🎙️ New Good Medicine episode with Dr. Jim Yong Kim (@jim_yong12)! How does a child of refugees living in Iowa go on to co-found Partners In Health and become President of the World Bank? By walking into broken systems and asking: “What do we owe the world?” In our latest conversation, Dr. Kim shares what it takes to be an institutional insurgent. We discuss: ⚕️ His life-changing friendship with Paul Farmer 🔬 Acting as a "sputum mule" to fight the global health establishment over MDR-TB in Peru 🌍 Refusing to accept that HIV/AIDS treatment was "too expensive" for the developing world This isn't just about medicine—it’s about what it means to refuse the world as it is given to you. Listen to the full episode where you get your podcasts, or links in the comments. #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #GoodMedicine #HealthcareLeadership #MedEd #Medtwitter

The New England Journal of Medicine (@NEJM) has been an influential leader in shaping the practice of medicine. But as medicine changes, so does the way physicians engage with research. The volume of information is growing at an unprecedented pace. AI is changing how evidence is surfaced and consumed. Time is increasingly limited. In that environment, the value of research is no longer only in publication itself, but in what happens next: how physicians interpret it, challenge it, discuss it with colleagues, and ultimately translate it into patient care. Dr. @Bob_Wachter has spoken about the importance of preserving the collegial exchange that drew many of us to medicine in the first place. At a time when information is abundant but meaningful discussion can feel increasingly fragmented, those spaces for shared learning and thoughtful interpretation matter more than ever. We’re honored to welcome @NEJM as the first journal on Roon to help create a new layer around research: a place where evidence does not stop at publication, but continues through conversation.

We’re thrilled to welcome the New England Journal of Medicine (@NEJM) to Roon. At the heart of this effort is a simple idea: Research should be social. For generations, medical journals have shaped how physicians learn, debate, and practice. But the way doctors consume information has changed dramatically. We are all pressed for time. We are all inundated with summaries, alerts, podcasts, guidelines, newsletters, and now AI-generated answers. Those tools are useful. But something important can get lost when medicine is learned by bullet point. The best learning in medicine has always been communal. A paper becomes more meaningful when a cardiologist, an internist, an oncologist, a surgeon, a trainee, and a public health expert can all bring their lens to it. A trial becomes more alive when doctors ask not just “what did it show?” but “how should this change care?” “who does this apply to?” “what are we missing?” and “how are others actually practicing?” That’s what we’re building on Roon. A space where the literature can become a conversation. Where doctors can engage on their own time. Where specialty silos can break down. Where research is not just published, summarized, and forgotten, but discussed, challenged, contextualized, and carried into practice. In the age of AI and infinite information, the scarce resource is not content. It is trusted interpretation, nuance and experience. It is the ability to learn from peers who are taking care of real patients in real systems with real constraints. That's why we’re honored to have NEJM join Roon to help create a new digital home for research discovery. Join NEJM on Roon and let’s all start learning together.

For decades, Dr. Jim Yong Kim has championed a simple but powerful idea: the biggest breakthroughs in healthcare happen when people share knowledge and act together. From co-founding Partners In Health to leading the World Health Organization's global AIDS treatment initiative and serving as the 12th President of the World Bank Group, Jim has spent his career helping medical expertise reach the people who need it most. Throughout his career, Jim has seen that the hardest problems in medicine are rarely solved in isolation. Progress happens when clinicians, researchers, and public health leaders learn from one another and build together. That belief resonates deeply with what we're building at Roon. We're honored to welcome Dr. Jim Yong Kim as Roon's first Global Health Advisor. While Roon's work begins in the United States, we share a vision where every physician—regardless of geography—can both benefit from and contribute to the collective wisdom of medicine. We're building toward a future where medical knowledge flows more freely, helping physicians learn faster, make better decisions, and improve care for patients everywhere. We're honored to have Jim helping us shape that future. Welcome, Dr. Jim Yong Kim!