JAMA Author Interviews

Interview with Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH, author of Challenges at the Intersection of Team-Based and Patient-Centered Health Care: Insights From an IOM Working Group

Interview with Carlos A. Camargo, MD, author of Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Healthy Adults: The VIDARIS Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Peter Cram, MD, MBA, author of Total Knee Arthroplasty Volume, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1991-2010

Interview with Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, author of The Next Generation of Obesity Research: No Time to Waste

Interview with Ted D. Adams, PhD, MPH, author of Health Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery After 6 Years

Special interview by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, with Robert M. Wachter, MD, and Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, authors of The Attending Physician on the Wards: Finding a New Homeostasis

Interview with William J. Calhoun, MD, author of Comparison of Physician-, Biomarker-, and Symptom-Based Strategies for Adjustment of Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy in Adults With Asthma: The BASALT Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Maria E Suarez-Almazor, MD, PhD, author of Risk of Malignancies in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biologic Therapy: A Meta-analysis

Interview with Gary F. Mitchell, MD, author of Aortic Stiffness, Blood Pressure Progression, and Incident Hypertension

Interview with Stephan Windecker, MD, author of Effect of Biolimus-Eluting Stents With Biodegradable Polymer vs Bare-Metal Stents on Cardiovascular Events Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: The COMFORTABLE AMI Randomized Trial

Interview with Paul Spiegel, MD, author of The State of the World's Refugees: Adapting Health Responses to Urban Environments

Interview with Joanne Klevens, MD, PhD, author of Effect of Screening for Partner Violence on Women's Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Brian K. Kit, MD, MPH, author of Trends in Serum Lipids Among US Youths Aged 6 to 19 Years, 1988-2010

Interview with James A. Blumenthal, PhD, author of Effects of Exercise Training on Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: The HF-ACTION Randomized Trial

Interview with Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD, author of Risk of Fractures Following Cataract Surgery in Medicare Beneficiaries

Interview with Adria Tassy Prosser, PhD, author of HIV in Persons Born Outside the United States, 2007-2010

Interview with Gary S. Kaplan, MD, author of Marshaling Leadership for High-Value Health Care

Interview with Helen Tremlett, PhD, author of Association Between Use of Interferon Beta and Progression of Disability in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Interview with Björn Pasternak, MD, PhD, author of Risk of Adverse Fetal Outcomes Following Administration of a Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Vaccine During Pregnancy

Interview with Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MS, author of Association Between Vaccination for Herpes Zoster and Risk of Herpes Zoster Infection Among Older Patients With Selected Immune-Mediated Diseases: Herpes Zoster and Immune-Mediated Diseases

Interview with Clinton K. Murray, MD, author of Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Blood and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the US Military Health System, 2005-2010

Interview with John M. Jakicic, PhD, author of Effect of a Stepped-Care Intervention Approach on Weight Loss in Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Emanuele Di Angelantonio, MD, author of Lipid-Related Markers and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

Interview with Wendy C. King, PhD, author of Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders Before and After Bariatric Surgery

Interview with Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, author of Use of Diagnostic Imaging Studies and Associated Radiation Exposure for Patients Enrolled in Large Integrated Health Care Systems, 1996-2010

Interview with Victor R. Fuchs, PhD, author of If Accountable Care Organizations Are the Answer, Who Should Create Them?

Interview with David C. Mohr, PhD, author of Effect of Telephone-Administered vs Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Adherence to Therapy and Depression Outcomes Among Primary Care Patients: A Randomized Trial

Interview with Ferran Barbé, MD, author of Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on the Incidence of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Events in Nonsleepy Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Jeffrey D. Sachs, PhD, author of Primary Health Care in Low-Income Countries: Building on Recent Achievements

Interview with Eran Bendavid, MD, MS, author of HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa

Interview with Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, author of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Associated Health Care Expenditures: United States, 2000-2009

Interview with Paul A. Offit, MD, author of Studying Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Interview with Benjamin D. Smith, MD, author of Association Between Treatment With Brachytherapy vs Whole-Breast Irradiation and Subsequent Mastectomy, Complications, and Survival Among Older Women With Invasive Breast Cancer

Interview with Melissa S. Stockwell, MD, MPH, author of Effect of a Text Messaging Intervention on Influenza Vaccination in an Urban, Low-Income Pediatric and Adolescent Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Eileen T. Lake, PhD, RN, author of Association Between Hospital Recognition for Nursing Excellence and Outcomes of Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Interview with Samuel M. Galvagno Jr, DO, PhD, author of Association Between Helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Services and Survival for Adults With Major Trauma

Interview with Rita F. Redberg, MD, author of Healthy Men Should Not Take Statins

Interview with Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, author of Eliminating Waste in US Health Care

Interview with Wendie A. Berg, MD, PhD, author of Detection of Breast Cancer With Addition of Annual Screening Ultrasound or a Single Screening MRI to Mammography in Women With Elevated Breast Cancer Risk

Interview with Dana P. Goldman, PhD, author of Out-of-Pocket Medication Costs and Use of Medications and Health Care Services Among Children With Asthma

Interview with Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD, author of Questioning the Use of Epinephrine to Treat Cardiac Arrest

Interview with Soeren Mattke, MD, DSc, author of Utilization of Anesthesia Services During Outpatient Endoscopies and Colonoscopies and Associated Spending in 2003-2009

Interview with Therese A. Stukel, PhD, author of Association of Hospital Spending Intensity With Mortality and Readmission Rates in Ontario Hospitals

Interview with Karen H. Seal, MD, MPH, author of Association of Mental Health Disorders With Prescription Opioids and High-Risk Opioid Use in US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan

Interview with Mary E. Tinetti, MD, author of The Retreat From Advanced Care Planning

Interview with John G. Canto, MD, MSPH, author of Association of Age and Sex With Myocardial Infarction Symptom Presentation and In-Hospital Mortality

Interview with Jay F. Piccirillo, MD, author of Amoxicillin for Acute Rhinosinusitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Ulf Ekelund, PhD, author of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity and Sedentary Time and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents

Interview with Irene M. Shui, ScD, author of Risk of Intussusception Following Administration of a Pentavalent Rotavirus Vaccine in US Infants

Interview with Peter Budetti, MD, JD, author of Physician Medical Identity Theft