NEJM Interviews Podcast

NEJM Interviews

NEJM Group
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.
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.
Apr 29
9 min
Introducing: Intention to Treat — Season 2
What happens when medicine gets race wrong? In a new 8-week series, The Race Equation confronts harmful assumptions about race in clinical medicine, why they endure, and what it will take to change.
Apr 29
2 min
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.
Apr 22
9 min
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 Health Communication. N Engl J Med 2026;394:1459-1461.
Apr 15
6 min
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.
Apr 8
6 min
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.
Apr 1
12 min
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.
Mar 25
9 min
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.
Mar 11
8 min
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.
Mar 4
6 min
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.
Feb 25
6 min
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