Dr. Alexis Gallardo Foreman is a Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor of Pulmonology, Allergy, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine at Boston Medical Center/Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Her work has focused on hospital-wide efforts focused on reducing readmissions of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) through the creation of educational resources for inhaler teaching and nicotine replacement therapies for patients at the bedside and post-discharge. A member of the Pulmonary Sleep team, she collaborates with Dr. Eric Heckman, to help treat patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure and other sleep disordered breathing. She is also a trained Tobacco Cessation Specialist and co-Director of the Tobacco Treatment Program, a hospital-wide program that provides bedside and outpatient smoking cessation counseling with the mission of addressing disparities in lung cancer screening.

Dr. Gallardo Foreman recently obtained her Doctorate in Nursing with her scholarly practice project focused on creating a culturally sensitive survey to assess a patient with long COVID and their interest in participating in an in-person or online Pulmonary Rehabilitation program. She received her Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate Nursing degrees from Regis College. She also holds a Master's in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University and has a background in writing training programs to promote cultural awareness among healthcare providers. She is a member of the Boston University Medical Group and Pulmonary Department’s Diversity and Inclusion committees and an active member of the Advanced Practice Providers Department of Medicine workgroup. She is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and a member of the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners.