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. Jonathan Oberlander on the results of Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
9 mins; August 22, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eduardo Bruera on the treatment of pain during a severe shortage of parenteral opioids.
9 mins; August 15, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Rebecca Haffajee on the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws.
9 mins; August 08, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. John Maa on his proposal for a Surgeon General’s report on firearm injuries and violence that could change the U.S. debate about guns.
8 mins; August 01, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Diana Bianchi on the use of cell-free DNA testing to screen for fetal chromosome abnormalities.
12 mins; August 01, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum on how emotion and risk perception affect decision making in public health and medicine.
8 mins; July 25, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Charlotte Haug on a new European privacy law that gives consumers, including patients, more explicit control of their own data.
6 mins; July 18, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Bernard Lo on a herpes vaccine trial that reportedly flouted established protections for research participants.
6 mins; July 11, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Brendan Saloner on increasing access to medication for treatment of opioid use disorder.
6 mins; July 04, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Carl June on chimeric antigen receptor therapy.
9 mins; July 04, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Amy Kind on a new tool for incorporating data on neighborhood disadvantage into research, policy, and health interventions.
15 mins; June 27, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Shulkin on strategies for enhancing the quality of care at VA medical centers.
7 mins; June 20, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Loren Rabinowitz on the hurdles and frustrations that female medical trainees face in a sexist culture.
8 mins; June 13, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Amber Willink on a new law that increases the flexibility of benefit offerings in Medicare Advantage plans.
11 mins; June 06, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Bernard Lo on aid-in-dying laws and their implications for doctors.
8 mins; May 30, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Julie Donohue on changes to Medicare Part D’s benefit design under the Bipartisan Budget Act.
7 mins; May 23, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dan Liljenquist on generic-drug market failures and the creation of a nonprofit drug manufacturer.
11 mins; May 16, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Catherine MacLean on physician performance measures and their integration into care delivery.
13 mins; May 09, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Taylor Kelley on options for states seeking to expand health insurance coverage for undocumented immigrants.
8 mins; May 02, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Evan Wood on actions taken by Canada to reduce opioid-overdose deaths.
7 mins; April 25, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the use of monoclonal antibodies in the context of emerging infectious diseases.
9 mins; April 18, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Harris on HHS’s new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division and polarized rhetoric about abortion.
12 mins; April 11, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Gail Wilensky on physician payment under MACRA and efforts to improve health care outcomes and value.
11 mins; April 04, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jake Liang on the increasing spread of hepatitis C virus associated with injection-drug use.
8 mins; March 28, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Gayatri Devi on assessment and support for physicians with Alzheimer’s disease.
10 mins; March 21, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox on alternative payment models and disincentives for treating high-risk patients.
9 mins; March 14, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. John Balmes on the potential health effects of recent wildfires in California.
8 mins; March 07, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Douglas Opel on legal issues surrounding the enforcement of influenza-vaccination requirements for health care workers.
6 mins; February 28, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on lessons for health care from behavioral economics and other fields.
7 mins; February 21, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Leemore Dafny on the proposed merger of CVS and Aetna.
7 mins; February 14, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. George Bakris on new blood-pressure guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.
7 mins; February 07, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Claire Pouncey on the controversy surrounding psychiatrists’ comments on President Trump’s mental health.
14 mins; January 31, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Tait Shanafelt on causes of burnout and efforts to improve support for clinicians.
13 mins; January 24, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Margot Kushel on the hepatitis A outbreak in California and the health risks associated with chronic homelessness.
9 mins; January 17, 2018
NEJM Interview: Sean Duffy on approaches to providing high-quality nonvisit health care.
7 mins; January 10, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Katrina Armstrong on restoring the role of patient-based inquiry in academic medicine.
9 mins; January 03, 2018
NEJM Interview: Dr. Lainie Rutkow on legal action taken by states to address the opioid-overdose crisis.
6 mins; December 27, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Roy Ziegelstein on the increasing concentration of medical-school debt among fewer students.
8 mins; December 20, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Rebecca Haffajee on the growing number of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
7 mins; December 13, 2017
NEJM Interview: Prof. Sara Rosenbaum on the implications of an appeals court’s decision not to stop Arkansas from excluding Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program.
8 mins; December 06, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Linda Blumberg on proposals for stabilizing insurance markets and making nongroup insurance more affordable.
12 mins; November 29, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Debra Weinstein on the need for consistent metrics to assess GME programs and their graduates.
10 mins; November 22, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. George Church on recent advances in human germline repair and movement toward clinical applications.
7 mins; November 15, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Carmen Zorrilla on how one hospital in Puerto Rico responded to Hurricane Maria and what will come next for the island.
12 mins; November 08, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Rose Molina on trends and disparities in maternal outcomes in the United States.
9 mins; November 01, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Chris Beyrer on the increasing resistance to HIV drugs that is threatening global health and the goals of control efforts.
15 mins; October 25, 2017
NEJM Interview: Drs. Pamela Hartzband and Jerome Groopman on how the possibility of regret can affect patients’ decision making.
9 mins; October 18, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on why requiring informed consent for trials that pose minimal risk to participants can do more harm than good.
10 mins; October 11, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Neil Wagle on how measuring patient-reported outcomes can benefit both patients and doctors.
12 mins; October 04, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ziad Obermeyer on how collaboration between doctors and computers will help improve medical care.
11 mins; September 27, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Ronald Bayer on barriers to eradicating tuberculosis in the United States.
10 mins; September 20, 2017
NEJM Interview: Prof. Nicholas Bagley on why partial Medicaid expansions could be harmful for patients and the federal budget.
10 mins; September 13, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Schneider on the challenges that the U.S. health care system must confront in order to become one of the best in the world.
7 mins; September 06, 2017
NEJM Interview: Brigg Reilley on why the Indian Health Service has lagged when it comes to treating patients with hepatitis C.
6 mins; August 30, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Alison Rapoport on how physicians in all specialties can help address opioid use disorder in their patients.
8 mins; August 23, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Schwartzstein on alternatives to traditional lecture-based courses in medical school.
9 mins; August 16, 2017
NEJM Interview: Josephine Johnston on fetal genetic sequencing and the challenges involved in ensuring fully informed consent.
10 mins; August 09, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Christopher Goodman on important concerns about increased prescribing of gabapentin and pregabalin for pain.
9 mins; August 02, 2017
NEJM Interview: Prof. R. Alta Charo on recent Trump administration appointees and the implications of alternative science for women’s health.
10 mins; July 26, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze on how physicians can use scenario planning to facilitate informed decision making.
8 mins; July 19, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeremy Greene on a Maryland law that prohibits price gouging on older essential drugs.
13 mins; July 12, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Paul Drain on Trump’s proposed NIH budget cuts, including elimination of the Fogarty International Center.
8 mins; July 05, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. John McDonough on efforts by Senate Republicans to pass a health care reform bill.
12 mins; June 28, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Matthew Fiedler on the American Health Care Act and its likely effects on insurance coverage.
7 mins; June 21, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Lee on the financial incentives that keep providers from reducing patient waiting times.
9 mins; June 14, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeffrey Drazen on the Journal’s data-analysis challenge and summit and the ICMJE’s new data-sharing policy.
9 mins; June 07, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Susan Glod on provision of adequate pain relief during the opioid crisis.
8 mins; May 31, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Walid Gellad on strategies for managing the cost of drugs receiving accelerated FDA approval.
9 mins; May 24, 2017
NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Parmet on the decision to overturn parts of a Florida law regulating physician speech about firearms.
7 mins; May 17, 2017
NEJM Interview: Kellan Baker on insurance coverage for health care services related to gender transition.
11 mins; May 10, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on resident work hours and using evidence to inform medical education policy.
8 mins; May 03, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Hunter on how the health care system can address climate change and its effects.
6 mins; April 26, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on Republican lawmakers’ efforts to pass new health care legislation.
9 mins; April 19, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on an outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil.
9 mins; April 12, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Heather Kovich on the challenges facing patients and physicians in rural areas of the United States.
10 mins; April 05, 2017
NEJM Interview: Prof. Timothy Jost on Trump’s effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act and Republican proposals to replace it.
10 mins; March 29, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Stuart Slavin on depression and suicide among physicians and trainees and how to address stigma associated with mental illness.
6 mins; March 22, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Andrew Goodman-Bacon on a proposal for setting limits on federal Medicaid spending and how it may affect access to care.
9 mins; March 15, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Greene on a recent FDA warning about possible effects of general anesthesia on fetuses or young children.
6 mins; March 08, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Keith Wailoo on the medical and social context that has made progress in treating sickle cell disease slow and arduous.
11 mins; March 01, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Beau Kilmer on the effects of cannabis on health and how jurisdictions can minimize harms related to its legalization.
8 mins; February 22, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Frank on the increasing number of deaths involving fentanyl in the United States.
8 mins; February 15, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Suerie Moon on recommendations from the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines.
17 mins; February 08, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. John Ayanian on the economic benefits associated with Michigan’s decision to expand Medicaid.
6 mins; February 01, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Scott Halpern on whether cognitive function should be considered in decisions about organ allocation.
8 mins; January 25, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Vivian Lee on how physicians and health care systems can get the most out of sharing patient feedback.
12 mins; January 18, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Louise Ivers on cholera transmission and vaccination efforts in post-hurricane Haiti.
6 mins; January 11, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on what a Trump presidency could mean for the future of health care reform.
13 mins; January 04, 2017
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on the potential uses of social engagement strategies in promoting health.
10 mins; December 28, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. Vivek Murthy on his campaign to address opioid addiction and misuse in the United States.
11 mins; December 21, 2016
NEJM Interview: Prof. Christopher Robertson on whether the First Amendment should protect sales pitches by pharmaceutical representatives.
6 mins; December 14, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. J. Michael McWilliams on the merits of care coordination - and why it’s unlikely to reduce health care spending.
7 mins; December 07, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. Stefan Kertesz on the success and evaluation of programs providing permanent supportive housing to homeless people.
10 mins; November 30, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. Leemore Dafny on ways in which health care providers could undermine efforts to steer consumers toward high-value care.
10 mins; November 23, 2016
NEJM Interview: Rachel Fabi on recent legislative measures to extend insurance coverage for undocumented immigrants in California.
6 mins; November 16, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. David Rosenthal on the effect of the electronic era on physician satisfaction.
7 mins; November 09, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. Kevin Schulman on intensive home health care as an alternative to hospitalization.
6 mins; November 02, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Lee on measures of health care quality that are most important to patients.
8 mins; October 26, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. C. William Keck on an agreement between the United States and Cuba to cooperate on efforts to improve health.
10 mins; October 19, 2016
NEJM Interview: Dr. Christine Montross on treatment and confinement of people with serious mental illness.
