The ACC has announced the recipients of travel awards to the 2019 Legislative Conference. Each year, this three-day event brings together more than 400 cardiovascular professionals from across the U.S. to learn more about health policy issues, and meet with their members of Congress to advocate on behalf of patients and their health care providers. Travel award recipients help ensure the voices of the entire cardiovascular care team are heard, and bring pressing issues affecting cardiology to Congressional attention. The 2019 winners are:

Sanmit Basu, MD – UChicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
Carol Brennan, BS, CPA – Cardiology Associates of Michigan, P.C., Shelby Township, MI
Kristin Doster, BS – Prairie Heart Institute, Springfield, IL
William Hirsch, DO, FACC – Jefferson Health Northeast, Langhorne, PA
Brandon Hubbs, MSN, RN – AMITA Heart and Vascular, Chicago, IL
Madhavi Kadiyala, MD, FACC – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Michael Montgomery, MS – Lee Health, Fort Myers, FL
Helga Van Herle, MD, FACC – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

To register for this year's conference or to learn more, visit ACC.org/LegislativeConference.

Keywords: ACC Advocacy, Health Personnel, Health Policy

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