Larry Bucshon, M.D., is a senior policy advisor and lobbyist in Holland & Knight’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of the firm’s Public Policy & Regulation Group. Dr. Bucshon focuses his practice on matters related to healthcare and energy.

Since his election to Congress in 2010, Dr. Bucshon has advocated for patient-centered healthcare reforms that support innovation and give patients access to high-quality, affordable and timely care while also ensuring that patients and their doctors have the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions. Most recently, Dr. Bucshon served as a senior member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and vice chair of the Subcommittee on Health, vice chair of the House GOP Doctors Caucus and as a co-chair of the Congressional Kidney Caucus. In the 117th Congress, Dr. Bucshon was selected to the Healthy Future Task Force and led the Subcommittee on Doctor/Patient Relationships.

In addition, Dr. Bucshon is a champion of an all-of-the-above energy approach and served on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security, along with the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce. His district, which encompassed all or part of 21 counties in southern and west central Indiana, is rich in energy resources, and he focused on advancing energy policies that use all sources of energy to make the nation energy-independent.

Dr. Bucshon has also served on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Committee on Science, Space and Technology, where he served as chair of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Prior to his political experience, Dr. Bucshon was a practicing physician and surgeon, specializing in cardiothoracic surgery. He also served as chief of cardiothoracic surgery and medical director of the open heart recovery intensive care unit at St. Mary’s (now St. Vincent) hospital in Evansville, Indiana.

During his surgical residency, Dr. Bucshon enlisted with the U.S. Navy Reserve and served for almost a decade before being honorably discharged.