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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. Terri Fried on different approaches to shared decision making driven by different clinical circumstances. 13.01.2016 9:56

Dr. Terri Fried is a professor of medicine and a geriatric medicine specialist at the Yale School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.R. Fried. Shared Decision Making - Finding the Sweet Spot. N Engl J Med 2016;374:104-6.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Timothy Jost on a lawsuit brought by the House of Representatives over the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing-reduction program. 06.01.2016 9:16

Prof. Timothy Jost is a professor of law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.S. Jost. The House and the ACA - A Lawsuit over Cost-Sharing Reductions. N Engl J Med 2016;374:5-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Neumann on the use of various new value-based frameworks for assessing drugs and drug prices. 30.12.2015 8:22

Dr. Peter Neumann is director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Neumann and J.T. Cohen. Measuring the Value of Prescription Drugs. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2595-7. R.C. Young. Value-Based Cancer Care. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2593-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Michele Heisler on attacks on physicians and health care facilities in Syria and the response from the international community. 23.12.2015 11:57

Dr. Michele Heisler is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and a board member at Physicians for Human Rights. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Heisler, E. Baker, and D. McKay. Attacks on Health Care in Syria - Normalizing Violations of Medical Neutrality? N Engl J Med 2015;373:2489-91.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Charlotte Haug on the growing number of article retractions attributable to peer-review fraud. 16.12.2015 7:09

Dr. Charlotte Haug is an international correspondent for the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.J. Haug. Peer-Review Fraud - Hacking the Scientific Publication Process. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2393-5.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Alexander Capron on proposed changes to regulations governing human-subjects research. 09.12.2015 16:55

Prof. Alexander Capron is a professor of law and medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.L. Hudson and F.S. Collins. Bringing the Common Rule into the 21st Century. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2293-6. E.J. Emanuel. Reform of Clinical Research Regulations, Finally. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2296-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the ways in which new evidence has improved our strategies for treating and preventing HIV infection. 02.12.2015 9:16

Dr. Anthony Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.S. Fauci and H.D. Marston. Ending the HIV-AIDS Pandemic - Follow the Science. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2197-9.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Courtwright on a 19th-century epidemic of opiate addiction and its lessons for the current crisis. 25.11.2015 7:14

Dr. David Courtwright is a professor of history at the University of North Florida. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.T. Courtwright. History of Medicine: Preventing and Treating Narcotic Addiction - A Century of Federal Drug Control. N Engl J Med 2015;373:2095-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Paul Ginsburg on how Medicare can improve care delivery and control spending going forward. 18.11.2015 9:42

Dr. Paul Ginsburg is a professor of the practice of health policy and management at the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.B. Ginsburg and A.M. Rivlin. Challenges for Medicare at 50. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1993-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Lauer on peer review of NIH grant applications and how it can be improved. 11.11.2015 11:00

Dr. Michael Lauer is deputy director for extramural research at the National Institutes of Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.S. Lauer and R. Nakamura. Reviewing Peer Review at the NIH. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1893-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan on trends in the numbers of U.S. medical school graduates and GME positions. 04.11.2015 6:42

Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan is a professor of medicine and health policy and of pediatrics at George Washington University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. F. Mullan, E. Salsberg, and K. Weider. Why a GME Squeeze Is Unlikely. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1511707.

NEJM Interview: Dr. H. Gilbert Welch on trends in the incidence of metastatic cancers and their implications for both screening and our understanding of cancer. 28.10.2015 6:57

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch is a professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H.G. Welch, D.H. Gorski, and P.C. Albertsen. Trends in Metastatic Breast and Prostate Cancer - Lessons in Cancer Dynamics. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1685-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Kevin Schulman on the recent approval of two PCSK9 inhibitors and what their prices could mean for insurance premiums. 21.10.2015 9:12

Dr. Kevin Schulman is a professor of medicine and of business administration at Duke University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.A. Schulman, S. Balu, and S.D. Reed. Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Hyperlipidemia - Impact on Insurance Premiums. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1591-3. B.M. Everett, R.J. Smith, and W.R. Hiatt. Reducing LDL with PCSK9 Inhibitors - The...

NEJM Interview: Drs. Allan Goroll and Ateev Mehrotra on whether the annual physical should be retained, eliminated, or modified for 21st-century realities. 14.10.2015 15:51

Dr. Allan Goroll is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ateev Mehrotra is an associate professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A.H. Goroll. Toward Trusting Therapeutic Relationships - In Favor of th...

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Urbach on a plan to concentrate certain surgical procedures among the physicians and hospitals that perform the most of them. 07.10.2015 9:55

Dr. David Urbach is a professor of Surgery and of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.R. Urbach. Pledging to Eliminate Low-Volume Surgery. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1388-90.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Michael Fiore on the potential for regulation of nicotine levels in cigarettes to help smokers quit. 30.09.2015 9:41

Dr. Michael Fiore is director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Fiore and T. Baker. Reduced-Nicotine Cigarettes - A Promising Regulatory Pathway. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1289-91.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on the outlook for Medicare’s new physician payment system. 23.09.2015 8:15

Dr. Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy & Management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Oberlander and M.J. Laugesen. Leap of Faith - Medicare’s New Physician Payment System. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1185-7. M.B. Rosenthal. Physician Payment after the SGR - The New Merito...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Christopher Robertson on the FDA’s new draft guidelines on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. 16.09.2015 7:33

Dr. Christopher Robertson is a professor at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. C.T. Robertson. New DTCA Guidance - Enough to Empower Consumers? N Engl J Med 2015;373:1085-7. J.A. Greene and E.S. Watkins. The Vernacular of Risk - Rethinking Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals. N En...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Hermes Taylor-Weiner on the regulation of stem-cell clinics offering unproven therapies. 09.09.2015 5:53

Dr. Hermes Taylor-Weiner is a Whitaker Scholar at the Karolinska Institute who recently finished his graduate work at the University of California, San Diego. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. H. Taylor-Weiner and J. Graff Zivin. Medicine’s Wild West - Unlicensed Stem-Cell Clinics in the United States. N Engl J Med 2015;373:985-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Georgina Peacock on improvements in care and access to services for people with disabilities and where more work is needed. 02.09.2015 7:44

Dr. Georgina Peacock is director of the Division of Human Development and Disabilities at the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. G. Peacock, L.I. Iezzoni, and T.R. Harkin. Health Care for Americans with Disabilities - 25 Years after the AD...

NEJM Interview: Dr. Michelle Mello on a new California law that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccination mandates. 26.08.2015 6:47

Dr. Michelle Mello is a professor of law and of health research and policy at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. M.M. Mello, D.M. Studdert, and W.E. Parmet. Shifting Vaccination Politics - The End of Personal-Belief Exemptions in California. N Engl J Med 2015;373:785-7.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Philip Landrigan on health concerns associated with genetically modified crops and the herbicides used on them. 19.08.2015 7:58

Dr. Philip Landrigan is dean for global health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Landrigan and C. Benbrook. GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health. N Engl J Med 2015;373:693-5.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on strategies for testing new ideas in health care quickly and efficiently. 12.08.2015 11:00

Dr. David Asch is executive director of the Center for Health Care Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. D.A. Asch and R. Rosin. Innovation as Discipline, Not Fad. N Engl J Med 2015;373:592-4.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ronald Bayer on why the heightened focus on precision medicine misses the point when it comes to public health. 05.08.2015 10:54

Dr. Ronald Bayer is codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Bayer and S. Galea. Public Health in the Precision-Medicine Era. N Engl J Med 2015;373:499-501.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Steffanie Strathdee on needle-exchange policies and the recent HIV outbreak in rural Indiana. 29.07.2015 6:17

Dr. Steffanie Strathdee is associate dean of global health sciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.A. Strathdee and C. Beyrer. Threading the Needle - How to Stop the HIV Outbreak in Rural Indiana. N Engl J Med 2015;373:397-9.