Ep. 42 - The Great HRT Debate with Dr. Kristin Rojas

Wondering if you're giving patients the right advice regarding HRT in 2026?  In this episode, the co-hosts welcome Dr. Kristin Rojas for a thoughtful conversation about the risks, benefits, misconceptions, and evolving evidence surrounding HRT.   Link to Kristin's Breast Surgeons Live Webinar referenced during the episode: https://www.breastsurgeons.org/education/webinars/overview?video_id=53 SPECIAL GUEST Kristin Rojas, MD, FACS, FACOG is a fellowship-trained breast cancer surgeon, board-certified gynecologist, and Associate Professor at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center of Houston, Texas. She earned her medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical School, completed her residency at Brown University, and further specialized in breast surgical oncology through a fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. She is a NCI-funded cancer researcher studying the gut microbiome and novel therapeutics for genitourinary syndrome in female cancer survivors.   MEET THE CO-HOSTS Michael Berry, MD is a breast surgical oncologist at the West Cancer Center in Germantown, TN. After practicing general surgery for 6 years, he completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at UT Southwestern in Dallas in 2002. Upon leaving Texas, he moved to the Memphis, TN area where he was the first fellowship trained breast surgeon in the region; and this is where he remains today. Dr. Berry has long taught breast ultrasound diagnosis, intervention and ablation. However, his particular interest is in education, as he currently serves on the Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Training Committee, which oversees the fellowship programs in the U.S. and Canada. Dr. Berry is currently the president-elect of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and will begin his term as president in May of 2025.               Susan K. Boolbol, MD, FACS is the system chief of breast surgical oncology and breast program at Nuvance Health. She is a board-certified, fellowship-trained breast surgeon and performs a variety of breast cancer surgeries including lumpectomies and mastectomies. She has a special interest in oncoplastic surgery and nipple-sparing mastectomy; she is also a Hidden Scar certified surgeon. Dr. Boolbol's personal mission is to diagnose and successfully treat breast cancer and breast conditions while caring for the whole patient – emotionally and physically – every step of the way. Dr. Boolbol is the immediate Past President of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. She joined Nuvance Health after serving as chief of breast surgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center. She completed her breast surgery fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center after her residency in general surgery at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center. Dr. Boolbol earned her medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine.             Carla Fisher, MD, MBA, FACS is the Division Chief of Breast Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Shawn Hanson Professor of Surgery. Dr. Fisher is also the director of the IU Dept of of Surgery Breast Surgical Oncology fellowship. She earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed her residency in general surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina and her fellowship as a surgical fellow in breast oncology at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Fisher is a certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncologists and the Association of Academic Surgeons.   <p