All Episodes

NEJM Interview: George Karandinos on high rates of incarceration among racial and ethnic minorities as a driver of health disparities in the United States.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Amir Mohareb on the humanitarian crisis and violations of medical neutrality in Yemen.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Arthur A. Levin on the use of oligonucleotide drugs that regulate RNA.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Matlow on proposed changes to U.S. regulations on standards of care for noncitizen children.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Alison Loren on the risk of opioid use disorder in survivors of cancer and judicious prescribing of pain medications.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Cheryl Seymour on critical thinking about the social structures that affect patients’ health.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Morens on lessons from the 1918 influenza pandemic and the threat of a similar global health disaster.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Jones on the possibilities for finding solutions to health policy problems at the state level.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Eve Rittenberg on providing patient-centered and compassionate care for people who have experienced trauma.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Inger Damon on the response to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Joel Braslow on how medicalization and demedicalization have affected patients, including those with chronic mental illness.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Melinda Ashton on easing the burden of administrative tasks in medicine and helping clinicians find more meaning in their work.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ryan Corcoran on the potential clinical applications of cell-free DNA analysis in patients with cancer.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Susan Mann on steps that hospitals can take to keep women safe during and after childbirth.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Esther Choo on steps that medical institutions can take to support and empower women.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Parmet on the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of a California law about information provided by crisis pregnancy centers.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Peter Bach on payment approaches Medicare could consider for costly new CAR-T treatments.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Adams on the use of clinical next-generation sequencing to obtain a genetic diagnosis.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Robert Goldstein on disparities in access to preexposure prophylaxis among populations at high risk for HIV infection.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Garen Wintemute on state and federal policies that could prevent firearm-related deaths.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on the FDA Amendments Act of 2007 and the effort to make data on drug safety more transparent and available.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Cheryl Healton on the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and opportunities for action against other industries that harm health.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Tushar Patel on the role of extracellular vesicles in physiologic function and as potential biomarkers for disease.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Breanne Grace on immigrant and refugee health and the effects of systematic personal, social, and institutional instability.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Mark Pallansch on the challenges involved in eradicating polio.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on the results of Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Eduardo Bruera on the treatment of pain during a severe shortage of parenteral opioids.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Rebecca Haffajee on the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Diana Bianchi on the use of cell-free DNA testing to screen for fetal chromosome abnormalities.

NEJM Interview: Dr. John Maa on his proposal for a Surgeon General’s report on firearm injuries and violence that could change the U.S. debate about guns.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum on how emotion and risk perception affect decision making in public health and medicine.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Charlotte Haug on a new European privacy law that gives consumers, including patients, more explicit control of their own data.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Bernard Lo on a herpes vaccine trial that reportedly flouted established protections for research participants.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Carl June on chimeric antigen receptor therapy.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Brendan Saloner on increasing access to medication for treatment of opioid use disorder.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Amy Kind on a new tool for incorporating data on neighborhood disadvantage into research, policy, and health interventions.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Shulkin on strategies for enhancing the quality of care at VA medical centers.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Loren Rabinowitz on the hurdles and frustrations that female medical trainees face in a sexist culture.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Amber Willink on a new law that increases the flexibility of benefit offerings in Medicare Advantage plans.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Bernard Lo on aid-in-dying laws and their implications for doctors.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Julie Donohue on changes to Medicare Part D’s benefit design under the Bipartisan Budget Act.

NEJM Interview: Dan Liljenquist on generic-drug market failures and the creation of a nonprofit drug manufacturer.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Catherine MacLean on physician performance measures and their integration into care delivery.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Taylor Kelley on options for states seeking to expand health insurance coverage for undocumented immigrants.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Evan Wood on actions taken by Canada to reduce opioid-overdose deaths.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the use of monoclonal antibodies in the context of emerging infectious diseases.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Lisa Harris on HHS’s new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division and polarized rhetoric about abortion.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Gail Wilensky on physician payment under MACRA and efforts to improve health care outcomes and value.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jake Liang on the increasing spread of hepatitis C virus associated with injection-drug use.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Gayatri Devi on assessment and support for physicians with Alzheimer’s disease.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox on alternative payment models and disincentives for treating high-risk patients.

NEJM Interview: Dr. John Balmes on the potential health effects of recent wildfires in California.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Douglas Opel on legal issues surrounding the enforcement of influenza-vaccination requirements for health care workers.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jerry Avorn on lessons for health care from behavioral economics and other fields.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Leemore Dafny on the proposed merger of CVS and Aetna.

NEJM Interview: Dr. George Bakris on new blood-pressure guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Claire Pouncey on the controversy surrounding psychiatrists’ comments on President Trump’s mental health.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Tait Shanafelt on causes of burnout and efforts to improve support for clinicians.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Margot Kushel on the hepatitis A outbreak in California and the health risks associated with chronic homelessness.

NEJM Interview: Sean Duffy on approaches to providing high-quality nonvisit health care.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Katrina Armstrong on restoring the role of patient-based inquiry in academic medicine.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Lainie Rutkow on legal action taken by states to address the opioid-overdose crisis.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Roy Ziegelstein on the increasing concentration of medical-school debt among fewer students.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Rebecca Haffajee on the growing number of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Sara Rosenbaum on the implications of an appeals court’s decision not to stop Arkansas from excluding Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Linda Blumberg on proposals for stabilizing insurance markets and making nongroup insurance more affordable.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Debra Weinstein on the need for consistent metrics to assess GME programs and their graduates.

NEJM Interview: Dr. George Church on recent advances in human germline repair and movement toward clinical applications.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Carmen Zorrilla on how one hospital in Puerto Rico responded to Hurricane Maria and what will come next for the island.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Rose Molina on trends and disparities in maternal outcomes in the United States.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Chris Beyrer on the increasing resistance to HIV drugs that is threatening global health and the goals of control efforts.

NEJM Interview: Drs. Pamela Hartzband and Jerome Groopman on how the possibility of regret can affect patients’ decision making.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on why requiring informed consent for trials that pose minimal risk to participants can do more harm than good.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Neil Wagle on how measuring patient-reported outcomes can benefit both patients and doctors.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ziad Obermeyer on how collaboration between doctors and computers will help improve medical care.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Ronald Bayer on barriers to eradicating tuberculosis in the United States.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Nicholas Bagley on why partial Medicaid expansions could be harmful for patients and the federal budget.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Eric Schneider on the challenges that the U.S. health care system must confront in order to become one of the best in the world.

NEJM Interview: Brigg Reilley on why the Indian Health Service has lagged when it comes to treating patients with hepatitis C.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Alison Rapoport on how physicians in all specialties can help address opioid use disorder in their patients.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Richard Schwartzstein on alternatives to traditional lecture-based courses in medical school.

NEJM Interview: Josephine Johnston on fetal genetic sequencing and the challenges involved in ensuring fully informed consent.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Christopher Goodman on important concerns about increased prescribing of gabapentin and pregabalin for pain.

NEJM Interview: Prof. R. Alta Charo on recent Trump administration appointees and the implications of alternative science for women’s health.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze on how physicians can use scenario planning to facilitate informed decision making.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeremy Greene on a Maryland law that prohibits price gouging on older essential drugs.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Paul Drain on Trump’s proposed NIH budget cuts, including elimination of the Fogarty International Center.

NEJM Interview: Dr. John McDonough on efforts by Senate Republicans to pass a health care reform bill.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Matthew Fiedler on the American Health Care Act and its likely effects on insurance coverage.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Thomas Lee on the financial incentives that keep providers from reducing patient waiting times.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jeffrey Drazen on the Journal’s data-analysis challenge and summit and the ICMJE’s new data-sharing policy.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Susan Glod on provision of adequate pain relief during the opioid crisis.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Walid Gellad on strategies for managing the cost of drugs receiving accelerated FDA approval.

NEJM Interview: Prof. Wendy Parmet on the decision to overturn parts of a Florida law regulating physician speech about firearms.

NEJM Interview: Kellan Baker on insurance coverage for health care services related to gender transition.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Asch on resident work hours and using evidence to inform medical education policy.

NEJM Interview: Dr. David Hunter on how the health care system can address climate change and its effects.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Jonathan Oberlander on Republican lawmakers’ efforts to pass new health care legislation.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Anthony Fauci on an outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Heather Kovich on the challenges facing patients and physicians in rural areas of the United States.