NEJM Interviews
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.
Episodes
NEJM Interview: Edward Ryan on factors driving continued disease and death from cholera and opportunities for progress.
Edward Ryan is the director of global infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.T. Ryan, F. Qadri, and J.A. Lynch. Global Cholera-Control Efforts — Progress and Remaining Challenges. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2177-2180.
NEJM Interview: Loren Adler on regulatory strategies for addressing factors that make consolidation in health care especially profitable.
Loren Adler is a fellow and the associate director at the Center on Health Policy at the Brookings Institution. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Adler. Regulating Corporate Control in the U.S. Health Care System. N Engl J Med 2026;394:2073-2076.
NEJM Outbreaks Updates — Andes Hantavirus
Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Angela Hewlett is Director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Steven Kornfeld is a physician who was a passenger on the MV Hondius. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. NEJM Outbreaks Update — Andes Hantavirus. N Engl J Med.
NEJM Interview: Deirdre Tobias on the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including areas of confusion and contradiction.
Deirdre Tobias is an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.K. Tobias and F.B. Hu. The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans — Progress, Pitfalls, and the Path Forward. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1969-1971.
NEJM Interview: Raja-Elie Abdulnour on the need for clinicians and AI systems to refrain from expressing undue confidence in their knowledge.
Raja-Elie Abdulnour is the Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at NEJM Group and an associate physician in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Sikora, L.A. Celi, and R.-E.E. Abdulnour. Can AI Say “I Don’t Know”? N Engl J Med 2026;394:1873-1875.
NEJM Interview: Jatin Vyas on the effect of corporatization of academic medical centers on medical education and trainee development.
Jatin Vyas is a professor of medicine and associate dean for academic innovation at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Vyas. From Mission to Margin in Academic Medicine — The Impact of Corporate Medicine on Medical Training. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1769-1772.
NEJM Interview: Amanda Banks on concerns about a potential association between GLP-1 receptor agonists and restrictive eating disorders.
Amanda Banks is a consultant and a physician at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Banks. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Eating Disorders — Cause for Concern. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1665-1667.
NEJM Interview: Sara Gerke on a Utah pilot program involving an AI system that autonomously renews certain prescriptions.
Sara Gerke is an associate professor of law and at the European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Gerke, R.B. Parikh, and I.G. Cohen. Utah’s Prescription-Renewal Pilot Program — Autonomous AI Managing Patient Care. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1561-1563.
NEJM Interview: Amy Stimpfel on a new policy that would cap loans for graduate nursing and other students.
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 Healt
NEJM Interview: Danielle Jones on the development of tools to help family physicians address social determinants of health and advance health equity.
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.
NEJM Interview: Lawrence Casalino on qualities of corporate organizations that could affect physicians’ intrinsic motivation and the quality of the care they provide.
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.
NEJM Interview: Douglas Opel on the importance of clinician–parent communication amid changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.
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.
NEJM Interview: Abbas Hassan on the gap between the services that residents and fellows provide and the revenue that hospitals can capture.
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.
NEJM Interview: Ruqaiijah Yearby on recent trends in health care markets and their implications for health equity.
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.
NEJM Interview: Bruce Chabner on recent FDA statements regarding potential uses for leucovorin.
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.
NEJM Interview: Sonja Rasmussen on the 2025–2026 influenza season, including factors contributing to the intensity of influenza activity.
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.
NEJM Interview: Carmel Shachar on the opportunities and risks presented by the Rural Health Transformation Program.
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.
NEJM Interview: Leemore Dafny on the implications of corporatization of the U.S. health insurance industry.
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.
NEJM Interview: Robert Kocher on strategies for improving blood-pressure control in the United States.
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
NEJM Interview: Tara Eicher on changes in autism diagnosis in recent years and statements from the federal government regarding autism.
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.
NEJM Interview: Tara Sklar on U.S. telehealth payment policy and the potential for a revised approach to support competition and efficiency.
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 Telehea
NEJM Interview: Rachel Sachs on recent agreements governing coverage and pricing of GLP-1 receptor agonists in the United States.
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
NEJM Interview: Ambar La Forgia on the drivers and effects of corporatization of outpatient medical services.
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.
NEJM Interview: Anne Zink on increases in rates of congenital syphilis and potential strategies for reversing this trend.
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.
NEJM Interview: Reshma Ramachandran on changes to the FDA’s adverse-event data releases and future directions for enhancing its safety-surveillance infrastructure.
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.
NEJM Interview: Robert Huckman on the dearth of successful business models aimed at keeping people healthy.
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.
NEJM Interview: Nishant Uppal on the emergence of venture capital investing by academic medical centers and its potential implications.
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.
NEJM Interview: Jane Zhu on a new Oregon law that aims to address corporate control in medicine.
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.
NEJM Interview: Joshua Barocas on recent federal actions related to harm-reduction programs for people with substance use disorders.
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-Preve
NEJM Interview: Yashaswini Singh on antitrust enforcement as a potential counterbalance to consolidation resulting from rapid health care corporatization.
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.
NEJM Interview: Eberechi Nwogu-Onyemkpa on integrating palliative care services and resources into the management of sickle cell disease.
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 fo
NEJM Interview: Michael Liu on a new model that will expand the use of prior authorization in traditional Medicare.
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.
NEJM Interview: Andrew Gabrielson on cuts to the U.S. research agency charged with safeguarding workers’ health.
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.
NEJM Interview: Steven Lipstein on the drivers and the benefits of mergers and consolidation, from the perspective of a health care system leader.
Steven Lipstein is the former chief executive officer of BJC HealthCare. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Lipstein. Insight into Corporate Governance — What Motivates Hospitals and Delivery Systems. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1249-1251.
NEJM Interview: Nancy Krieger on the effects of structural racism on health and health care and the conflation of research on health equity with DEI work.
Nancy Krieger is a professor of social epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. N. Krieger and M.T. Bassett. Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1145-1148.
NEJM Interview: John Ayanian on opportunities to study the health and economic effects of Medicaid work requirements and to mitigate their adverse consequences.
John Ayanian is the director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation at the University of Michigan. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.Z. Ayanian. Protecting Medicaid Enrollees with Chronic Conditions amid Work Requirements. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1044-1046.
NEJM Interview: Darshali Vyas on campaigns to remove race from clinical algorithms.
Darshali Vyas is a pulmonary and critical care fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.A. Vyas, L.G. Eisenstein, and D.S. Jones. The Race-Correction Debates — Progress, Tensions, and Future Directions. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1029-1036.
NEJM Interview: Amanda Janitz on a navigation program aimed at improving cancer outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native patients.
Amanda Janitz is an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Hudson College of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.E. Janitz and Others. Improving Care Coordination for Indigenous Patients with Cancer. N Engl J Med 2025;393:940-942.
NEJM Interview: Amitabh Chandra on why corporatization occurs in health care, when it can succeed, and why it can go wrong.
Amitabh Chandra is a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Chandra and M. Shepard. The Corporatization Deal — Health Care, Investors, and the Profit Priority. N Engl J Med 2025;393:833-835.
NEJM Interview: Nicholas Bagley on the Supreme Court’s decision in a case with implications for coverage of preventive services.
Nicholas Bagley is a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. N. Bagley. Preventive Care at the Supreme Court. N Engl J Med 2025;393:729-731.
NEJM Interview: Tom Frieden on the role of the CDC and current threats to the U.S. public health infrastructure.
Tom Frieden is the president and chief executive officer of Resolve to Save Lives and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T.R. Frieden. Dismantling Public Health Infrastructure, Endangering American Lives. N Engl J Med 2025;393:625-627.
NEJM Interview: Nancy Tomes on the century-long transition to a corporate business model in U.S. health care.
Nancy Tomes is a professor of history at Stony Brook University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. N. Tomes. A Gilded Age for Patients? The Broken Promises of Profit-Driven Medicine. N Engl J Med 2025;393:521-524.
NEJM Interview: Rohan Khazanchi on the gradual but incomplete shift to race-free equations for interpreting pulmonary function tests.
Watch the NEJM In Studio video of this interview at NEJM.org. Rohan Khazanchi is a research affiliate at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and a resident in the Harvard Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Harleen Marwah, the interviewer, is a recent Editorial Fellow at the Journal. R. Khazanchi and Others. Reform and Remedy for Imprecision and Inequity — Endi
NEJM Interview: Jason Schwartz on changes to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and approaches to sustaining U.S. vaccination efforts.
Jason Schwartz is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.L. Schwartz. Revised Recommendations for Covid-19 Vaccines — U.S. Vaccination Policy under Threat. N Engl J Med 2025;393:417-419.
NEJM Interview: Katie Watson on the interaction of abortion laws with advance-directive and end-of-life laws.
Katie Watson is a professor of medical education, medical social sciences, and obstetrics and gynecology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Watson. Brain Death in Pregnancy — Abortion, Advance-Directive, or End-of-Life Law? N Engl J Med 2025;393:313-315.
NEJM Interview: Peter Marks on the disruption of traditional approaches to establishing Covid-19 vaccine policy in the United States.
Peter Marks is the former director of the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. P. Marks. The Role of Public Health Agencies in Creating Vaccine Policy. N Engl J Med 2025;393:209-211.
NEJM Interview: Patricia Mae Santos on the effects of U.S. anti-immigrant policies on immigrant health care workers and their patients.
Patricia Mae Santos is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. P.M.G. Santos, R. Jagsi, and C.I.A. Oronce. Who Will Care for America? Immigration Policy and the Coming Health Workforce Crisis. N Engl J Med 2025;393:105-107.
NEJM Interview: Erin Fuse Brown on the manifestations and effects of corporatization in health care.
Erin Fuse Brown is a professor of health services, policy, and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.C. Fuse Brown. Defining Health Care “Corporatization”. N Engl J Med 2025;393:1-3.
NEJM Interview: Dariush Mozaffarian on the health harms of ultraprocessed foods and related policy actions.
Dariush Mozaffarian is the director of the Food is Medicine Institute at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and a professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D. Mozaffarian. Regulatory Policy to Address Ultraprocessed Foods. N Engl J Med 2025;392:2393-2396.
NEJM Interview: I. Glenn Cohen on the professional implications of the use of artificial-intelligence–based monitoring systems in medicine.
I. Glenn Cohen is a professor of law and deputy dean at Harvard Law School and faculty director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. I.G. Cohen, I. Ajunwa, and R.B. Parikh. Medical AI and Clinician Surveillance — The Risk of Becoming Quantified Wor
NEJM Interview: Amanda Kallen on the history of women’s health research and recent actions that are jeopardizing progress in women’s health.
Amanda Kallen is an associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine and an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.N. Kallen and Others. Undermining Women’s Health Research — Gambling with the Public’s Health.
NEJM Interview: David Jones on the disparate historical approaches to anemia diagnosis and their lessons for physicians.
Watch the NEJM In Studio video of this interview at NEJM.org. David Jones is the Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University. Harleen Marwah, the interviewer, is an Editorial Fellow at the Journal. W. Xue and D.S. Jones. Debating Race and the Diagnosis of Anemia — How Medicine Moved Away from Race-Based Standards. N Engl J Med 2025;392:2168-2173.
NEJM Interview: Amar Kelkar on NIH indirect-cost coverage and U.S. medical research.
Amar Kelkar is a physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.H. Kelkar. U.S. Research Leadership at a Crossroads — The Impact of Reducing NIH Indirect-Cost Coverage. N Engl J Med 2025;392:2081-2084.
NEJM Interview: Zirui Song on the rise of concierge and direct primary care practices in the United States.
Zirui Song is an associate professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and a general internist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. Z. Song and J.M. Zhu. Primary Care — From Common Good to Free-Market Commodity. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1977-1979.
NEJM Interview: Alice Chen on responding to the U.S. administration’s threats to health and physicians’ values and maintaining hope in difficult times.
Alice Chen is a primary care internist in Washington, DC, and former executive director of Doctors for America. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.T. Chen and V.H. Murthy. The Power of Physicians in Dangerous Times. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1873-1875.
NEJM Interview: Christopher Duggan on the effects of ending U.S. foreign-assistance and global health programs.
Christopher Duggan is the director of the Center for Nutrition at Boston Children’s Hospital, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and a professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. C.P. Duggan and Z.A. Bhutta. “Putt
NEJM Interview: Arthur Robin Williams on alcohol consumption in the United States and the effects of alcohol taxes.
Arthur Robin Williams is an associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A.R. Williams. Death and Taxes — Is Alcohol the Solution? N Engl J Med 2025;392:1665-1667.
NEJM Outbreaks Updates — H5N1 in Indiana
In this NEJM Outbreaks Update, Editor-in-Chief Eric Rubin and Deputy Editor Lindsey Baden are joined by Indiana Commissioner of Public Health Lindsay Weaver to discuss the current state of avian influenza in Indiana. Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Lindsay Weaver is the Indiana Commissioner of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, t
NEJM Interview: Lauren Jatt on the efficacy of twice-yearly lenacapavir for preexposure prophylaxis and its implications for the development of an HIV vaccine.
Lauren Jatt is an infectious diseases fellow at the University of Washington. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. L.P. Jatt and Others. An HIV Vaccine in the Era of Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for PrEP — Essential or Irrelevant? N Engl J Med 2025;392:1561-1563.
NEJM Interview: Patricia Zettler on a proposed FDA rule on nicotine yields and potential challenges moving forward.
Patricia Zettler is a professor of law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. P.J. Zettler, T.L. Wagener, and M.L. Berman. What’s Next for Nicotine? The Coming Legal and Political Battles over an FDA Proposal. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1461-1463.
NEJM Interview: John Patrick Co on a stipend program designed to address cost-of-living concerns for residency applicants.
John Patrick Co is vice president of education at Mass General Brigham and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.F. Weinstein, E. Olson, and J.P.T. Co. Addressing Socioeconomic Barriers to Residency Choice. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1353-1355.
NEJM Interview: Rochelle Walensky on the increased workload and emotional and financial burden associated with applying to medical school.
Rochelle Walensky is the Bayer fellow in health and biotech at the American Academy in Berlin, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and an executive fellow at Harvard Business School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.P. Walensky and L.D. Walensky. Application Overload — A Call to Reduce the Burden of Applying to Medical School. N E
NEJM Interview: Erin Fuse Brown on telehealth arrangements that have prompted concerns about inappropriate prescribing and unnecessary spending.
Erin Fuse Brown is a professor of health services, policy, and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.C. Fuse Brown, O.J. Wouters, and A. Mehrotra. Partnerships between Pharmaceutical and Telehealth Companies — Increasing Access or Dr
NEJM Outbreaks Update — H5N1: A View from the States
In this audio interview, Editor-in-Chief Eric Rubin and Deputy Editor Lindsey Baden are joined by state public health leaders Robbie Goldstein and Jennifer Shuford to discuss action against H5N1 in Massachusetts and Texas and across the nation. Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Robert Goldstein is the Massachusetts Commissioner of
NEJM Interview: Alex Keuroghlian on responding to policy threats to protections for transgender and nonbinary people.
Alex Keuroghlian is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Division of Public and Community Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.R.A. Coelho, A.L. Chen, and A.S. Keuroghlian. Advancing Transgender Health amid Rising Policy Threats. N Engl J Med 2025;392
NEJM Outbreaks Update — H5N1
In this NEJM Outbreaks Update, Editor-in-Chief Eric Rubin and Deputy Editor Lindsey Baden are joined by veterinarian and virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka to discuss avian influenza and its current impact on chickens, cows, cats, and humans. Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Yoshihiro Kawaoka is a veterinarian and virologist and a pro
NEJM Interview: Sara Gerke on the potential for genetic data and other personal information to be included in business transactions in the United States.
Sara Gerkeis an associate professor of law at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Gerke, M.B. Jacoby, and I.G. Cohen. Bankruptcy, Genetic Information, and Privacy — Selling Personal Information. N Engl J Med 2025;392:937-939.
NEJM Interview: John Kelly on shifts in approaches for addressing substance use disorder.
John Kelly is the director of the Recovery Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of psychiatry in addiction medicine at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.F. Kelly, N.D. Volkow, and H.K. Koh. The Changing Approach to Addiction — From Incarceration to Treatment and Recovery Support. N Engl
NEJM Interview: Peter Ubel on strategies for protecting patients from high out-of-pocket costs for drugs with questionable benefits.
Peter Ubel is a professor of business, public policy, and medicine at Duke University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. P.A. Ubel, A. Grouls, and A.S. Kesselheim. Out of Pocket Getting Out of Hand — Reducing the Financial Toxicity of Rapidly Approved Drugs. N Engl J Med 2025;392:729-731.
NEJM Interview: Yashaswini Singh on the expansion of private equity investments in health care and actions to safeguard patient interests in various countries.
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, E. Fuse Brown, and I. Papanicolas. The Rise of Private Equity in Health Care — Not a Uniquely American Phenomenon. N Engl J Med 2025;392:627-629.
NEJM Interview: Joseph Ross on the newly implemented Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model.
Joseph Ross is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.S. Ross. Cell and Gene Therapies — Improving Access and Outcomes for Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries. N Engl J Med 202
NEJM Interview: Daniel Aaron on a Supreme Court case about e-cigarettes that could have implications for the FDA’s authority and for public health.
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.
NEJM Interview: Craig Spencer on the need for action to address persistent inequities in global health.
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.
NEJM Interview: Carmel Shachar on modernizing labor laws and strike regulations to support physicians, patients, and hospitals.
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.
NEJM Interview: David Velasquez on care for older, low-income adults who can’t enroll in Medicare or Medicaid because they’re undocumented immigrants.
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.
NEJM Interview: Joey Mattingly on providing widespread access to HCV treatment at the lowest possible price.
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.
NEJM Interview: Lauren Schiff on the need for improved training and increased comfort in treating autistic people.
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
NEJM Interview: Bindu Kanapuru on the FDA’s new expedited withdrawal procedure for accelerated approvals.
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.
NEJM Interview: Karen Joynt Maddox on the Transforming Episode Accountability Model recently announced by CMS.
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.
NEJM Interview: Andrew Hantel on a source of discrimination against some patients in cancer research and care practices.
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 C
