NEJM Interviews

Daniel Aaron is an associate professor of law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.G. Aaron and C. Robertson. E-Cigarettes at the Supreme Court — Potential Implications for the FDA and Public Health. N Engl J Med 2025;392:417-419.

Craig Spencer is an emergency medicine physician and an associate professor of the practice of health services, policy, and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C. Spencer. Ebola and a Decade of Disparities — Forging a Future for Global Health Equity. N Engl J Med 2025;392:313-315.

Carmel Shachar is an assistant clinical professor of law and faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T. Ramesh, C. Shachar, and H. Yu. Striking a Balance — Advancing Physician Collective-Bargaining Rights and Patient Protections. N Engl J Med 2025;392:209-211.

David Velasquez is an internal medicine resident physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.E. Velasquez, E.T. Roberts, and J.F. Figueroa. The Plight of “Dual Noneligible” People in the United States. N Engl J Med 2025;392:105-107.

Joey Mattingly is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.S. Tu, S. Kottilil, and T.J. Mattingly II. Leveraging Old Hepatitis C Therapies. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1-4.

Lauren Schiff is an associate professor of Ob/Gyn and a minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the associate chief medical officer for quality and safety at UNC Hospitals. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L.D. Schiff, A.O.D. Hester, and T. Benevides. Providing Effective Medical Care to Au...

Bindu Kanapuru is a hematologist–oncologist physician in the Office of Oncologic Diseases at the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B. Kanapuru and Others. Autopsy of a Drug Withdrawal — The Case of Melphalan Flufenamide. N Engl J Med 2024;391:2177-2179.

Karen Joynt Maddox is an associate professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.A. Shashikumar, A.M. Ryan, and K.E. Joynt Maddox. Medicare’s New Mandatory Bundled-Payment Program — Are We Ready for TEAM? N Engl J Med 2024;391:2065-2067.

Andrew Hantel is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a faculty member in the Divisions of Leukemia and Population Sciences at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and at the HMS Center for Bioethics. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Hantel and Others. The Duffy Null Phenotype — Addressing a Source of Discrimination in Canc...

Benjamin Rome is a physician and health policy researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B.N. Rome, A.S. Kesselheim, and W.B. Feldman. Medicare’s First Round of Drug-Price Negotiation — Measuring Success. N Engl J Med 2024;391:1865-1868.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Jane Leopold is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, J. Leopold, and S. Morrissey. NEJM at AHA — Phase 1 Study of AAV9.LAMP2B Gene Therapy in Danon Disease. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2414477.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Jane Leopold is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, J. Leopold, and S. Morrissey. NEJM at AHA — Routine Spironolactone in Acute Myocardial Infarction. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2414472.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Jane Leopold is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, J. Leopold, and S. Morrissey. NEJM at AHA — Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2414476.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Jane Leopold is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, J. Leopold, and S. Morrissey. NEJM at AHA — Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2414470.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Jane Leopold is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, J. Leopold, and S. Morrissey. NEJM at AHA — CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing with Nexiguran Ziclumeran for ATTR Cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2414473.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Jane Leopold is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, J. Leopold, and S. Morrissey. NEJM at AHA — Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2414471.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Jane Leopold is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin, J. Leopold, and S. Morrissey. NEJM at AHA — Left Atrial Appendage Closure after Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2414475.

Heather Hsu is a pediatric hospitalist at Boston Medical Center and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K.A. Nash, J. Perdomo, and H.E. Hsu. Health Equity Rounds — Root-Cause and Solutions-Oriented Discussions of Medical Racism. N Engl J Med 202...

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is the executive director of the Institute for Policy Solutions at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. V. Guilamo-Ramos, M. Thimm-Kaiser, and A. Benzekri. The U.S. Latino HIV Crisis — Ending an Era of Invisibility. N Engl J Med 2024;391:1665-1668.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Sabin Nsanzimana, M.D., Ph. D., is the Minister of Health of Rwanda. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: The Marburg Virus Outbreak in Rwanda. N Engl J Med 2024;391:e49.

Liam McCoy is a resident physician in neurology at the University of Alberta. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L.G. McCoy, A.K. Manrai, and A. Rodman. Large Language Models and the Degradation of the Medical Record. N Engl J Med 2024;391:1561-1564.

Mark Wicclair is an adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law and a professor of philosophy emeritus at West Virginia University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.B. White and M. Wicclair. Navigating Clinicians’ Conscience-Based Refusals to Provide Lawful Medical Care. N Engl J Med 2024;39...

Jose Figueroa is an associate professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. McWilliams and S.B. Dusetzina. Affordability of Health Care in the United States — Old Problems Awaiting a New Administrati...

Jean Nachega is an associate professor of infectious diseases and microbiology and of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and a professor of medicine at Stellenbosch University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.B. Nachega and Others. Mpox in Pregnancy — Risks, Vertical Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment. N...

Jonathan Oberlander is a professor of social medicine and of health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Oberlander. Health Care Reform and the 2024 U.S. Elections — Low Visibility, High Stakes. N Engl J Med 2024;391:1169-1171.