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EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 32 MIN

Can Ozempic Treat Addiction? GLP-1s and the Future of Medicine

from Thriving with Addiction with Dr. Jonathan Avery · host Dr. Jonathan Avery

Dhruv Khullar, M.D., M.P.P., is a physician and associate professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College and a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he covers medicine, health care, and politics. He serves as Director of the Physicians Foundation Center for the Study of Physician Practice and Leadership and Associate Director of the Cornell Health Policy Center. His research on value-based care, health care consolidation, and medical innovation has been published in JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine. He earned his M.D. from Yale, trained at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and received an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School.https://www.dhruvkhullar.com/Follow Thriving with Addiction:www.thrivingwithaddiction.comwww.instagram.com/jonathanaverymdx.com/jonathanaverymdwww.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-avery-md

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Dhruv Khullar, M.D., M.P.P., is a physician and associate professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College and a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he covers medicine, health care, and politics. He serves as Director of the Physicians Foundation Center for the Study of Physician Practice and Leadership and Associate Director of the Cornell Health Policy Center. His research on value-based care, health care consolidation, and medical innovation has been published in...

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