JAMA Internal Medicine Author Interviews: Covering research, science, & clinical practice in general internal medicine and su

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

Interview with Xingxing S. Cheng, MD, MS, author of Association of Pretransplant Coronary Heart Disease Testing With Early Kidney Transplant Outcomes. Hosted by Rita Redberg, MD, and Rohini V. Kopparam, MD. Related Content: Association of Pretransplant Coronary Heart Disease Testing With Early Kidney Transplant Outcomes

Interview with Eugenia C. South, MD, MS, author of Effect of Abandoned Housing Interventions on Gun Violence, Perceptions of Safety, and Substance Use in Black Neighborhoods: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial. Hosted by Robert Steinbrook, MD. Related Content: Effect of Abandoned Housing Interventions on Gun Violence, Perceptions of Safety, and Substance Use in Black Neighborhoods

Interview with Eugene Lin, MD, MS, author of Association Between Nephrologist Ownership of Dialysis Facilities and Clinical Outcomes, and Paul J. Eliason, PhD, author of Physicians as Owners and Agents—A Call for Further Study. Hosted by J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD. Related Content: Association Between Nephrologist Ownership of Dialysis Facilities and Clinical Outcomes Physicians as Owners and Agents—A Call for Further Study

Interview with Kathryn A. Martinez, PhD, MPH, author of Qualitative Analysis of Patient–Physician Discussions Regarding Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation. Hosted by Tracy Wang, MD. Related Content: Qualitative Analysis of Patient–Physician Discussions Regarding Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation

Interview with Kathryn A. Martinez, PhD, MPH, author of Qualitative Analysis of Patient–Physician Discussions Regarding Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation. Hosted by Tracy Wang, MD. Related Content: Qualitative Analysis of Patient–Physician Discussions Regarding Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation

Interview with Michael Esman Chernew, PhD, author of The Price of Human and Veterinary Formulations of Common Medications—Price Discrimination and Innovation in Prescription Drug Markets, and Sidney M. Wolfe, MD, author of Curbing the Financial Incentives That Contribute to the High Prices of Prescription Drugs in the US. Hosted by Stacie B. Dusetzina, PhD.

Interview with Courtney M. Peterson, PhD, author of

Interview with Daniel Grossman, MD, and Jamila Perritt, MD, MPH, authors of The Impending Crisis of Access to Safe Abortion Care in the US. Hosted by Deborah Grady, MD.

In July 2022, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, took on a new role as the 17th editor in chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network. In conversation with Nobel laureate Harold Varmus, MD, Bibbins-Domingo discusses her research background, approaches to leadership in health care, and the critical role that journals play in communication about public health and science. Related Content: The Urgency of Now and the Responsibility to Do More—My Commitment for JAMA and the JAMA Network A Conversation With Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, JAMA's New Editor in Chief (video) A Conversation With Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, JAMA's New Editor in Chief (audio)

Interview with Peter A. Ubel, MD, author of Why Too Many Vitamins Feels Just About Right (Editorial)

Interview with Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, author of Assessment of Perioperative Outcomes Among Surgeons Who Operated the Night Before, and David C. Chang, PhD, MBA, MPH, author of Are Surgeons Really More Resilient Than Athletes? Hosted by Cary P. Gross, MD. Related Content: Assessment of Perioperative Outcomes Among Surgeons Who Operated the Night Before Are Surgeons Really More Resilient Than Athletes?