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Dr. Marcia Angell moved into the field of medical journalism from a career in pathology. She was the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, and since leaving that post, has written frequently in professional journals and public press on a wide range of topics. Outspoken and frequently controversial, Dr. Angell joins host Dr. Martin Samuels to discuss her career.
 Dr. Martin A. Samuels is the founding chair, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Samuels completed his internship, residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital and neurology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was chief of the neurology service at Brockton-West Roxbury VA Medical Center in Brockton, Massachusetts, for 11 years before assuming the position in 1988 of chief of neurology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and director of the Harvard Longwood Neurology Program.Dr. Samuels is senior medical advisor at Pri-Med. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, a master of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Samuels has won numerous honors, including the first Harvard Medical School Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching and, from the American Academy of Neurology, both the 2006 A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurological Education and the 2007 H. Houston Merritt Award for Clinically Relevant Research.
 Dr. Marcia Angell is a senior lecturer in the department of social medicine at Harvard Medical School. She stepped down as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine in June of 2000. A graduate of Boston University School of Medicine, she trained in both internal medicine and anatomic pathology and is a board-certified pathologist. Dr. Angell writes frequently in professional journals and the popular media on a wide range of topics, particularly medical ethics, health policy, the nature of medical evidence, the interface of medicine and the law, care at the end of life and the relationships between industry and academic medicine.
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