Dr. Karen J. Ho is an Associate Professor of Surgery (Tenure) and the John Marquardt Clinical Research Professor of Vascular Surgery. She obtained her MD from Harvard Medical School and completed a general surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  She is a surgeon-scientist with a NIH-funded basic science laboratory focused on the gut microbiome, arterial remodeling, and atherogenesis. She also serves as Director of Resident Research in the Department of Surgery and has received multiple awards for teaching excellence.