1212. The Role of Physicians and Patients in Legislative Advocacy

In this episode of "Ask the Expert," hosted by Krissy Dilger of
SRNA, Dr. Shuvro Roy talked about the importance of legislative
advocacy in healthcare [00:01:10]. Dr. Roy discussed how
physicians can engage in legislative advocacy by sharing their
practice stories and providing technical expertise [00:05:05]. He
emphasized the crucial role of patients in advocacy, highlighting
that their personal stories carry significant weight with
legislators [00:07:45]. Dr. Roy also shared examples of
successful advocacy efforts, such as telemedicine policy changes
and Medicare reforms, contributing to better patient outcomes
[00:15:10].





Shuvro Roy, MD is an assistant professor of Neurology at the
University of Washington, specializing in Neuroimmunology. He
completed his neuroimmunology and neuroinfectious disease
fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. He graduated from Medical
School at Ohio State University and completed his neurology
residency at University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Roy is
actively engaged with a number of projects to improve access to
care, healthcare inequality, and patient safety for people with
MS and related conditions, with a special interest in
neuromyelitis optica and MOG antibody disease. His primary
research focus examines how to better leverage health systems to
understand and treat neuroimmunologic disorders. He chose to work
with people who have MS and rare neuroimmunologic conditions
because of the opportunity to build longstanding patient-provider
relationships and to help his patients thrive in the face of
challenging lifelong conditions.