NEJM Interviews

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NEJM Interview: Zirui Song on the rise of concierge and direct primary care practices in the United States. May 28, 2025

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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. May 14, 2025

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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. May 07, 2025

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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. “Putting America First” — Undermining Health for Populations at Home and Abroad. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1769-1771.

NEJM Interview: Arthur Robin Williams on alcohol consumption in the United States and the effects of alcohol taxes. Apr 30, 2025

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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 Interview: Lauren Jatt on the efficacy of twice-yearly lenacapavir for preexposure prophylaxis and its implications for the development of an HIV vaccine. Apr 23, 2025

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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 Outbreaks Updates — H5N1 in Indiana Apr 22, 2025

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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, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. NEJM Outbreaks Updates — H5N1 in Indiana. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2503583.

NEJM Interview: Patricia Zettler on a proposed FDA rule on nicotine yields and potential challenges moving forward. Apr 16, 2025

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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. Apr 09, 2025

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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. Mar 28, 2025

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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 Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2414572. D.B. Holt and E.A. Elster. Rethinking Shadowing for Aspiring Physicians. N Engl J Med 2025;392:1249-1251. A.A. Iyer, D.A. Hirsh, and R.M. Schwartzstein. Medical School Grading — Is “Good Enough” Good Enough? N Engl J Med 2025;392:1254-1257.

NEJM Interview: Erin Fuse Brown on telehealth arrangements that have prompted concerns about inappropriate prescribing and unnecessary spending. Mar 26, 2025

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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 Driving Inappropriate Prescribing? N Engl J Med 2025;392:1148-1151.

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