The Health Care Policy team had an incredible presence at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2025, with 11 presentations by trainees on topics ranging from private equity acquisitions of hospitals to the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Oral Presentations:
Michael Liu, MPhil presented his work on rural-urban disparities in health care access, lifestyle, and social 
determinants for cardiovascular health in the US in the Young Investigator Awards Competition for Outcomes Research. His findings were simultaneously published in JAMA Cardiology and highlighted in a news release by the National Institutes of Health. Michael Liu, Lucas X. Marinacci, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Rishi K. Wadhera.
Michael Liu, MPhil also presented his work on changes in cardiovascular procedural utilization and outcomesafter hospital private equity acquisitions.
Daniel Johnson, BA, 2024-2025 Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellow, presented his work on prescription drug savings for privately insured adults with cardiovascular disease if the Inflation Reduction Act's out-of-pocket spending cap expanded to include this population, sharing findings an expansion of the out-of-pocket spending cap would result in total savings of $675 million per year for privately insured working-age adults with cardiovascular risk factors. Daniel Y Johnson, Archana Tale, Rishi K. Wadhera. 
Prabhu Sasankan, MD presented his work "Heart Failure Hospitalizations Decreased in States that Implemented Telehealth Parity Laws: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis." Prabhu Sasankan, Eden Engel-Rebitzer, Daniel B. Kramer, Rishi K. Wadhera.
Rahul Aggarwal, MD presented his work "Cardiovascular Risk Factor Burden, Treatment, and Control Among Young Adults in the United States, 2013-2023." Rahul Aggarwal, Lucas X. Marinacci, Michael Liu, Kosuke Inoue, Rishi K. Wadhera.
Poster Presentations:
Prabhu Sasankan, MD presented "Quality of Cardiovascular Preventative Care at Hospital- Versus Physician-Owned Outpatient Practices." Prabhu Sasankan, ZhaoNian Zheng, Rishi K. Wadhera.
Michael Liu, MPhil presented "Increasing Obesity Prevalence Among Black Children in the US, 2011-August 2023." Michael Liu, 
Kosuke Inoue, Rahul Aggarwal, Lucas X. Marinacci, Rishi K. Wadhera
Lucas Marinacci, MD presented "Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act's Insulin Price Cap on Diabetes Management, Financial Strain, and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Quasi-Experimental Policy Analysis." Lucas X. Marinacci, Rishi K. Wadhera
Eden Engel-Rebitzer, MD presented "Impact of Expanding Advanced Practice Provider Scope of Practice on Access to Care and Health Among Adults with Cardiovascular Disease." Eden Engel-Rebitzer, Archana Tale, Rishi K. Wadhera 
Daniel Johnson, BA presented "Changes in Cardiac Procedural Utilization and Outcomes for Adults with Heart Failure After Hospital Private Equity Acquisitions of US Hospitals." Daniel Y. Johnson, Michael Liu, ZhaoNian Zheng, Andrew Oseran, Rishi K. Wadhera.
Ivy Shi, MD presented "Changes in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among US Adults in the United States, 2013-2023." Ivy Shi, Lucas X. Marinacci, Rahul Aggarwal, Rishi K. Wadhera.
Dr. Rishi Wadhera was a judge in the Young Investigator Awards Competition, a speaker in the "Private Equity in Cardiology" session, discussing the question "Can Clinicians and Patients Thrive Here?" and a panelist in the "Different Voices: Practice-Based Challenges in managing IHD."
