Dr. Pushpa Larsen graduated from Bastyr University with a doctorate in naturopathic medicine and certificates in naturopathic midwifery and spirituality, health and medicine. She has worked as a research clinician for the Bastyr University Research Institute and as affiliate clinical faculty for Bastyr University, training students in her clinic. She was in private practice in Seattle for 10 years before joining Meridian Valley Lab as a consulting physician, and maintains a small private practice primarily focused on bioidentical hormone therapy. She consults with hundreds of doctors every year on the use and interpretation of 24-hour urine hormone profiles, as well as other tests offered by Meridian Valley Lab. She has previously published and presented on the use of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) scanning in primary-care settings for early detection of cardiovascular disease. She can be reached at plarsen@meridianvalleylab.com or at 425-271-8689.

Ralph E. Holsworth Jr. received his doctor of osteopathy from the University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri. He is a board-certified osteopathic family physician previously serving rural and underserved regions of New Mexico and Colorado in clinic practice and as an emergency room attending physician. He currently sees patients at the Tahoma Clinic in Renton, Washington, where he takes a special interest in cardiovascular conditions. He has been doing research in the field of blood viscosity for several years and is a consultant to Meridian Valley Lab on the development of cutting-edge blood viscosity testing. In addition to the above positions, Dr. Holsworth is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Applied Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis and the Japan Nattokinase Research Association. He has been involved in clinical research with oral systemic enzymes as an adjuvant in cancer treatment and has authored several publications related to antioxidant properties of electrolyzed water and nattokinase, a fibrinolytic enzyme.