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NEJM Interviews

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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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Jul 8, 2026

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NEJM Interview: Dr. Cynthia Chuang on federal efforts to weaken the ACA’s contraceptive-coverage mandate. 13.03.2019

Dr. Cynthia Chuang is a professor of medicine and public health sciences at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.H. Chuang and C.S. Weisman. Taking Aim at Contraceptive Coverage — The Trump Administration’s Attacks on Reproductive Rights. N Engl J Med 2019;380:993-995.

NEJM Interview: Dr. George Daley on the prospects for using genome editing to prevent genetic diseases. 06.03.2019

Dr. George Daley is dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. G.Q. Daley, R. Lovell-Badge, and J. Steffann. After the Storm — A Responsible Path for Genome Editing. N Engl J Med 2019;380:897-899.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Matthew H. Porteus on therapeutic editing of the human genome. 06.03.2019

Dr. Matthew H. Porteus, the interviewee, is professor of pediatrics–stem cell transplantation at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.H. Porteus. A New Class of Medicines through DNA Editing. N Engl J Med 2019;380:947-959.

Audio roundtable discussion on learning to foster better teams. 27.02.2019

Dr. Neel Shah is an assistant professor of obstetrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs. Dr. Amy Edmondson is a professor of leadership and management at Harvard Business School. Dr. Thoralf Sundt is a professor of surgery and chief of cardiac surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, the moderator, is a national corres...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Kenneth Poole on the challenges involved in interpreting patient-experience ratings, including bias against black physicians. 27.02.2019

Dr. Kenneth Poole is an internal medicine physician and the medical director of patient experience at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K.G. Poole, Jr. Patient-Experience Data and Bias — What Ratings Don’t Tell Us. N Engl J Med 2019;380:801-803.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Scott Stonington on structures within medicine that may systematically harm patients. 20.02.2019

Dr. Scott Stonington is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan and an internal medicine physician. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Stonington and D. Coffa. Structural Iatrogenesis — A 43-Year-Old Man with “Opioid Misuse”. N Engl J Med 2019;380:701-704.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Mark Hall on strategies for addressing inadequate provider networks and surprise medical bills. 13.02.2019

Prof. Mark Hall is a professor of law and director of the Health Law and Policy Program at Wake Forest University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.A. Hall and Others. Reducing Unfair Out-of-Network Billing — Integrated Approaches to Protecting Patients. N Engl J Med 2019;380:610-612.

NEJM Interview: Drs. Jeffrey Drazen and Lisa Rosenbaum on finding meaning and connecting with patients in modern medical practice. 06.02.2019

Dr. Jeffrey Drazen is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum is a national correspondent for the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Rosenbaum. Heart and Sole — Of Metatarsals, Meaning, and Medicine. N Engl J Med 2019;380:505-507.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Benjamin S. Freedman on organoids as preclinical models of human diseases. 06.02.2019

Dr. Benjamin S. Freedman, the interviewee, is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Li and J.C. Izpisua Belmonte. Organoids — Preclinical Models of Human Disease. N Engl J Med 2019;380:569-579.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Megan Ranney on the #ThisIsOurLane movement and health care professionals’ role in advocating for solutions to the gun violence epidemic. 30.01.2019

Dr. Megan Ranney is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.L. Ranney, M.E. Betz, and C. Dark. #ThisIsOurLane — Firearm Safety as Health Care’s Highway. N Engl J Med 2019;380:405-407.

Dr. Ameya Kulkarni on drivers of physician loneliness and opportunities for meaningful interaction. 23.01.2019

Dr. Ameya Kulkarni is a cardiologist with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in Virginia. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Kulkarni. Navigating Loneliness in the Era of Virtual Care. N Engl J Med 2019;380:307-309. R.P. Wenzel. RVU Medicine, Technology, and Physician Loneliness. N Engl J Med 2019;380:305-307.

NEJM Interview: George Karandinos on high rates of incarceration among racial and ethnic minorities as a driver of health disparities in the United States. 16.01.2019

George Karandinos is an M.D.-Ph. D. candidate in social anthropology at Harvard University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. G. Karandinos and P. Bourgois. The Structural Violence of Hyperincarceration — A 44-Year-Old Man with Back Pain. N Engl J Med 2019;380:205-209.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Amir Mohareb on the humanitarian crisis and violations of medical neutrality in Yemen. 09.01.2019

Dr. Amir Mohareb is a fellow in infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.M. Mohareb and L.C. Ivers. Disease and Famine as Weapons of War in Yemen. N Engl J Med 2019;380:109-111.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Matlow on proposed changes to U.S. regulations on standards of care for noncitizen children. 02.01.2019

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Arthur A. Levin on the use of oligonucleotide drugs that regulate RNA. 02.01.2019

Dr. Arthur A. Levin, the interviewee, is the Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Avidity Biosciences. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.A. Levin. Treating Disease at the RNA Level with Oligonucleotides. N Engl J Med 2019;380:57-70.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Alison Loren on the risk of opioid use disorder in survivors of cancer and judicious prescribing of pain medications. 26.12.2018

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Cheryl Seymour on critical thinking about the social structures that affect patients’ health. 19.12.2018

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Morens on lessons from the 1918 influenza pandemic and the threat of a similar global health disaster. 12.12.2018

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Jones on the possibilities for finding solutions to health policy problems at the state level. 05.12.2018

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Eve Rittenberg on providing patient-centered and compassionate care for people who have experienced trauma. 28.11.2018

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...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Inger Damon on the response to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 21.11.2018

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Joel Braslow on how medicalization and demedicalization have affected patients, including those with chronic mental illness. 14.11.2018

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Melinda Ashton on easing the burden of administrative tasks in medicine and helping clinicians find more meaning in their work. 07.11.2018

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.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Susan Mann on steps that hospitals can take to keep women safe during and after childbirth. 31.10.2018

Dr. Susan Mann is an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Mann and Others. What We Can Do about Maternal Mortality — And How to Do It Quickly. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1689-1691. M.E. Murray Horwitz, R.L. Molina, and J.M. Snowden. Postpartum Care in the United St...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Corcoran on the potential clinical applications of cell-free DNA analysis in patients with cancer. 31.10.2018

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.

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