WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: June 9, 2011 Featuring: Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Association   It's hard to imagine the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) without its editor-in-chief, Cathy DeAngelis, who will be stepping down this July. Since 2000 Dr. DeAngelis, JAMA’s first woman editor, has steered the peer-reviewed publication in important new directions and successfully brought about greater scientific integrity across the medical research and publishing industry. Because of her efforts, as a condition of publication virtually all clinical trials in the US are now listed in a public registry. JAMA won’t consider industry-funded research unless it’s been independently vetted.   Dr. DeAngelis’ principled stands, along with her interest in the narrative side of practicing medicine, as well as health policy and reforming the status quo, have all made JAMA more accessible and “required reading” for a broader audience. And her own story — which began in a coal