Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Richard Karas, MD, PhD

What do our animal friends have to tell us about the effects of hormones on cardiovascular risk? Does a mouse or monkey really have anything to teach us? Our guest today is Dr. Richard Karas, Professor of Medicine, at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He has several titles including: Co-Director, Molecular Cardiology Research Center, Director, Preventive Cardiology and Director, Women’s Heart Center at the New England Medical Center. He received his MD from Tufts and his Ph.D in Physiology from Harvard.