The 2024 – 2025 president of the American Medical Association shares how a childhood injury propelled him to becoming a surgeon, how he navigates the polarization and politicalization of American medicine, and how all physicians can help shape the future of healthcare.

The Founding Dean of the new Alice Walton School of Medicine discusses her journey from gynecologic oncology to creating a medical school that focuses on empathy and prepares future physicians for the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

The Chief Clinical Officer of Google unpacks how artificial intelligence is transforming the work of doctors, raising urgent questions about ethics, empathy, and what it truly means to heal in an age of intelligent machines.

A cultural critic explores how the rise of digital life is eroding our capacity for real connection, embodied experience, and authentic healing—and why preserving our humanity in an age of simulation may be the most urgent challenge of all.

A neuro-oncologist and co-founder of the Hippocratic Society explores how brain diseases challenge our understanding of identity, the importance of embracing suffering in medicine, and why caring for patients requires both scientific insight and spiritual presence.

A neurosurgeon shares how losing his sister to leukemia completely changed his approach to medicine and how grief has the power to connect us in the most meaningful ways.

The president of the first free-standing pediatric palliative care center in the US shares her personal journey from child loss to leading a reformation in caring for children with serious illness.

A psychiatrist and noted author shares his personal experiences as a black doctor in America and explores the search for authenticity in a system that often demands conformity.

The President of the American Association for Physician Leadership shares his experiences as a trauma surgeon and why it is essential that all physician learn the habits of leadership.

A prominent expert on evidence-based lifestyle medicine shares surprising facts behind why the American diet is the leading cause of death among Americans — and what we can do to make food work for us.

A journalist explores the power of “social prescriptions” — when health workers to prescribe community resources and activities such as art classes and swimming lessons — in improving our social, psychological, and physical health.

A bioethicist discusses the dark side of personalized medicine and uses personal stories and his philosophical propositions in equal measure to illustrate a more hopeful path forward.

A health psychologist discusses how our minds and bodies deal with the myriad struggles of everyday life, offering a compassionate perspective on resilience, courage, and self-awareness.

A neuroscientist discusses cryonics and the science of life extension — along the way exploring whether there is an “ideal” lifespan, the neurological basis of human identity, and what ultimately gives life meaning.

A biomedical researcher describes what it was like to watch her mother succumb to rapidly progressive dementia due to prion disease, and her race to discover a cure for this mysterious entity — before it begins to afflict herself as well.

A noted civil rights lawyer and federal judge discusses how he has navigated both his legal career and personal life as a blind individual, along the way championing voting rights, educational equality, and disability rights.

A psychologist and pioneer in addiction medicine discusses how addiction transforms the mind and the redemptive power of social connection in helping patients recover.

A physician-turned-sociologist and Director of the Human Nature Lab at Yale University discusses how behaviors and health outcomes spread through social networks and why he believes society is wired for goodness.