JAMA Internal Medicine Author Interviews

Interview with Alisa B. Busch, MD, MS, author of Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder Awareness and Attitudes Among US Adults, and Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS, JAMA Internal Medicine Associate Editor. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder Awareness and Attitudes Among US Adults

Roy Perlis, MD, MSc, and Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and former CDC Director, discuss the potential for AI deployment in health care to adversely impact women physicians, and why simply avoiding these technologies is not a realistic response. Related Content: Will Women Physicians Face an AI Gap? Women, Medicine, and AI

Interview with Paul I. Musey Jr, MD, MS, author of Telehealth Treatment of Anxiety in Patients With Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: The PACER Randomized Clinical Trial, and Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, author of Anxiety and Chest Pain—Taming the Other Elephant. Hosted by Ilana Richman, MD MHS. Related Content: Telehealth Treatment of Anxiety in Patients With Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department Anxiety and Chest Pain—Taming the Other Elephant

Interview with Romi Haas, MPH, PhD author of Management of Shoulder Pain in Primary Care: A Review and Michael A Incze, MD, MSEd, Reviewing Editor of JAMA Internal Medicine. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Management of Shoulder Pain in Primary Care

Interview with Lauren A. Eberly, MD, MPH author of MUTTON -HF (Medically Utilized Tailored Traditional foods to Optimize Nutrition in Heart Failure): A Randomized Trial of an Indigenous Food is Medicine Intervention and Kurt Hager, MD author of Medically Tailored Meals and Heart Failure: A New Benchmark in Care. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD Related Content: An Indigenous Food Is Medicine Intervention Lessons From a Community-Designed Meal Program for Heart Failure

Interview with Jacob E. Kurlander, MD, MS, author of Multilevel Stewardship Intervention for Use of Anticoagulation-Antiplatelet Therapy, and C. Seth Landefeld, MD, author of Deprescribing Inappropriate Medicines Across a Health System—Can We Improve the Care of Both Patients and Physicians? Hosted by Ilana Richman, MD. Related Content: Multilevel Stewardship Intervention for Use of Anticoagulation-Antiplatelet Therapy Deprescribing Inappropriate Medicines Across a Health System—Can We Improve the Care of Both Patients and Physicians?

Interview with Shalender Bhasin, MBBS, author of Testosterone Treatment in Prostate Cancer Survivors With Hypogonadism: A Randomized Clinical Trial, and Peter C. Albertsen, MD, author of Collaborating to Improve Quality of Life Among Prostate Cancer Survivors. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Testosterone Treatment in Prostate Cancer Survivors With Hypogonadism Collaborating to Improve Quality of Life Among Prostate Cancer Survivors

Interview with Vineet Ahuja, DM, author of Fecal Microbiota Transplant and Multidrug-Resistant Organism Decolonization in Gastrointestinal Disease: A Randomized Trial and Michael H. Woodworth, MD, MSc, author of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Multidrug Resistance—No Benefit Without Disruption? Hosted by Ilana Richman, MD, MHS. Related Content: Fecal Microbiota Transplant and Multidrug-Resistant Organism Decolonization in Gastrointestinal Disease Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Multidrug Resistance—No Benefit Without Disruption?

Interview with Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH, author of Wait Time Modifications for Black Transplant Candidates Affected by Race-Based Kidney Function Estimation and L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, author of Important Lessons Learned From Eliminating Race-Based Medicine in Kidney Care—Praxis and Policy Matter. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Wait Time Modifications for Black Transplant Candidates Affected by Race-Based Kidney Function Estimation Important Lessons Learned From Eliminating Race-Based Medicine in Kidney Care—Praxis and Policy Matter

Interview with Thomas Ibounig, MD, author of Incidental Rotator Cuff Abnormalities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Brian T. Feeley, MD, author of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abnormalities and Incidental Age-Related Changes. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Incidental Rotator Cuff Abnormalities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abnormalities and Incidental Age-Related Changes

Interview with Katherine Majzoub Morgan, MD, MPP, author of Primary Care Clinicians Available for New Patient Visits, and Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, author of A Different Lens on the Primary Care Workforce Shortage—Who Is Accepting New Patients? Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Primary Care Clinicians Available for New Patient Visits A Different Lens on the Primary Care Workforce Shortage—Who Is Accepting New Patients? Changes in Physician Work Hours and Implications for Workforce Capacity and Work-Life Balance, 2001-2021

Interview with Robert Goulden, MBBS author of Magnesium Supplementation and Tachyarrhythmias:A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial and Jason H. Wasfy, MD, MPhil author of Evidence for Clinical Treatment Decisions Without Randomized Data. Hosted by Ilana Richman, MD MHS. Related Content: Magnesium Supplementation and Tachyarrhythmias Evidence for Clinical Treatment Decisions Without Randomized Data

Interview with Giselle Corbie, MD, MSc, Associate Editor of JAMA Internal Medicine, and Lynda H. Powell, PhD, author of Lifestyle Intervention for Sustained Remission of Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Lifestyle Intervention for Sustained Remission of Metabolic Syndrome

Interview with Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, author of Targeting MASLD and MASH in the US Hispanic/Latino Population: A Review. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Targeting MASLD and MASH in the US Hispanic/Latino Population

Interview with Robert Bals, MD, PhD, author of Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial, and Dan H. Barouch, MD, PhD, author of A Novel Approach for Preventing Respiratory Virus Infections. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections A Novel Approach for Preventing Respiratory Virus Infections

Interview with Alison J. Huang, MD, MAS, and Stephanie Faubion, MD, MBA, authors of Nonhormonal Treatment of Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Nonhormonal Treatment of Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms

JAMA Internal Medicine fellows Jerard Z. Kneifati-Hayek, MD, MS, Ilana B. Richman, MD, MHS, and Nathan Stall, MD, PhD, discuss their experiences learning how to work as members of the editorial team at a leading, widely read, high-impact internal medicine journal. They explore key elements including how the fellowship enhanced their teamwork, writing, critical appraisal, and research skills. Hosted by Ilana B. Richman, MD, MHS. Related Content: Introducing the Expanded JAMA Internal Medicine Editorial Fellowship

Interview with Connor Prosty, MD, author of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis, and Catherine Mezzacappa, MD, MPH, author of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Variceal Hemorrhage—Time to Stop? Hosted by Ilana Richman, MD. Related Content: Prophylactic Antibiotics for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Cirrhosis Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Variceal Hemorrhage—Time to Stop?

Interview with Adrian D. Haimovich, MD, PhD, author of National Trends in Prolonged Emergency Department Length of Stay Among Older Adults: 2017-2024 and Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH author of Addressing the Hospital Boarding Crisis in the US—Time to Act: Addressing the Hospital Boarding Crisis in the US. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Addressing the Hospital Boarding Crisis in the US—Time to Act Prolonged Emergency Department Stays for Older US Adults

Interview with Tricia M. Leahey, PhD, author of Patient-Delivered Continuous Care for Weight Loss Maintenance: A Randomized Clinical Trial, and Kathryn M. Ross, PhD, MPH, author of Mentor and Peer Support for Long-Term Weight Loss Maintenance: You've Got a Friend in Me. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Patient-Delivered Continuous Care for Weight Loss Maintenance Mentor and Peer Support for Long-Term Weight Loss Maintenance

Lisa S. Rotenstein, MD, MBA, MSc, Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, and Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PHD, MPH, each sit down one on one with JAMA Internal Medicine Associate Editor Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, to discuss the work they are presenting at the 2025 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Related Content: Incomplete Team Staffing, Burnout, and Work Intentions Among US Physicians JAMA Internal Medicine at the 2025 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting

Interview with Itai Danovitch, MD, author of Hospital Addiction Consultation Service and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: The START Randomized Clinical Trial, and Michael A. Incze, MD, MSEd, author of Mortality Among Veterans With Opioid Use Disorder After Medical Hospitalization. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Hospital Addiction Consultation Service and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Mortality Among Veterans With Opioid Use Disorder After Medical Hospitalization When Usual Care Is Subpar Care for Hospitalized Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Interview with Anand S. Iyer, MD, MSPH, author of A Person-Centered Approach to Supplemental Oxygen Therapy in the Outpatient Setting: A Narrative Review. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD, and Jerard Z. Kneifati-Hayek, MD, MS. Related Content: A Person-Centered Approach to Supplemental Oxygen Therapy in the Outpatient Setting

Interview with Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, and David Cutler, PhD, authors of Telemedicine Adoption and Low-Value Care Use and Spending Among Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Telemedicine Adoption and Low-Value Care Use and Spending Among Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries

Interview with John W. Ayers, PhD, MA, author of Growing Health Concern Regarding Gambling Addiction in the Age of Sportsbooks. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD, and Nathan Stall, MD, PhD. Related Content: Growing Health Concern Regarding Gambling Addiction in the Age of Sportsbooks Gambling Harms in the Era of Legal Gambling Expansion—A Growing Health Problem

Interview with Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, author of From Tragedy to Action—How to Collectively Move Forward. Hosted by Ilana B. Richman, MD, and Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: From Tragedy to Action—How to Collectively Move Forward

Interview with Stephanie E. Cohen, MD, author of Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis and Sexually Transmitted Infection Trends, and guest discussant JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis and Sexually Transmitted Infection Trends

Interview with Laura M. Dember, MD, author of Pain Coping Skills Training for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: the HOPE Consortium Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Pain Coping Skills Training for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

Interview with Chloe I. Bloom, BSc, MSc, PhD, author of Antidiabetic Medication and Asthma Attacks, and Katherine N. Cahill, MD, author of Borrowing From the Type 2 Diabetes Armamentarium for Asthma. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Antidiabetic Medication and Asthma Attacks Borrowing From the Type 2 Diabetes Armamentarium for Asthma

Interview with Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD, author of High-Risk Medications in Persons Living With Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial, and Ariel R. Green, MD, PhD, MPH, author of Start Upstream, Leverage the Team—Deprescribing in Patients With Dementia. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: High-Risk Medications in Persons Living With Dementia Start Upstream, Leverage the Team—Deprescribing in Patients With Dementia

Interview with Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS, author of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Risk for Cirrhosis and Related Complications in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD, and Grace Yuan Zhang, MD Related Content: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Risk for Cirrhosis and Related Complications in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

Interview with Emily Lupton Lupez, MD, MPH, author of Health, Access to Care, and Financial Barriers to Care Among People Incarcerated in US Prisons, and Benjamin A. Howell, MD, author of Harming Health by Imposing In-Prison Co-Payments. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Health, Access to Care, and Financial Barriers to Care Among People Incarcerated in US Prisons Harming Health by Imposing In-Prison Co-Payments

Interview with Kelly C. Young-Wolff, PhD, MPH, author of Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes, and Jamie O. Lo, MD, MCR, author of Associations Between Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Health Outcomes. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes Associations Between Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal Health Outcomes

Interview with Priti Bandi, PhD, author of Lung Cancer Screening in the US, 2022, and Ilana B. Richman, MD, MHS, author of Progress in Lung Cancer Screening Adoption. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Lung Cancer Screening in the US, 2022 Progress in Lung Cancer Screening Adoption

Interview with Daniel Grossman, MD, author of Mail-Order Pharmacy Dispensing of Mifepristone for Medication Abortion After In-Person Screening, and Emily M. Godfrey, MD, MPH, author of Primary Care's Role in Prescribing Mail-Order Mifepristone. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Mail-Order Pharmacy Dispensing of Mifepristone for Medication Abortion After In-Person Screening Primary Care's Role in Prescribing Mail-Order Mifepristone Mifepristone–Science, Abortion Care, and Politics

Interview with Chintan V. Dave, PharmD, PhD, author of Antihypertensive Medication and Fracture Risk in Older Veterans Health Administration Nursing Home Residents, and Muna Thalji Canales, MD, MS, author of Blood Pressure Management and Falls in Nursing Home Residents—A Matter of Balance. Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD. Related Content: Antihypertensive Medication and Fracture Risk in Older Veterans Health Administration Nursing Home Residents Blood Pressure Management and Falls in Nursing Home Residents—A Matter of Balance

Interview with J. Graham Thomas, PhD, author of Pragmatic Implementation of Online Obesity Treatment and Maintenance Interventions in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial, and Susan Z. Yanovski, MD, author of Approach to Obesity Treatment in Primary Care: A Review. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Pragmatic Implementation of Online Obesity Treatment and Maintenance Interventions in Primary Care Approach to Obesity Treatment in Primary Care

Interview with Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD, author of Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health, and Kevin N. Griffith, PhD, author of Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Officer-Involved Killings of Unarmed Black People and Racial Disparities in Sleep Health Injuries From Legal Interventions Involving Conducted Energy Devices

Interview with Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH, author of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care

Interview with Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, author of Association Between Daily Toothbrushing and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, and Rupak Datta, MD, PhD, author of Daily Toothbrushing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia—Brushing Away the Risk. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Association Between Daily Toothbrushing and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Daily Toothbrushing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia—Brushing Away the Risk

Interview with Yonathan Freund, MD, PhD, author of Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients, and Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS, author of The Risks of Being in Limbo in the Emergency Department. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients The Risks of Being in Limbo in the Emergency Department

Interview with Katharine A. Bradley, MD, MPH, author of Nurse Care Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: The PROUD Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial, and Michael A. Incze, MD, MSEd, and Deborah S. Finnell, PhD, RN, authors of Amplifying the Strength and Leadership of Nurses in Opioid Use Disorder Care—Loud and PROUD. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Nurse Care Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Amplifying the Strength and Leadership of Nurses in Opioid Use Disorder Care—Loud and PROUD

Interview with Peter Cram, MD, MBA, and Merina Thomas, BS, authors of Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services, and A. Mark Fendrick, MD, author of Health Care Transparency—What You See Should Be What You Get. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services Health Care Transparency—What You See Should Be What You Get

Interview with Rubén López-Bueno, PhD, author of Prospective Associations of Different Combinations of Aerobic and Muscle-Strengthening Activity With All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality. Hosted by Louise Aronson, MD, MFA. Related Content: Prospective Associations of Different Combinations of Aerobic and Muscle-Strengthening Activity With All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality

Interview with Jane C. Fazio, MD, and Robert J. Harrison, MD, MPH, authors of Silicosis Among Immigrant Engineered Stone (Quartz) Countertop Fabrication Workers in California, and Carrie A. Redlich, MD, MPH, author of Engineered Stone–Associated Silicosis—A Lethal Variant of an Ancient Disease. Hosted by Robert Steinbrook, MD. Related Content: Silicosis Among Immigrant Engineered Stone (Quartz) Countertop Fabrication Workers in California Engineered Stone–Associated Silicosis—A Lethal Variant of an Ancient Disease

Interview with Alison J. Huang, MD, MAS, and Deborah Grady, MD, MPH, authors of Efficacy of Continuous Transdermal Nitroglycerin for Treating Hot Flashes by Inducing Nitrate Cross-tolerance in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Carolyn Crandall, MD. Related Content: Efficacy of Continuous Transdermal Nitroglycerin for Treating Hot Flashes by Inducing Nitrate Cross-tolerance in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

Interview with Sanjay Basu, MD, PhD, author of Estimated Costs of Intervening in Health-Related Social Needs Detected in Primary Care, and Nichola Davis, MD, MS, author of Addressing Health-Related Social Needs—Costs and Optimism. Hosted by Mitchel Katz, MD. Related Content: Estimated Costs of Intervening in Health-Related Social Needs Detected in Primary Care Addressing Health-Related Social Needs—Costs and Optimism

Interview with Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, Marissa B. Reitsma, BS, and Stacie B. Dusetzina, PhD, authors of Examining Opportunities to Increase Savings From Medicare Price Negotiations. Hosted by Robert Steinbrook, MD. Related Content: Examining Opportunities to Increase Savings From Medicare Price Negotiations

Interview with Nicholas A. Bosch, MD, MSc, author of Comparative Effectiveness of Fludrocortisone and Hydrocortisone vs Hydrocortisone Alone Among Patients With Septic Shock, and Michael A. Matthay, MD, author of Should We Add Fludrocortisone to Hydrocortisone for Treatment of Septic Shock? Hosted by Deborah Grady, MD, MPH. Related Content: Comparative Effectiveness of Fludrocortisone and Hydrocortisone vs Hydrocortisone Alone Among Patients With Septic Shock Should We Add Fludrocortisone to Hydrocortisone for Treatment of Septic Shock?

Interview with Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD, author of Dr Herman A. Barnett, Black Civil Rights Activists, and the Desegregation of The University of Texas Medical Branch in 1949: "We Ought to Go in Texas and I Don't Mean to a Segregated Medical School." Hosted by Robert Steinbrook, MD, and Raegan W. Durant, MD, MPH. Related Content: Dr Herman A. Barnett, Black Civil Rights Activists, and the Desegregation of The University of Texas Medical Branch in 1949