KAREN SCHARRE, MD received her medical degree from the University of California, Davis. She completed a residency in pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle and a surgical pathology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Now retired, Dr. Scharre enjoyed a more than 30 year career in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she served as Director of Breast Pathology for many years. She was also Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Beginning her musical training in violin at the age of 10, Dr. Scharre has enjoyed performing in orchestras ever since. She joined the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra in 1984 and currently holds the position of Ethel McClatchey Principal 2nd Violin Chair. She has previously been a member of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra and the University of California, Davis Symphony Orchestra. Her musical interests have recently expanded to include chamber music performance. Dr. Scharre joined the LADSO Board in 2017.