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Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death in the US & younger adults are seeing "alarming" increases in CV risk factors and heart attacks. "I call it a smoldering crisis," Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP in Harvard Gazette: news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…


In a Cardiovascular Business interview, BIDMC Smith Center Associate Director Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP discusses the rapid growth of private equity in cardiology, and the implications for quality and patient outcomes. cardiovascularbusiness.com/video/2025-05-…


Uncovering gaps in mental health care, Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP Sungchul Park | 박성철 find that among adults with psychological distress, Medicare eligibility was associated with a ⬇ in mental health outpatient visits and an ⬆ in acute care use. New in JAMA Health Forum: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

Meet the Smith Center Research Fellows: Frank Medina (Frank Medina) is a UChicago MS4 and Sarnoff Fellow conducting cardiovascular research with Eric Secemsky MD MSc & Robert W. Yeh. Learn more about Frank and his work here: research.bidmc.org/eric-secemsky/…


.AcademyHealth #ARM2025 begins this weekend! The Health Care Policy team, led by Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP, will be presenting their research on health care spending, health outcomes after private equity acquisitions of hospitals, & more! Come by and check out their fantastic work!


High proportions of US adults were found to be unaware of having CV risk factors in a new JAMA Cardiology study, with increasing unawareness of hypertension particularly among young adults & women. Daniel Johnson Lucas Marinacci, MD Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP in JAMA Cardiology: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…

Congratulations to our graduating T32 fellows, Lucas Marinacci, MD and Leah Kosyakovsky, for their (appropriately, Star Wars themed) grand rounds tracking their clinical and research trajectories in fellowship and beyond! Huge credit to their mentors, Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP Jennifer Ho!


AcademyHealth #ARM2025 happening now. Stephen Mein presents work examining how the recent implantation of an inhaler price cap will impact out-of-pocket costs for patients with asthma and COPD Published in JAMA Internal Medicine jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…


At AcademyHealth #ARM2025, Daniel Johnson presents work evaluating the potential impact of expanding the Inflation Reduction Act’s prescription drug out-of-pocket spending cap. Published in JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine link.springer.com/article/10.100…


A brilliant AcademyHealth #ARM25 late-breaking presentation by Stephen Mein on how coverage and employment changed after Georgia paired work requirements with efforts to expand Medicaid.


In JACC Journals, we find that after private equity firms acquired hospitals, clinical risk ⬇️ & catheterizations ⬆️ among patients w/ heart failure, but outcomes didn't improve Big thanks to Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP & team Michael Liu, MD, MPhil Vicky Bartlett Andrew Oseran, MD MBA jacc.org/doi/full/10.10…


Wonderful BIDMC Smith Center dinner with ⭐️ health policy team after a jam packed day of research talks at AcademyHealth #ARM25


At AcademyHealth #ARM25, Azzie Boyd presents her research focused on how the Dobbs decision impacted mental health outcomes among low- and higher-income women


In an effort to expand the collection of real-world 📊 on pts undergoing renal denervation (RDN) across 🏥 in the U.S., ACC & BIDMC Smith Center are 🤝 on an RDN module that leverages the ACC's #CathPCIRegistry & the Smith Center's RDN Registry. More ➡️ bit.ly/4e8FurF #NCDR

Congrats to our BIDMC CV Fellowship grads! Omeralfaroug Adam Lauren Balkan Nicolas Isaza Joseph Kim, Christina Lalani, Christian Mewaldt, Nicholas Spetko Margot Yopes, John-Ross Clarke Ginger Jiang Matthew Murphy, Amir Sharon, Aaron Kunamalla, Emad Albayouk, & Mauro Wanderley Jr


We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with American College of Cardiology to broaden our Renal Denervation Registry to include pts from across the nation, leveraging the #CathPCIRegistry to collect real world data on RDN. Eric Secemsky MD MSc Anna Krawisz, MD Robert W. Yeh Learn more: bit.ly/smithaccrdn

Private equity firms are rapidly acquiring hospitals. Daniel Johnson Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP et al find that despite a ⬇️ in the clinical risk of patients with HF in PE hospitals, 30-day mortality did not change & cardiac catheterization rates⬆️ New in @JACC #ARM2025 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In a Cardiovascular Business interview, Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP discusses how we can address the growing health crisis in rural America, where individuals are more likely to die from heart disease than their urban counterparts. Watch here: cardiovascularbusiness.com/video/2025-05-…


Congratulations to Dhruv Kazi on receiving the American Heart Association's Ron Haddock International Impact Award! AHA Science American Heart Association
