
Eméfah C. Loccoh, MD
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@BrighamMedRes via @OhioStateMed and @UMich | Fulbright | @SmithBIDMC Sarnoff Alum | 🫀Health Policy and Equity | 🇹🇬 🇺🇸| 〽️aize & Blue| My views
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Cardiology involvement in #maternalhealth has the potential to be one of the most high-yield interventions we have thus far to combat this crisis. Tx TCTMD & Shelley Wood (she/her) for the opportunity. #cardioobstetrics Cc: Minnow Walsh, MD, MACC Garima Sharma M.D uché blackstock, md Sharonne Hayes MD

Phenomenal #AHA23 presentation by Chantal Henry revealing alarming ⬆️ in myocardial infarction, stroke, & heart failure hospitalizations among younger adults 25 to 64 years in the US Now simultaneously published in European Society of Cardiology Journals AHA Science academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva…



Simultaneous #AHA23 pub now out in European Society of Cardiology Journals Over past decade, alarming ⬆️ cardiovascular hospitalizations among younger adults 25-64 years in the US ⬆️ MI ⬆️ heart failure ⬆️ stroke Enormous disparities between low- & high-income communities bit.ly/3ueC8Az /1


Congratulations Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP for your promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School!!! You've made incredible contributions to the fields of health policy evaluation and health equity research, to the mentorship of so many trainees, and to BIDMC Smith Center.



It was an honor working with LaPrincess C. Brewer, MD, MPH & Nature Reviews Cardiology on this dynamic paper 🙏🏾 We discussed known solutions that need broader implementation & novel solutions from our current clinical trials recruiting diverse populations to improve ❤️ health equity for all! The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center


Thank you Chuck Schumer Elizabeth Warren Ed Markey. The FAA ✈️ epinephrine auto-injectors must be included in emergency medical kits now. This will save lives. I'm lucky to be here today, but other passengers may not be until you fix this. Read my story & why this can happen to you below.

See below for a recent study published in Health Affairs, which examined trends in thirty-mortality among hospitals participating in the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program--coauthored by our very own Prihatha Narasimmaraj, MD!

New Health Affairs study led by Ashley Kyalwazi, MD, MPP We explore the equity-implications of Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing program (VBP), which financial rewards or penalizes ≈3,000 hospitals based on performance measures BIDMC Smith Center (Thread) healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…


After 3 years of behind the scenes writing, editing, and editing more, and writing more...MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact is set to release in ~70 days with HarperCollins! MicroSkills is a strategy packed business/self-help book for early career professionals.


We are pleased to announce that Lisa Rosenbaum will join BIDMC Smith Center as the inaugural Writer-In-Residence, beginning July 2024. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Rosenbaum!


🎉 Excited to announce that #OSUCOM's SUSTAIN project has been selected for a grant from American Heart Association to study the "food is medicine" approach! Led by Joshua J. Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA, we'll be examining the impact of providing healthy food as part of patient care. 👉: healthcarexfood.org




As part of the AHA Science Centennial Collection, Karen Joynt Maddox and I examine how major policy reforms in the US have impacted cardiovascular health We also discuss opportunities to advance CV health & equity through policy, as well as emerging threats ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…


Our new JAMA Internal Medicine study led by Sukruth Shashikumar evaluates changes in the financial burden of health care among privately insured US families from 2007-2019 We find a worsening crisis of affordability among privately insured families with low incomes jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…


So proud of super🌟 Ashley Kyalwazi, MD, MPP on graduating with an MD/MPP from Harvard University, all while running The MV3 Foundation & pursuing health policy research training BIDMC Smith Center Can't wait to witness your inimitable magic & impact UC San Francisco Your gifts will help me be the ultimate #GirlDad!


So proud of my wife and kids for their commitment to this fundraiser for BMC. They have made a real impact! Neelam Vashi MD FAAD
