Author Archives: jwboyd
Honored to Take Part in the Podcast Earlier Today about Physician Health Programs with Pamela Wible and Kernan Manion that was hosted by Joseph Brigandi
ICE Detention Facilities are Routinely Utilizing Solitary Confinement: Today is a Major Day for Human Rights
Federal whistleblower Ellen Gallagher has been decrying the use of solitary confinement on individuals in immigration detention for a decade, but little has changed to date despite her beyond courageous efforts. Today, a report, found here, co-authored by Katherine Peeler … Continue reading
The Mirror article: Mystery over nitrogen execution death with fears it’ll be ‘incredibly painful’
From the article, which you can find here: “Professor J Wesley Boyd works as part of the faculty at the Center for Bioethics and is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He spoke to The Mirror about … Continue reading
Baylor College of Medicine student Amelia Mercado and I appeared on this STAT First Opinion podcast with Torie Bosch
Giving Immigrants and Asylum Seekers a Voice for Human Rights
Baylor College of Medicine has a podcast called Resonance in which I was recently a guest. Their description of the show is: “Dr. Wesley Boyd will share the milestones in his career that have accumulated into his current work in … Continue reading
Lecture on Medical Ethics for Forethought India
Sayonara Facebook and Twitter
After saving all of my photos–ironically, seeing vacation photos was why I joined many years ago–I left Facebook roughly a month ago. Several years ago during a visit in Nashville, my former teacher Larry Churchill was decrying so many of … Continue reading
KCRW: Life Examined: In search of a (good) therapist: Insurance, fit, and stigma
I’m delighted that KCRW: Life Examined public radio in LA devoted this segment to mental health care and honored to have been a guest on the show. You can find the broadcast here.
John Oliver on Mental Health Care
So honored to have my research cited by John Oliver! Monica Malowney and I have written about how absurdly difficult it is to access behavioral healthcare in the U.S. many times over the years. It’s so absurd that comedians keep … Continue reading
Podcast on KevinMD: What doctors need to know about state Physician Health Programs given their power and potential dangers, along with an inability to appeal their demands and recommendations
Physician health programs (PHPs) have way more power than most MDs know and physicians who are referred to PHPs usually have to do anything and everything PHPs tell them if they want to continue to practice medicine. MDs who object … Continue reading