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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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NEJM Interview: Dr. Esther Choo on steps that medical institutions can take to support and empower women. 24.10.2018 8:14

Dr. Esther Choo is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. E.K. Choo, J. van Dis, and D. Kass. Time’s Up for Medicine? Only Time Will Tell. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1592-3. V.J. Dzau and P.A. Johnson. Ending Sexual Harassment in Academic Medicine. N Engl J Me...

NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Parmet on the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of a California law about information provided by crisis pregnancy centers. 17.10.2018 6:11

Prof. Wendy Parmet is a professor of law and faculty director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. W.E. Parmet, M.L. Berman, and J.A. Smith. The Supreme Court’s Crisis Pregnancy Center Case - Implications for Health Law. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1489-91.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Bach on payment approaches Medicare could consider for costly new CAR-T treatments. 10.10.2018 7:38

Dr. Peter Bach is director of the Center for Health Policy and Outcomes at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.B. Bach. National Coverage Analysis of CAR-T Therapies - Policy, Evidence, and Payment. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1396-8.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Goldstein on disparities in access to preexposure prophylaxis among populations at high risk for HIV infection. 03.10.2018 8:56

Dr. Robert Goldstein is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and medical director of the Transgender Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.H. Goldstein, C.G. Streed, and S.R. Cahill. Being PrEPared — Preexposure Prophylaxis and HIV Disparities. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1293-1295.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Adams on the use of clinical next-generation sequencing to obtain a genetic diagnosis. 03.10.2018 6:23

Dr. David Adams is from the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.R. Adams and C.M. Eng. Next-Generation Sequencing to Diagnose Suspected Genetic Disorders. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1353-1362.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Garen Wintemute on state and federal policies that could prevent firearm-related deaths. 26.09.2018 8:25

Dr. Garen Wintemute is director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. G.J. Wintemute. How to Stop Mass Shootings. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1193-6.

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. 19.09.2018 10:14

Dr. Jerry Avorn is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Avorn, A. Kesselheim, and A. Sarpatwari. The FDA Amendments Act of 2007 - Assessing Its Effects a Decade Later. N Engl J Med 2018;379:1097-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Cheryl Healton on the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and opportunities for action against other industries that harm health. 12.09.2018 10:26

Dr. Cheryl Healton is dean of the New York University College of Global Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C. Healton. The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement - Strategic Lessons for Addressing Public Health Problems. N Engl J Med 2018;379:997-1000.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Breanne Grace on immigrant and refugee health and the effects of systematic personal, social, and institutional instability. 05.09.2018 9:02

Dr. Breanne Grace is an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina College of Social Work. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. B.L. Grace, R. Bais, and B.J. Roth. The Violence of Uncertainty - Undermining Immigrant and Refugee Health. N Engl J Med 2018;379:904-5. K.M. Perreira, H. Yoshikawa, and J. Oberlander. A New Threat to Immigrants’ Health -...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Tushar Patel on the role of extracellular vesicles in physiologic function and as potential biomarkers for disease. 05.09.2018 8:09

Dr. Tushar Patel is the dean for research at the Mayo Clinic in Florida. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Shah, T. Patel, and J.E. Freedman. Circulating Extracellular Vesicles in Human Disease. N Engl J Med 2018;379:958-66.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Mark Pallansch on the challenges involved in eradicating polio. 29.08.2018 7:54

Dr. Mark Pallansch is director of the Division of Viral Diseases at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.A. Pallansch. Ending Use of Oral Poliovirus Vaccine - A Difficult Move in the Polio Endgame. N Engl J Med 2018;379:801-3.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on the results of Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act. 22.08.2018 9:24

Dr. Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of social medicine and health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Oberlander. The Republican War on Obamacare - What Has It Achieved? N Engl J Med 2018;379:703-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Eduardo Bruera on the treatment of pain during a severe shortage of parenteral opioids. 15.08.2018 9:32

Dr. Eduardo Bruera is chair of the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. E. Bruera. Parenteral Opioid Shortage - Treating Pain during the Opioid-Overdose Epidemic. N Engl J Med 2018;379:601-3.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Rebecca Haffajee on the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws. 08.08.2018 9:40

Dr. Rebecca Haffajee is an assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R.L. Haffajee, R.J. MacCoun, and M.M. Mello. Behind Schedule - Reconciling Federal and State Marijuana Policy. N Engl J Med 2018;379:501-4.

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. 01.08.2018 8:05

Dr. John Maa is chief of the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery at Marin General Hospital in California. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Maa and A. Darzi. Firearm Injuries and Violence Prevention - The Potential Power of a Surgeon General’s Report. N Engl J Med 2018;379:408-10.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Diana Bianchi on the use of cell-free DNA testing to screen for fetal chromosome abnormalities. 01.08.2018 12:19

Dr. Diana Bianchi is from the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.W. Bianchi and R.W.K. Chiu. Sequencing of Circulating Cell-free DNA during Pregnancy. N Engl J Med 2018;379:464-73.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum on how emotion and risk perception affect decision making in public health and medicine. 25.07.2018 8:16

Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum is a national correspondent for the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Rosenbaum. Trolleyology and the Dengue Vaccine Dilemma. N Engl J Med 2018;379:305-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Charlotte Haug on a new European privacy law that gives consumers, including patients, more explicit control of their own data. 18.07.2018 6:33

Dr. Charlotte Haug is an international correspondent for the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.J. Haug. Turning the Tables - The New European General Data Protection Regulation. N Engl J Med 2018;379:207-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Bernard Lo on a herpes vaccine trial that reportedly flouted established protections for research participants. 11.07.2018 6:56

Dr. Bernard Lo is the President of the Greenwall Foundation. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. B. Lo. A Parallel Universe of Clinical Trials. N Engl J Med 2018;379:101-3.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Brendan Saloner on increasing access to medication for treatment of opioid use disorder. 04.07.2018 6:51

Dr. Brendan Saloner is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. B. Saloner, K.B. Stoller, and G.C. Alexander. Moving Addiction Care to the Mainstream - Improving the Quality of Buprenorphine Treatment. N Engl J Med 2018;379:4-6. S.E. Wak...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Carl June on chimeric antigen receptor therapy. 04.07.2018 9:04

Dr. Carl June is the director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.H. June and M. Sadelain. Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapy. N Engl J Med 2018;379:64-73.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Amy Kind on a new tool for incorporating data on neighborhood disadvantage into research, policy, and health interventions. 27.06.2018 15:45

Dr. Amy Kind is an associate professor and director of the Health Services and Care Research Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.J.H. Kind and W.R. Buckingham. Making Neighborhood-Disadvantage Metrics Accessible - The Neighborhood Atlas. N Engl J Med 2018;378:2456-8.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Shulkin on strategies for enhancing the quality of care at VA medical centers. 20.06.2018 7:33

Dr. David Shulkin is the former Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.H. Sheetz and D.J. Shulkin. Why the VA Needs More Competition. N Engl J Med 2018;378:2356-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Loren Rabinowitz on the hurdles and frustrations that female medical trainees face in a sexist culture. 13.06.2018 8:58

Dr. Loren Rabinowitz is a resident physician at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. L.G. Rabinowitz. Recognizing Blind Spots - A Remedy for Gender Bias in Medicine? N Engl J Med 2018;378:2253-5. L.S. Rotenstein and A.B. Jena. Lost Taussigs - The Consequences of Gender Discrimination in Medicine. N Engl...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Amber Willink on a new law that increases the flexibility of benefit offerings in Medicare Advantage plans. 06.06.2018 11:32

Dr. Amber Willink is an assistant scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Willink and E.H. DuGoff. Integrating Medical and Nonmedical Services - The Promise and Pitfalls of the CHRONIC Care Act. N Engl J Med 2018;378:2153-5.