use of preexposure prophylaxis by people at heightened risk for acquiring HIV infection
11 mins; December 25, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michele Friedner on how the concept of normality affects health care decisions.
13 mins; December 18, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Adewole Adamson on the role of machine learning in cancer diagnosis.
7 mins; December 11, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Goudarz Molaei on range expansion of the lone star tick and other tick species and implications for human health.
9 mins; December 04, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on legislation aimed at reducing spending on prescription drugs.
8 mins; November 27, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter J. Campbell on genome sequencing in cancer.
12 mins; November 27, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ippolytos Kalofonos on the gatekeeper role played by U.S. physicians in facilitating vulnerable patients’ access to disability benefits.
9 mins; November 20, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Kevin De Cock on the research and public health benefits of autopsies and other forms of postmortem investigation.
10 mins; November 13, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Fralick on contributors — and proposed solutions — to high insulin prices in the United States.
7 mins; November 06, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Caleb Gardner on the limitations of an increasing focus on biologic knowledge in psychiatry.
11 mins; October 30, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Lakshmi Ganapathi on threats to medical deferred action.
11 mins; October 23, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Yogesh Jain on the production of medical evidence that can benefit people in lower-resource settings.
7 mins; October 16, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Stacie Dusetzina on three proposals for redesigning the Medicare Part D prescription-drug benefit.
9 mins; October 09, 2019
NEJM Interview: Prof. Tara Sklar on recent state laws creating prescription-drug affordability boards.
10 mins; October 02, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Benard Dreyer on government policies and actions that build on a legacy of antiimmigrant sentiment in the United States.
10 mins; September 25, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Aronowitz on how the largely social processes by which we identify diseases can transform diseases themselves.
11 mins; September 18, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Debra Weinstein on policies related to parenting during medical training that could be implemented at the national, institutional, and program levels.
8 mins; September 11, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Baden on deaths of women due to complications from illegal abortion attempts.
11 mins; September 04, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ida Sim on mobile devices and health.
14 mins; September 04, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Catherine Lucey on the identification and treatment of opioid use disorder in medical students.
9 mins; August 28, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Renee Salas on the effects of climate change on human health and health systems.
13 mins; August 21, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Kelly Knight on reproductive injustice and actions clinicians can take to prevent disparities in reproductive health outcomes
15 mins; August 14, 2019
NEJM Interview: Elizabeth Nash on state-level abortion restrictions, including recent efforts that directly challenge Roe v. Wade.
9 mins; August 07, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Deborah Anderson on the potential for new contraceptive methods to ease problems associated with population growth.
6 mins; July 31, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Katherine A. High on gene therapy for genetic disease.
15 mins; July 31, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Pieter Cohen on the legal status of cannabidiol and an opportunity to strengthen the FDA’s approach to safety requirements for new dietary ingredients.
7 mins; July 24, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Anita Berlin on the relationship between the state and medical care and maintaining the integrity of the medical code of ethics.
14 mins; July 17, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Julie Cantor on steps taken by local governments to control the spread of measles.
22 mins; July 10, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Roy Perlis on esketamine as an option for treatment-resistant depression.
8 mins; July 03, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Evan E. Eichler on genetic variation, comparative genomics, and the diagnosis of disease.
7 mins; July 03, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act and the ongoing health policy stalemate in Washington.
NEJM Interview: Dr. Deborah Dowell on concerns about misimplementation and misapplication of the CDC’s opioid-prescribing guideline.
8 mins; June 12, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on troubling increases in measles cases in the United States and globally.
12 mins; June 05, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael F. Clarke on clinical and therapeutic implications of cancer stem cells.
9 mins; June 05, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Sanjeev Krishna on delays in parasite clearance observed in patients with malaria treated with artesunate.
8 mins; May 29, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr on an ambitious new HIV goal for the United States and lessons to be learned from the global HIV response.
10 mins; May 22, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Daphna Stroumsa on the limitations of classification systems in health care and their potential effects on patients.
10 mins; May 15, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeremy Farrar on the emergence and spread of new infectious diseases and ensuring swift, coordinated action in the face of threats.
9 mins; May 08, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Scott Podolsky on the revolution in pharmaceutical marketing that set the stage for physician “education” about treating pain with opioids.
8 mins; May 08, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Matthew Fiedler on policies for extending coverage to the remaining uninsured populations in the United States.
8 mins; May 01, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Helen Blau on stem cells in the treatment of disease.
9 mins; May 01, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. J. Brian Byrd on the recall of products containing angiotensin-receptor blockers and the implications for patient care.
12 mins; April 24, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Ansell on racial disparities in health that result from unequal distribution of power and resources.
9 mins; April 17, 2019
NEJM Interview: Terry Langbaum and Dr. Tom Smith on issues faced by long-term survivors with metastatic cancer.
19 mins; April 03, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Isaac Kohane on machine learning in medicine.
16 mins; April 03, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ingrid Binswanger on gaps in treatment for opioid use disorder for people who are incarcerated.
10 mins; March 27, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Laszlo Madaras on caring for people who diverge from the typical patient imagined by health care institutions.
11 mins; March 20, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Cynthia Chuang on federal efforts to weaken the ACA’s contraceptive-coverage mandate.
6 mins; March 13, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. George Daley on the prospects for using genome editing to prevent genetic diseases.
10 mins; March 06, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Matthew H. Porteus on therapeutic editing of the human genome.
12 mins; March 06, 2019
Audio roundtable discussion on learning to foster better teams.
32 mins; February 27, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Kenneth Poole on the challenges involved in interpreting patient-experience ratings, including bias against black physicians.
11 mins; February 27, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Scott Stonington on structures within medicine that may systematically harm patients.
9 mins; February 20, 2019
NEJM Interview: Prof. Mark Hall on strategies for addressing inadequate provider networks and surprise medical bills.
9 mins; February 13, 2019
NEJM Interview: Drs. Jeffrey Drazen and Lisa Rosenbaum on finding meaning and connecting with patients in modern medical practice.
11 mins; February 06, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Benjamin S. Freedman on organoids as preclinical models of human diseases.
7 mins; February 06, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Megan Ranney on the #ThisIsOurLane movement and health care professionals’ role in advocating for solutions to the gun violence epidemic.
9 mins; January 30, 2019
Dr. Ameya Kulkarni on drivers of physician loneliness and opportunities for meaningful interaction.
8 mins; January 23, 2019
NEJM Interview: George Karandinos on high rates of incarceration among racial and ethnic minorities as a driver of health disparities in the United States.
14 mins; January 16, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Amir Mohareb on the humanitarian crisis and violations of medical neutrality in Yemen.
10 mins; January 09, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Matlow on proposed changes to U.S. regulations on standards of care for noncitizen children.
8 mins; January 02, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Arthur A. Levin on the use of oligonucleotide drugs that regulate RNA.
10 mins; January 02, 2019
NEJM Interview: Dr. Alison Loren on the risk of opioid use disorder in survivors of cancer and judicious prescribing of pain medications.
7 mins; December 26, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Cheryl Seymour on critical thinking about the social structures that affect patients’ health.
13 mins; December 19, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Morens on lessons from the 1918 influenza pandemic and the threat of a similar global health disaster.
10 mins; December 12, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Jones on the possibilities for finding solutions to health policy problems at the state level.
11 mins; December 05, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eve Rittenberg on providing patient-centered and compassionate care for people who have experienced trauma.
11 mins; November 28, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Inger Damon on the response to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
11 mins; November 21, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Joel Braslow on how medicalization and demedicalization have affected patients, including those with chronic mental illness.
12 mins; November 14, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Melinda Ashton on easing the burden of administrative tasks in medicine and helping clinicians find more meaning in their work.
10 mins; November 07, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Susan Mann on steps that hospitals can take to keep women safe during and after childbirth.
8 mins; October 31, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Corcoran on the potential clinical applications of cell-free DNA analysis in patients with cancer.
10 mins; October 31, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Esther Choo on steps that medical institutions can take to support and empower women.
8 mins; October 24, 2018
NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Parmet on the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of a California law about information provided by crisis pregnancy centers.
6 mins; October 17, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Bach on payment approaches Medicare could consider for costly new CAR-T treatments.
7 mins; October 10, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Goldstein on disparities in access to preexposure prophylaxis among populations at high risk for HIV infection.
8 mins; October 03, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Adams on the use of clinical next-generation sequencing to obtain a genetic diagnosis.
6 mins; October 03, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Garen Wintemute on state and federal policies that could prevent firearm-related deaths.
8 mins; September 26, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on the FDA Amendments Act of 2007 and the effort to make data on drug safety more transparent and available.
10 mins; September 19, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Cheryl Healton on the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and opportunities for action against other industries that harm health.
10 mins; September 12, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Breanne Grace on immigrant and refugee health and the effects of systematic personal, social, and institutional instability.
9 mins; September 05, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Tushar Patel on the role of extracellular vesicles in physiologic function and as potential biomarkers for disease.
8 mins; September 05, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Mark Pallansch on the challenges involved in eradicating polio.
