NEJM Interviews

Amy Stimpfel is an assistant professor at the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.W. Stimpfel and M. Djukic. Using Data to Inform Decision Making — Borrowing Limits for Graduate Nursing Students. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1457-1459. P. Joseph and Others. Nurse Scientists as Trusted Voices in Health C...

Danielle Jones is the vice president of accountability, belonging, and culture at the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. W.T. Moore and Others. From Clinic to Community — The EveryONE Project in Family Medicine. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1353-1354.

Lawrence Casalino is a professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L.P. Casalino. Physicians, Corporatization, and the Unmeasured Quality of Care. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1249-1251.

Douglas Opel is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.J. Opel and S.T. O’Leary. Communicating about Vaccines in a Politically Contentious Climate. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1145-1147.

Abbas Hassan is a plastic surgery resident at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.M. Hassan and J.F. Waljee. Valuing Care Provided by Residents and Fellows — Toward Competency-Based Billing. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1041-1043.

Ruqaiijah Yearby is a professor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R. Yearby and M. Alsan. Private Equity’s Transformation of American Medicine — Implications for Health Equity. N Engl J Med 2026;394:937-940.

Bruce Chabner is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and clinical director emeritus of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. I.D. Goldman and B.A. Chabner. Cerebral Folate Deficiency, Autism, and the Role of Leucovorin. N Engl J Med 2026;394:833-835.

Sonja Rasmussen is a professor in the Department of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.A. Rasmussen and D.B. Jernigan. Antigenic Drift and Antivaccine Shift in the 2025–2026 Influenza Season. N Engl J Med 2026;394:732-735.

Carmel Shacharis 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. H. Howard and C. Shachar. The Rural Health Transformation Program — An Avenue for Promoting Administrative Policies. N Engl J Med 2026;394:625-627.

Leemore Dafny is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Dafny. Health Insurance after Corporatization — What Next? N Engl J Med 2026;394:521-523.

Robert Kocher is an adjunct professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, a nonresident senior scholar at the University of Southern California Schaeffer Institute, and a partner at Venrock. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.P. Kishore and R. Kocher. The Hypertension Control Paradox — Why Is America Stuck? N Engl J Med 2026;394:417-42...

Tara Eicher is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T. Eicher, J. Quackenbush, and A. Ne’eman. Challenging Claims of an Autism Epidemic — Misconceptions and a Path Forward. N Engl J Med 2026;394:313-315.

Tara Sklar is the faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and associate director of telehealth law and policy at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson Arizona Telemedicine Program. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T. Sklar and B. Richman. Financing Telehealth...

Rachel Sachs is a professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.B. Dusetzina and R.E. Sachs. Insurance Coverage and Pricing of Weight-Loss Drugs in the United States. N Engl J Med 2026;394:105-107. S. Gondi, A.S. Kesselheim, and B.N. Rome. Generic Liraglutide — Overlooked but Not Forgotten. N Engl J Me...

Ambar La Forgia is an assistant professor in the Management of Organizations group at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. La Forgia. From Patients to Consumers — The Corporatization of Ambulatory Care. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1-3.

Anne Zink is a lecturer and senior fellow at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.B. Zink, N.C. McCann, and R.P. Walensky. From Crisis to Action — Policy Pathways to Reverse the Rise in Congenital Syphilis. N Engl J Med 2025;393:2388-2391.

Reshma Ramachandran is an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.D. Wallach, J.S. Ross, and R. Ramachandran. Enhancing FDA Drug-Safety Surveillance — Beyond Releasing Daily Adverse-Event Data. N Engl J Med 2025;393:2284-2286.

Robert Huckman is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.M. Cutler and R.S. Huckman. Has Corporatization Met Its Match? The Challenge of Making Money by Keeping People Healthy. N Engl J Med 2025;393:2177-2180.

Nishant Uppal is an instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. N. Uppal and Z. Song. Venture Capital Investments by U.S. Academic Medical Centers. N Engl J Med 2025;393:2077-2080.

Jane Zhu is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Zhu and H. Rooke-Ley. Regulating Corporate Control in Health Care — Oregon’s Attempt to Revive the CPOM Doctrine. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1972-1974.

Joshua Barocas is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.A. Barocas. The Erosion of Harm Reduction. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1865-1867. B.A. Barsky, A. Caplan-Bricker, and C. Robertson. Religious Liberty as a Shield for Public Health — The Case of Overdose-Preventi...

Yashaswini Singh is an assistant professor of health services, policy, and practice at Brown University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. Y. Singh. The Antitrust Antidote to Hospital and Nursing Home Corporatization — Promises and Pitfalls. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1761-1764.

Eberechi Nwogu-Onyemkpa is an assistant professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E. Nwogu-Onyemkpa and Others. Involving Palliative Care to Improve Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1553-1556. E. Costa and Others. Thirty Years of Hydroxyurea for S...

Michael Liu is a resident physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M. Liu, K.T. Kadakia, and R.K. Wadhera. Proliferation of Prior Authorization in Traditional Medicare — None the WISeR? N Engl J Med 2025;393:1457-1459.

Andrew Gabrielson is a pediatric urology fellow at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.T. Gabrielson and C. Corwin. Occupational Health and Safety on the Chopping Block — What’s at Stake? N Engl J Med 2025;393:1353-1355.