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Dhruv Khullar

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Dhruv Khullar is an American physician, academic, and contributing writer for The New Yorker, where he covers and comments on medicine and health care.

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to share that I'll be in conversation with former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy @newyorker.com Festival on October 25!

We'll be talking community and connection, A.I. and social media, political polarization and public health, and much more...

Tickets at the link below!

Event Details - The New Yorker Festival

festival.newyorker.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16d

Recently, Dhruv Khullar travelled to Harvard to witness a face-off between a new A.I. model named CaBot and an expert diagnostician. Both correctly solved a patient's case. What does this mean for the future of medicine?

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For?

Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects.

www.newyorker.com

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Caroline Mimbs Nyce @mimbs.bsky.social · 16d

loved this conversation between Joshua Rothman and @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social on how A.I. might change the medical profession: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...

screenshot of a quote about medical students relying on A.I. from the linked article

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16d

“With the federal government in retreat, vaccine wars have shifted to the states.” @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social writes about how states are abiding by, enforcing, or fighting against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s vaccine-policy rollbacks.

A New Era of Vaccine Federalism

As confidence in the C.D.C. wanes, states are asserting more control over their vaccine policies, creating a fragmented public-health system.

www.newyorker.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 17d

A.I. is different from virtually every other diagnostic technology: its results change depending on what you ask of it. But, perhaps, “the capriciousness of A.I. could also be turned into an asset,” Dhruv Khullar writes. nyer.cm/uVKDtkj

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · 17d

How good is A.I. at making medical diagnoses? Good enough to help—and to hurt.

For @newyorker.com, I spent months talking to patients, doctors, and researchers about how we can make the most of a powerful new technology and how we can minimize the side effects.

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For?

Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects.

www.newyorker.com

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Aug 11

In this week's @newyorker.com, I write about what it's like to live with progeria—a disease that causes rapid, brutal aging—and the patients, advocates, and scientists who have brought us to the brink of a cure.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

How an Ultra-Rare Disease Accelerates Aging

Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old.

www.newyorker.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Dec 12

2024 was arguably the year that the dangers of corporate medicine finally became undeniable and inescapable. @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social writes about the cost of viewing patients as consumers who generate profit.

The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here

Health insurers and hospitals increasingly treat patients less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit.

www.newyorker.com

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Jul 15

Can A.I. find new uses for old drugs?

Some scientists think that many lifesaving treatments are hiding in plain sight—if only we knew where to look. My new piece in @newyorker.com

Can A.I. Find Cures for Untreatable Diseases—Using Drugs We Already Have?

For many medical conditions, lifesaving treatments may be hiding in plain sight.

www.newyorker.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · May 31

"At a time when the country faces no shortage of health threats, the value of evidence and expertise is itself under attack. The anti-establishment has become the establishment, and its decisions will affect us all." — @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

How to Think About COVID-19 Vaccines in the Era of R.F.K., Jr.

The coronavirus may no longer be a leading danger to our health. That doesn’t mean it can’t hurt us, or that we don’t need to protect ourselves.

www.newyorker.com

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · May 12

In a new paper, we find that the percentage of Americans who believe the government should pay for health care has increased over time, with notable increases among younger adults, people with lower incomes, Independents, and Republicans:

Public Views of Health Care Coverage, Spending, and Leadership in the United States - Journal of General Internal Medicine

Journal of General Internal Medicine -

link.springer.com

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · May 5

I had a chance to sit down with the legendary Marion Nestle for this interview in @newyorker.com Radio Hour.

We covered the history of nutrition, recent research on ultra-processed foods, and policy levers that could help bring about a healthier America.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Confounding Politics of Junk Food. Plus, Kelefa Sanneh on the Long Influence of Kraftwerk

Podcast Episode · The New Yorker Radio Hour · 05/02/2025 · 32m

podcasts.apple.com

Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Apr 29

In this week's @newyorker.com, I revisit "The Case of Anna H.," by Oliver Sacks.

Sacks has come to feel like the practitioner of a lost art distinct from modern medicine. But he understood that the particularity of a case—its texture, its humanity, its narrative—could illuminate how the mind works

Dhruv Khullar on Oliver Sacks’s “The Case of Anna H.”

Wonder and observation propelled not only Sacks’s writing but also his doctoring. He wanted to chronicle even when he couldn’t cure.

www.newyorker.com

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Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · Apr 29

📌 CHPC faculty, Drs. Amy Bond, Dhruv Khullar, Will Schpero, Yasin Civelek and colleagues explore what constitutes the modal primary care practice for Medicare beneficiaries in their paper out now in JAMA Health Forum
@wschpero.bsky.social @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @yasincivelek.bsky.social

Changes in Primary Care Practice Setting and Practice Type for Medicare Beneficiaries

This cross-sectional study examined changes in practice setting and practice type in 2012 vs 2022 among patients with traditional Medicare coverage.

jamanetwork.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Apr 29

How many NIH supported "life-changing" studies have been or will be terminated?
This one on the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, by @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

A Life-Changing Scientific Study Ended by the Trump Administration

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., declared chronic diseases an “existential threat.” Then his agency terminated one of the world’s longest-running diabetes trials.

www.newyorker.com

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William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social · Apr 28

What constitutes the modal primary care practice?

In service of ongoing work characterizing the outpatient delivery system, we tried to figure it out.

New paper now at JAMA Health Forum, with @ambond.bsky.social and @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social et al.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Changes in Primary Care Practice Setting and Practice Type for Medicare Beneficiaries

This cross-sectional study examined changes in practice setting and practice type in 2012 vs 2022 among patients with traditional Medicare coverage.

jamanetwork.com

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Apr 28

A thrill to join Don Berwick and Kedar Mate for this episode of Turn on the Lights!

We discussed recent HHS cuts, corporatized medicine, ultra-processed food, the future of health care, and more...

Keeping Patients over Profits with Dhruv Khullar

Podcast Episode · Turn on the Lights Podcast · 04/25/2025 · 42m

podcasts.apple.com

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Apr 7

I joined @cnn.com to discuss the worsening measles outbreak in Texas and elsewhere. Every death is a tragedy—and a preventable tragedy.

CNN This Morning

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Beth McGinty @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social · Apr 2

Our Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social has an all-star leadership team: @wschpero.bsky.social, @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social, @ambond.bsky.social Jeff Niederdeppe, Maria Fitzpatrick, Sean Nicholson, Emily Workman, Kayla Tormohlen

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Mar 18

Ultimately, we argue, people making crucial, complex, and often irrevocable decisions when enrolling in Medicare deserve full information and unbiased guidance to help them select the plan that best suits their preferences
and medical needs.

Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Mar 18

(2) For people who enroll in MA, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to switch from MA to traditional Medicare because in many states medical underwriting is still permitted for Medigap plans, so sick patients may be denied coverage or offered prohibitively expensive rates.

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Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Mar 18

(1) Insurance brokers can make twice as much in commissions for enrolling people in MA vs traditional Medicare, creating strong incentives to nudge people toward MA

Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social · Mar 18

In a new @jama.com Viewpoint, we examine two under-appreciated elements of enrollment in the Medicare Advantage program:

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Steering, Switching, and the Medicare Advantage “Trap”

This Viewpoint discusses the differences between Medicare Advantage (MA) and traditional Medicare and the trade-offs between service and convenience that beneficiaries make when selecting MA; highligh...

jamanetwork.com

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