NEJM Interviews

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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.

Episodes

NEJM Interview: Christopher Forrest on declines in the health of U.S. children and the role of communities in reversing those trends.

NEJM Interview: Dhruv Khullar on concerns about displacement of clinicians by artificial intelligence and counterarguments based on economic theory.

NEJM Interview: Elizabeth Kaplan on changes to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the importance of evidence-based recommendations for preventive services.

NEJM Interview: Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler on the legal argument that permitting telehealth access to mifepristone can abet reproductive coercion.

NEJM Interview: Rebecca Haffajee on the rescheduling of medical marijuana products and its potential effect on research.

NEJM Interview: Eric Schneider on the limitations of pay-for-performance programs and alternative options to support quality improvement.

NEJM Interview: Jean Nachega on the importance of investment in equitable partnerships, community trust, and local scientific leadership for outbreak preparedness.

NEJM Interview: Jerry Avorn on the role of litigation in addressing product-related damage to health.

NEJM Interview: Arnold Monto on the value and feasibility of various methods for evaluating the protection offered by vaccines.

NEJM Interview: Yaara Zisman-Ilani on navigating the uncertainty surrounding medication management in autism care.

NEJM Interview: Mark Unruh on projected increases in the need for long-term services and supports in the United States amid declines in nursing-home capacity.

NEJM Interview: Justin Barr on physician leadership in American society and politics over the past 250 years.

NEJM Interview: Stacie Dusetzina on a new program that will allow Medicare Part D enrollees to obtain GLP-1 medications for use for weight loss.

NEJM Interview: Marcus Hughes on inconsistent oversight of psychedelic agents at the state and federal levels in the United States.

NEJM Interview: Edward Ryan on factors driving continued disease and death from cholera and opportunities for progress.

NEJM Interview: Loren Adler on regulatory strategies for addressing factors that make consolidation in health care especially profitable.

NEJM Interview: Deirdre Tobias on the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including areas of confusion and contradiction.

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NEJM Interview: Raja-Elie Abdulnour on the need for clinicians and AI systems to refrain from expressing undue confidence in their knowledge.

NEJM Interview: Jatin Vyas on the effect of corporatization of academic medical centers on medical education and trainee development.