Medical Student
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland Heights, OH, United States
Rishi Sachdev is a third-year medical student at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine who is passionate about addressing inequities in our health care system. He has published multiple peer-reviewed studies on the financial and logistical barriers that ENT patients face when seeking treatment. Prior to medical school, he graduated from Duke University with a degree in Economics, where he worked at the Margolis Center for Health Policy and investigated the financial toxicity of cancer care on patients. Here, he modeled the immense out-of-pocket costs that patients with colorectal and breast cancer were faced with, even with insurance. He went on to work at the Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C., where he led research projects and generated case studies that identified how hospitals could improve access to care at the system level. He presented his findings to hundreds of hospital executives and CEOs at national conferences during his tenure. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he helped produce weekly webinars to educate his clients on the unfolding epidemiology and public health implications of the ongoing crisis.
Rishi believes that all clinicians have a responsibility to understand how social determinants of health impact their patients, beyond the hospital walls, and as a future physician, he aims to use his platform to provide compassionate care and to advocate for policies that ensure all patients receive the highest value treatment. Outside the hospital, he is an elected member of his school's student-run committee which acts the liaison between his classmates and the Dean of Education, and has also led a mentorship program for boys in Cleveland's juvenile justice system. In his free time, he enjoys playing and writing music, and playing board games with friends.
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Analyzing Nationwide Treatment Delays Among Children With Frequent Ear Infections
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
5:21 PM - 5:27 PM East Coast USA Time