Location

Rochester, Minnesota Clinical Profile

SUMMARY

Lisa A. Boardman, M.D., has a focused interest in gastrointestinal (GI) tract precancer and cancer prevention, as well as in identifying the molecular basis for these conditions. Her expertise includes people who are developing cancers and other diseases at earlier ages. Dr. Boardman explores how this might be related to disruptions in biological aging, as measured by telomere length and other biological markers of aging. She focuses on understanding the interconnection of environmental exposures — including microplastics and nanoplastics — and microbiota, on the molecular machinery that leads healthy tissue to transform to disease. Dr. Boardman also is an investigator in clinical trials for polyp and cancer prevention related to sporadic and hereditary neoplastic conditions.

Focus areas

  • Hereditary cancer syndromes
  • Sporadic GI tract cancers
  • Cancer in younger people
  • Precancer and cancer prevention
  • Environmental exposures associated with cancer
  • Cancer development biomarkers

Significance to patient care

Dr. Boardman studies how to better identify what makes one polyp turn to cancer, while another polyp remains cancer-free. Her research aims to improve and individualize cancer detection and prevention.

PROFESSIONAL DETAILS

Primary Appointment

  1. Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine

Joint Appointment

  1. Consultant, Department of Cancer Biology

Academic Rank

  1. Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION

  1. Fellow - NIH Training Grant, Research Fellow Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. Fellow - Fellow in Gastroenterology Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. Resident - Resident in Internal Medicine Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. Resident Gastroenterology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  5. Resident Internal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  6. Internship - Intern in Internal Medicine University of Florida
  7. MD Bowman Gray School of Medicine
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