INTERVIEWS AND DISCUSSIONS
Audio interviews have been published on this Web site since April 7, 2005, and video interviews since December 7, 2007.
Roundtable Participants |
Arnold Epstein, Henry Aaron, Katherine Baicker, Jacob Hacker, and Mark Pauly on the current outlook for health care reform President Barack Obama has placed U.S. health care reform at the top of his domestic agenda, and months of legislative work on the issue have resulted in five bills — three in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate — that proponents believe will move the country in the direction of universal coverage, a fairer insurance system, and slower escalation of health care costs. On September 25, in a symposium cosponsored by the Journal and the Harvard School of Public Health, health policy experts Henry Aaron, Katherine Baicker, Jacob Hacker, and Mark Pauly explored the promise and limitations of the bills and the outlook for reform. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Arnold Epstein of the Journal and the Department of Health Policy and Management at HSPH. Epstein AM et al. Health Care Reform in Perspective. N Engl J Med 2009;361:e30, October 15, 2009. |
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Atul Gawande, Elliott Fisher, Jonathan Gruber, and Meredith Rosenthal on the growth of health care costs and the impact of increasing costs on the current efforts toward health care reform Can we pay for health coverage for all Americans without moderating our rising health care costs? In a roundtable discussion moderated by Dr. Atul Gawande, three experts in health care economics — Elliott Fisher, Jonathan Gruber, and Meredith Rosenthal — examine ways of slowing the growth of costs, the potential effects on medical practice, and whether the current health care reform efforts will help. Gawande AA et al. The Cost of Health Care — Highlights from a Discussion about Economics and Reform. N Engl J Med 2009;361:1421-3, October 8, 2009. DOI:10.1056/NEJMp0907810. |
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Thomas Lee, Philip Kantoff, and Mary McNaughton-Collins on new trials of PSA screening and prostate-cancer mortality Two recent trials examined the effect of annual prostate-specific–antigen (PSA) screening on the rate of death from prostate cancer and found that it was small and was offset by false positive diagnoses. Professional societies have split on the question of whether to recommend regular PSA screening. In a discussion moderated by Dr. Thomas Lee, oncologist Philip Kantoff and primary care physician Mary McNaughton-Collins debate the clinical implications of the new findings and the best way to advise patients about undergoing PSA testing. Lee TH, Kantoff PW, and McNaughton-Collins MF. Screening for Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med 2009;360:e18, March 26, 2009. Andriole GL et al. Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial. N Engl J Med 2009;360:1310-9, March 26, 2009. Schröder FH et al. Screening and Prostate-Cancer Mortality in a Randomized European Study. N Engl J Med 2009;360:1320-8, March 26, 2009. Barry MJ. Screening for Prostate Cancer — The Controversy That Refuses to Die. N Engl J Med 2009;360:1351-4, March 26, 2009. |
Roundtable Participants |
Thomas Lee, David Hillis, and Elizabeth Nabel on treatment options for advanced coronary artery disease and the implications of the SYNTAX trial What should be the standard of care for advanced coronary disease — CABG or PCI with drug-eluting stents? In a discussion moderated by Dr. Thomas Lee, cardiologists David Hillis and Elizabeth Nabel debate the implications of the SYNTAX trial and the tradeoff between the need for repeat revascularization and the risk of stroke. Lee TH, Hillis LD, and Nabel EG. CABG vs. Stenting — Clinical Implications of the SYNTAX Trial. N Engl J Med 2009;360:e10. Serruys PW et al. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease. N Engl J Med 2009;360:961-72, March 5, 2009. Lange RA and Hillis LD. Coronary Revascularization in Context. N Engl J Med 2009;360:1024-6, March 5, 2009. |
Roundtable Participants |
Thomas Lee, James Mongan, Jonathan Oberlander, and Meredith Rosenthal on the effects of the recession on U.S. health care In a discussion moderated by Dr. Thomas Lee, three experts in in health policy, economics, and health care delivery — Drs. James Mongan, Jonathan Oberlander, and Meredith Rosenthal — explore the current and likely effects of the recession on U.S. health care and the prospects for systemic change. Lee TH et al. Health Care and the Recession. N Engl J Med 2008;360:e5, January 22, 2009. |
Roundtable Participants |
Thomas Lee, Thomas Bodenheimer, Allan Goroll, Barbara Starfield, and Katharine Treadway on the crisis in U.S. primary care In a discussion moderated by Dr. Thomas Lee, four experts in primary care and related policy — Drs. Thomas Bodenheimer, Allan Goroll, Barbara Starfield, and Katharine Treadway — explore the current crisis in U.S. primary care and possible solutions for training, practice, compensation, and systemic change. Lee TH et al. Redesigning Primary Care. N Engl J Med 2008;359:e24, November 13, 2008. |
Roundtable Participants |
Arnold Epstein moderates a symposium on health care reform featuring advisors to presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama The future of health care in the United States — access, cost, and quality — is a critical issue in the 2008 presidential election. Senior health policy advisors — Gail Wilensky for Republican John McCain and David Cutler for Democrat Barack Obama — discuss their candidates’ positions on health care reform. Cutler DM and Wilensky GR. Health Care in the Next Administration. N Engl J Med 2008;359:e17, October 9, 2008. McCain J. Access to Quality and Affordable Health Care for Every American. N Engl J Med 2008;359:1537-41, October 9, 2008. Obama B. Modern Health Care for All Americans. N Engl J Med 2008;359:1537-41, October 9, 2008. |
Anthony Fauci |
Anthony Fauci on the 30-year search for an HIV vaccine, recent setbacks, and prospects for future success Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, MD. Teresa Schraeder, the interviewer, is a clinical assistant professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Johnston MI and Fauci AS. An HIV Vaccine — Challenges and Prospects. N Engl J Med 2008;359:888-90, August 28, 2008. |
Shattuck Lecture Participants Ruben King-Shaw, Jr., and Susan Dentzer |
Arthur Miller moderates an expert panel on pressing challenges to the U.S. health care system In the 2008 Shattuck Lecture, 13 distinguished panelists — physicians, academics, and business, insurance, and political leaders — address the need for universal health coverage in the United States, pressing challenges to the U.S. health care system, and possible solutions, in a seminar moderated by law professor Arthur Miller. Baker CD et al. Shattuck Lecture: Health of the Nation — Coverage for All Americans. N Engl J Med 2008;359:777-80, August 21, 2008. Morrissey S, Curfman GD, and Drazen JM. Editorial: Health of the Nation — Coverage for All Americans. N Engl J Med 2008;359:855-6, August 21, 2008. |
Roundtable Participants |
Atul Gawande, George Annas, Arthur Caplan, and Robert Truog on key ethical aspects of organ donation after cardiac death In this roundtable discussion, moderator Atul Gawande, of Harvard Medical School, was joined by George Annas, of the Boston University School of Public Health; Arthur Caplan, of the University of Pennsylvania; and Robert Truog, of Harvard Medical School. Bernat JL. The Boundaries of Organ Donation after Circulatory Death. N Engl J Med 2008;359:669-71, August 14, 2008. Veatch RM. Donating Hearts after Cardiac Death — Reversing the Irreversible. N Engl J Med 2008;359:672-3, August 14, 2008. Truog RD and Miller FG. The Dead Donor Rule and Organ Transplantation. N Engl J Med 2008;359:674-5, August 14, 2008. Curfman GD, Morrissey S, and Drazen JM. Cardiac Transplantation in Infants. N Engl J Med 2008;359:749-50, August 14, 2008. |
Wafaa El-Sadr |
Wafaa El-Sadr on the successes and shortcomings of PEPFAR’s efforts to address the HIV epidemic in the developing world Wafaa El-Sadr is the director of the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs and a professor of clinical medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University, New York. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. El-Sadr WM and Hoos D. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — Is the Emergency Over? N Engl J Med 2008;359:553-5, August 7, 2008. |
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Allan Brandt |
Allan Brandt on the provisions, benefits, and criticisms of legislation that would grant the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco products Allan Brandt is a professor of the history of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Teresa Schraeder, the interviewer, is an internist and medical journalist. Brandt AM. FDA Regulation of Tobacco — Pitfalls and Possibilities. N Engl J Med 2008;359:445-8, July 31, 2008. |
Jon Kingsdale |
Jon Kingsdale on the Massachusetts mandate for universal health insurance coverage and its lessons for the rest of the United States Jon Kingsdale is the executive director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, Boston. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Steinbrook R. Health Care Reform in Massachusetts — Expanding Coverage, Escalating Costs. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2757-60, June 26, 2008. |
Francis Collins |
Francis Collins on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and its likely effects Francis Collins is director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Teresa Schraeder, the interviewer, is an internist and medical journalist. Hudson KL, Holohan MK, and Collins FS. Keeping Pace with the Times — The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2661-3, June 19, 2008. Korobkin R and Rajkumar R. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act — A Half-Step toward Risk Sharing. N Engl J Med 2008;359:335-7, July 24, 2008. |
Janet Woodcock |
Janet Woodcock on the contaminated heparin from China and the role of the FDA Janet Woodcock is director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Avorn J. Coagulation and Adulteration — Building on Science and Policy Lessons from 1905. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2429-31, June 5, 2008. |
Stuart Schweitzer |
Stuart Schweitzer on challenges faced by the FDA Stuart Schweitzer is a professor in the Department of Health Services at the UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Schweitzer SO. Trying Times at the FDA — The Challenge of Ensuring the Safety of Imported Pharmaceuticals. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1773-7, April 24, 2008. |
Sherry Glied |
Sherry Glied on the risks and benefits of individual health insurance mandates Sherry Glied is a professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Glied SA. Universal Coverage One Head at a Time — The Risks and Benefits of Individual Health Insurance Mandates. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1540-2, April 10, 2008. |
David Hemenway |
David Hemenway on gun violence in the United States and the likely effects of the Supreme Court case D.C. v. Heller David Hemenway is a professor of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Wintemute GJ. Guns, Fear, the Constitution, and the Public’s Health. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1421-4, April 3, 2008 Tushnet M. Interpreting the Right to Bear Arms — Gun Regulation and Constitutional Law. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1424-6, April 3, 2008. Curfman GD, Morrissey S, and Drazen JM. Handgun Violence, Public Health, and the Law. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1503-4, April 3, 2008. |
Mohamed Ali |
Mohamed Ali on violence-related mortality among Iraqi civilians Mohamed Ali is a statistician in the Department of Measurement and Health Information Systems at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Brownstein CA and Brownstein JS. Estimating Excess Mortality in Post-Invasion Iraq. N Engl J Med 2008;358:445-7, January 31, 2008. Iraq Family Health Survey Study Group. Violence-Related Mortality in Iraq from 2002 to 2006. N Engl J Med 2008;358:484-93, January 31, 2008. |
Roundtable Participants |
Atul Gawande, Deborah Denno, Robert Truog, and David Waisel on physicians and execution In this roundtable discussion, moderator Atul Gawande, surgeon and associate professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, was joined by Deborah Denno, professor of law at Fordham University; Robert Truog, professor of medical ethics, anesthesiology, and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School; and David Waisel, associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Gawande A et al. Physicians and Execution — Highlights from a Discussion of Lethal Injection. N Engl J Med 2008;358:448-51, January 31, 2008. |
Peggy Porter |
Peggy Porter on the increased rate of breast cancer in lower-income countries Peggy Porter is a cancer biology researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a professor of pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Porter P. “Westernizing” Women’s Risks? Breast Cancer in Lower-Income Countries. N Engl J Med 2008;358:213-6, January 17, 2008. |
Muin Khoury |
Muin Khoury on personal genomics services being offered directly to consumers Muin Khoury is the director of the National Office of Public Health Genomics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Hunter DJ, Khoury MJ, and Drazen JM. Letting the Genome out of the Bottle — Will We Get Our Wish? N Engl J Med 2008;358:105-7, January 10, 2008. |
Thomas Lee |
Thomas Lee on Physician Report Cards Thomas Lee is network president for Partners Healthcare in Boston and an associate editor of the Journal. Teresa Schraeder, the interviewer, is an internist and medical journalist. Milstein A and Lee TH. Comparing Physicians on Efficiency. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2649-52, December 27, 2007. |
Gretchen Berland 
J. Galen Buckwalter |
Gretchen Berland and Galen Buckwalter on video recording and revelations about interactions between physicians and patients with disabilities Gretchen Berland is an assistant professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Galen Buckwalter is vice president of research and development at eHarmony.com. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Berland G. The View from the Other Side — Patients, Doctors, and the Power of a Camera. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2533-6, December 20, 2007. |
Susan Dymecki |
Susan Dymecki on gene modification in mice and the 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology Susan Dymecki is an associate professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, Boston. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Manis JP. Knock Out, Knock In, Knock Down — Genetically Manipulated Mice and the Nobel Prize. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2426-9, December 13, 2007. |
David Ludwig |
David Ludwig on the impact of the childhood obesity epidemic David Ludwig is director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program in the Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Boston, and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School — both in Boston. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Ludwig DS. Childhood Obesity — The Shape of Things to Come. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2325-7, December 6, 2007. |
Thomas Monath |
Thomas Monath on dengue and yellow fever and the challenges faced in the development and use of vaccines against them Thomas Monath, an adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, spent many years studying, and developing vaccines against, dengue and yellow fever. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Monath TP. Dengue and Yellow Fever — Challenges for the Development and Use of Vaccines. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2222-5, November 29, 2007. |
Jonathan Oberlander |
Jonathan Oberlander on health care reform and the presidential campaign Jonathan Oberlander is an associate professor of social medicine and of health policy and administration at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Oberlander J. Presidential Politics and the Resurgence of Health Care Reform. N Engl J Med 2007;357:2101-4, November 22, 2007. |
Charles Grassley |
Senator Charles Grassley on President Bush’s veto of the SCHIP reauthorization bill and its implications Senator Charles Grassley is a Republican from Iowa. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Iglehart JK. The Fate of SCHIP — Surrogate Marker for Health Care Ideology? N Engl J Med 2007;357:2104-7, November 22, 2007. |
Richard Frank |
Richard Frank on the ongoing regulation of generic drugs Richard Frank is a professor of health economics at Harvard Medical School, Boston. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Frank RG. The Ongoing Regulation of Generic Drugs. N Engl J Med 2007;357:1993-6, November 15, 2007. |
Peter Orszag |
Peter Orszag on the rising cost of health care Peter Orszag is the director of the Congressional Budget Office. Rachel Gotbaum, the interviewer, is an independent producer based in Boston. Orszag PR and Ellis P. Addressing Rising Health Care Costs — A View from the Congressional Budget Office. N Engl J Med 2007;357:1885-7, November 8, 2007. |
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Jonathan Oberlander |
Jonathan Oberlander on the lessons of the failed Clinton health care plan of 1993 |
 Meredith Rosenthal |
Meredith Rosenthal on Medicare’s decision to stop reimbursing hospitals for some of the care made necessary by improper care |
 Douglas Melton |
Douglas Melton on the promise and limitations of recent advances in stem-cell research |
 Albert Starr |
Albert Starr on the invention of the first successful artificial heart valve |
 Sara Rosenbaum |
Sara Rosenbaum on the battle over the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) |
 Orrin Hatch |
Senator Orrin Hatch on the regulation of follow-on biopharmaceuticals |
 Jacob Hacker |
Jacob Hacker on Michael Moore’s movie Sicko and the outlook for reform in the U.S. health care system |
 Edward Markey |
Edward Markey on drug safety and the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act |
 Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa |
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa on immigrants and health care in the United States |
 Wendy Parmet |
Wendy Parmet on the case of Andrew Speaker, tuberculosis control, and the law |
 Timothy Quill |
Timothy Quill on hospice care in the United States |
Francis Delmonico 
Michael Grodin |
Francis Delmonico and Michael Grodin on organ donation after cardiac death |
 Mark Reed |
Mark Reed on mental illness among college students and mental health care on campus |
 Robert Truog |
Robert Truog on the concept of medical futility and the case of Emilio Gonzales |
 Ethan Fried |
Ethan Fried on the effects of the national limits on residents’ duty hours |
Jimmy Carter 
Donald Hopkins |
Jimmy Carter and Donald Hopkins on the near-eradication of guinea worm disease |
 James Doroshow |
James Doroshow on the possible risks associated with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents |
 Andrew Leon |
Andrew Leon on the FDA's expanded black-box warning for antidepressants |
 Robin Herbert |
Robin Herbert on the health effects of World Trade Center dust |
 Priscilla Smith |
LeRoy Carhart and Priscilla Smith on the Supreme Court case Gonzales v. Carhart |
 Thomas Frieden |
Thomas Frieden on banning trans fats in New York City restaurants |
 R. Alta Charo |
R. Alta Charo on mandating HPV vaccination in the United States |
 Bates Gill |
Bates Gill on the HIV epidemic in China |
Jerry Avorn 
Mark McClellan |
Jerry Avorn and Mark McClellan on the Prescription Drug User Fee Act and its effects on drug safety |
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Orrin Hatch |
Senator Orrin Hatch on Expanding Federal Funding for
Embryonic Stem-Cell Research |
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David Ross on the FDA review process for the antibiotic Ketek |
 Steven Schroeder |
Steven Schroeder on the state of U.S. and global tobacco control |
Charles Grassley 
Peter Stark |
Senator Charles Grassley and Congressman Peter Stark on President Bush’s tax-based health care proposals |
Debora Spar 
Emily Galpern |
Debora Spar and Emily Galpern on the U.S. market for human oocytes |
 Linda Rosenstock |
Linda Rosenstock on firefighters' risk of death from cardiovascular causes |
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Thomas Lee |
Thomas Lee on increased mortality with weekend hospital admissions |
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Donald Baim and Steven Nissen on the risks and benefits of drug-eluting stents |
 Jeffrey Ecker |
Jeffrey Ecker on the contributors to the increase in cesarean deliveries |
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Richard Bohmer on the rise of in-store clinics |
 Ian Smith |
Ian Smith on extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and its implications for global public health |
 Janice Mueller |
Janice Mueller on a pharmaceutical-industry challenge to Indian patent laws |
 Fitzhugh Mullan |
Fitzhugh Mullan on the physician brain drain in Ghana and other developing countries |
 Robert Califf |
Robert Califf on COX-2 inhibitors and study design |
 K. Srinath Reddy |
Srinath Reddy on the burden of chronic disease in India and the developing world |
 Theodore Hammett |
Theodore Hammett on HIV and harm reduction in prisons |
 Jim Cooper |
Jim Cooper on Blue Dog Democrats and health care in the 110th Congress |
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Cynthia Montgomery, whose son took his life at the age of 14 |
Jason Pepper 
Harriet Zeiner |
Jason Pepper and Harriet Zeiner on the recovery and rehabilitation of soldiers injured in Iraq |
Wafaa El-Sadr 
James Oleske |
Wafaa El-Sadr and James Oleske on caring for patients with AIDS, past and present |
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Jerry Avorn |
Jerry Avorn on hiding data on the adverse effects of drugs |
 Richard Friedman |
Richard Friedman on violence and mental illness |
 Dennis Maki |
Dennis Maki on controlling outbreaks of foodborne E. coli infection |
 Bruce Weinstein |
Bruce Weinstein on getting paid for performance |
 Bruce Psaty |
Bruce Psaty on the Institute of Medicine’s recent recommendations for improving drug safety |
 John Danforth |
John Danforth on the politics of stem-cell research |
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R. Alta Charo |
R. Alta Charo on ownership and research use of human tissue |
 Frederick Ferris III |
Frederick Ferris III on ranibizumab (Lucentis) and bevacizumab (Avastin) for age-related macular degeneration |
 Arthur Kellermann |
Arthur Kellermann on the crisis in emergency care in the United States |
Elliott Fisher 
Karen Davis |
Elliott Fisher and Karen Davis on the pay-for-performance concept and its usefulness in the Medicare system |
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Debora Spar |
Debora Spar on stem-cell research in China |
 Mark Wainberg |
Mark Wainberg on highlights of the XVI International AIDS Conference |
 Ganesh Suntharalingam |
Ganesh Suntharalingam on the severe illness and treatment of the volunteers in the recent trial of the TGN1412 monoclonal antibody |
 Beverly Woo |
Beverly Woo on the rewards and challenges of primary care medicine |
Gene Bishop 
Nancy Atkins |
Gene Bishop and Nancy Atkins on the new West Virginia Medicaid Plan |
 Paul Farmer |
Paul Farmer on AIDS and rural health care in the developing world |
 George Annas |
George Annas on DNA testing and privacy protection |
 William Schultz |
William Schultz on the right of terminally ill patients to seek experimental drugs before they’re approved |
 Rudolf Klein |
Rudolf Klein on the transformation of Britain’s National Health Service |
 Glenn Flores |
Glenn Flores on the effect of language barriers in health care and the need for medical interpreter services |
Watson Bowes 
Kenneth Edelin |
Watson Bowes and Kenneth Edelin on abortion and women’s health |
 Jack Lewin |
Jack Lewin on the collection and sale of physicians’ prescribing data |
 Marion Nestle |
Marion Nestle on childhood obesity and the marketing of food to children |
Michael Merson |
Michael Merson on the global response to the AIDS pandemic |
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Richard Boothman on a medical-error disclosure program in Michigan |
Stuart Altman |
Stuart Altman on the Massachusetts health care reform bill |
Lawrence Cohn |
Lawrence Cohn on robotic surgery |
Chris Beyrer |
Chris Beyrer on Brazil’s success in fighting HIV |
Alastair Wood |
Alastair Wood on the recent disastrous outcome of a phase 1 clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody in England |
Mike Westerhaus 
Khayree Butler 
James Maguire |
Mike Westerhaus, Khayree Butler, and James Maguire on international training for medical students |
Brian Day 
Michael McBane |
Michael McBane and Brian Day on the future of health care in Canada |
Ruth Berggren 
Tyler Curiel |
Ruth Berggren and Tyler Curiel on rebuilding the health care system in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina |
Steven Nissen |
Steven Nissen on the cardiovascular risks associated with ADHD drugs |
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Jerry Avorn |
Jerry Avorn on the Medicare Drug Benefit |
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Carlo Musso on the participation of physicians in capital punishment |
Douglas Lowy |
Douglas Lowy on the new vaccines against human papillomavirus |
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George Annas |
George Annas on the recent Supreme Court decision regarding the Oregon Death with Dignity Act |
Maria Siemionow |
Maria Siemionow on her protocol for
full-face transplantation |
Frederick Hayden |
Frederick Hayden on antiviral resistance in influenza viruses |
Robert Wachter |
Robert Wachter on the outsourcing of medical services |
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Thomas Frieden |
Thomas Frieden on mandatory reporting of glycosylated hemoglobin values in New York City |
Mark Migliori |
Mark Migliori on his work as a volunteer surgeon in developing countries |
Evan Snyder |
Evan Snyder on stem-cell research and scientific misconduct |
Cyril Enwonwu |
Cyril Enwonwu on noma |
David Relman |
David Relman on bioterrorism and biomedical research |
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Timothy Quill 
Diane Meier |
Timothy Quill and Diane Meier on the Drug Enforcement Agency and end-of-life care |
Arnold Epstein |
Arnold Epstein on the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit |
Anne Moscona |
Anne Moscona on the Clinical Implications of Oseltamivir Resistance |
Susan Okie |
Susan Okie on Guantanamo Bay and medical ethics |
Michael Greene |
Michael Greene on fatal infections associated with mifepristone-induced abortion |
Robert Belshe |
Robert Belshe on the origins of pandemic influenza. |
F. Daniel Duffy |
F. Daniel Duffy on internal medicine's new recertification requirements |
Dan Calac |
Thomas Sequist and Dan Calac on Native American health care |
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Fitzhugh Mullan |
Fitzhugh Mullan and Sreekanth Chaguturu on the health care brain drain |
Susan Wood |
Susan Wood on the FDA and Plan B |
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Ruth Berggren |
Ruth Berggren on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at the Charity Hospital in New Orleans |
Elias Zerhouni |
Elias Zerhouni on NIH support for translational and clinical research |
Paul Epstein |
Paul Epstein on the effects of climate change on human health |
Susan Block 
Christie Sullivan |
Susan Block and Christie Sullivan on Sullivan’s first experience with a terminally ill patient |
James Robinson 
Thomas Lee |
James Robinson and Thomas Lee on health savings accounts and high-deductible plans |
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Julie Rosenthal and Jennifer Tjia on depression among medical students |
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Jerry Avorn |
Jerry Avorn on the FDA’s standards for approving new drugs |
Henry Greely |
Henry Greely on on genetic discrimination and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2005 |
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Donald Abrams on medical marijuana and the Supreme Court |
Diane Havlir |
Diane Havlir on antiretroviral drugs and patent laws in India |
Peter Holden |
Peter Holden on improvising emergency care after the London attacks |
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Robert Truog |
Robert Truog and Jeremiah Lowney on the ethics of organ donation by living donors |
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Kenneth Arrow on making antimalarial agents available in Africa |
Eric Topol |
Eric Topol calls into question the use of nesiritide for heart failure |
John Gearhart |
John Gearhart on recent events in stem-cell research
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Jonathan Marks |
Jonathan Marks on physician involvement in military interrogation
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Mark Rothstein |
Mark Rothstein on the use of DNA evidence to exonerate innocent prisoners |
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C.J. Peters on arming ourselves against Marburg and Ebola viruses |
R. Alta Charo |
R. Alta Charo on “conscience clauses” and the refusal to deliver medical care |
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M. Gregg Bloche on managing conflict at the end of life |
Robert Jay Lifton |
Robert Jay Lifton on the psychological responses of Americans to the collective trauma of war and terrorist attack |
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Susan Okie 
Jason Pepper |
Susan Okie on traumatic brain injury in the war zone and Jason Pepper on recovering from traumatic brain injury |
Katharine Treadway |
Katharine Treadway on teaching compassion to medical students |
Michael Osterholm |
Michael Osterholm on preparing for an influenza pandemic |
Danielle Ofri |
Danielle Ofri on writing about patients’ stories |
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Timothy Quill |
Timothy Quill on the case of Terri Schiavo |
Elie Wiesel |
Elie Wiesel on physicians and the Holocaust |
Brian Strom |
Brian Strom on over-the-counter drugs
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