Dr. Lisa Roazen
Emergency Medicine
Duluth, MN
20 years experience female
Locations
St. Luke's Hospital
Duluth, MN
About
Bio
I'm an ER doc with a keen interest in community health, women's wellness, sexual health, and sports medicine. I practice both primary care medicine in an urgent care setting as well as seeing patients in the emergency department. I'd love to help you in your journey to wellness!
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Emergency Medicine
Urgent Care
Licenses
United States: Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
174 Answers
23 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Doctor visit.: First of all, purging is a symptom of a medical problem which needs attention all on its own. Purging is not normal or healthy, and can have massive c... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Tick borne illnesses: include many things besides just Lyme. However, most often, a local reaction to a tick bite is simply
inflammation; an expanding, red area of tender... Read More
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634 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Absolutely.: When on oral contraceptives, periods are actually withdrawal bleeding - your endometrial lining bleeds because you're not taking the hormone those day... Read More
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629 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Yes.: Weight fluctuates throughout the day. Weight increases due to the food and liquid you take in (water is heavier than most people realize!). Weight is ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Unlikely.: Assuming you're taking standard pills, the brown discharge is withdrawal bleeding from forgetting to take the pill as scheduled. While no form of prot... Read More
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666 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Common cold: The common cold virus can cause all your symptoms; care is purely supportive in nature. Antibiotics can't cure a viral infection. If your symptoms per... Read More
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682 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Uncertain.: Your due date is based on the date of your last menstrual period, and often, an early ultrasound (before 9 weeks). Unless you have absolutely regular ... Read More
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661 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Maybe.: You need to see a neurologist. If you are truly having seizures, you need medicine to control these so you do not have any permanent damage from them.... Read More
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673 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Yes: Unless he or she has hypertension-induced kidney problems, this is generally regarded as safe.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Fomepizole: Ethylene glycol is the main toxic ingredient in antifreeze (though there are some safer antifreezes with different, less toxic ingredients). Blood tes... Read More
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669 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Not proven safe: The extraordinarily large doses of the vitamins in this product can result in high blood levels, which in turn can mean excessive levels in breast mil... Read More
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670 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Yes.: Boils are collections of pus under the surface of the skin. If they are mature, they can be lanced (drained) in the clinic. If they are not mature, op... Read More
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634 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Possibly infection.: Your symptoms sound classic for "swimmer's ear," or otitis externa. (You don't have to swim to get it. Anyone can.) An exam by a doctor can tell for s... Read More
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946 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Ineffective: This will not help the itching or rash, and it is likely to cause a lot of pain. Poison ivy reactions are to the oil of the plant's leaves. A few prod... Read More
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670 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
No.: Antibiotics can disrupt the normal balance of "good" bacteria in the gut, but should have no impact on the genitourinary system this way. I'm much mor... Read More
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666 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Depends on age.: If you are over 60, there may be concern for inflammation of the temporal artery causing the lump and headache. If under 60, it may be a superficial b... Read More
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482 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Possible bronchitis: The color of mucus does not differentiate between bacterial and viral infections. Most cases of sinusitis or bronchitis do not require antibiotics at ... Read More
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648 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A member asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Not if untreated.: Untreated Lyme disease can progress to have cardiac (heart) and neurologic (brain and nerves) complications. If left untreated too long some damage ca... Read More
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632 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
See a specialist: If an xray showed a dislocated toe, the doctor should have done a reduction and put it in its proper alignment. Sometimes you also have a fracture. Yo... Read More
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639 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
New medication: There are other agents that can treat BV besides Flagyl. Also, if you have an IUD or pessary or use a NuvaRing or similar, your risk for "stubborn" BV... Read More
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628 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Soft tissue vs bone: Most likely you have a crush injury of the soft tissues at the top of your foot. This will cause pain, bruising, and a bit of swelling. If you can't b... Read More
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482 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
No.: Sensations of needing to urinate or defecate, feelings of sexual arousal and orgasm, and other physical sensations are often present while dreaming an... Read More
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110 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Probably yes.: A single excess dose of an NSAID is unlikely to have any serious consequences. Repeated high frequency or too high dosing can be hard on the kidneys o... Read More
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110 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Unlikely.: Rheumatoid arthritis is a lifelong progressive autoimmune disease. If not treated, pain and joint deformity usually worsen over the lifetime of an aff... Read More
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110 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Yes.: Zopiclone is known to cause mild headaches after use. In people who use large doses frequently, the headaches can be worse. Other medicines may work w... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Usually: Usually, yes; it’s up to the therapist/counselor, but most will provide a note confirming that you completed an appointment with them.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Anytime: There’s is no restriction on sexual activity when you have a UTI.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
More information: You don't mention where the rash is or how long its been there. Many questions about skin benefit from a doctor being able to see it - so a trip to yo... Read More
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580 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 52-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Burst blood vessel: Take a look at Google or similar search engines for "subconjunctival hemorrhage." These bright red spots are alarming but harmless. It will resolve th... Read More
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439 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Ringworm: This sounds like a fungal infection of the skin. Please go to the pharmacy and purchase an over the counter anti-fungal cream. You can ask the pharmac... Read More
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438 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Not usually.: Pain is the body's way of telling you that something is wrong. Brief ovary pain mid-cycle can often be attributed to ovulation (called "mittelschmerz"... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Absolutely.: Zofran is for nausea.
Exlax is to treat constipation.
They do not interact with each other, so unless you have an allergy or intolerance to one or bo... Read More
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614 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
YES.: If head trauma is accompanied by a loss of consciousness, unusual drowsiness, seizure, vomiting, unequal pupils, or confusion, it should always be eva... Read More
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482 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Maybe: ask doctor.: Your sleep-wake cycle impacts many different hormones. If you are usually a night shift worker, and keep the same sleep-wake cycle every day, it's not... Read More
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682 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 58-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Paronychia: It sounds like you may have a paronychia, which is an infection of the skin around the edge of a nail. Sometimes you can see a collection of pus next ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Go to the ER: This can be a serious medical condition called PRIAPISM. The increased bloodflow in your penis isn't able to flow out as it should. The doctors in the... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Joint injury: Sometimes a "jammed" finger is just a strain or sprain and will get better on its own. Sometimes it's a fracture, and needs to be immobilized to heal ... Read More
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673 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Yes.: Any airborne dust-type substance can irritate the mucous membrane linings of the nose, mouth, and airway. However, this irritation is most likely to b... Read More
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640 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Shingles?: Please see a doctor. It sounds like you may have shingles, and medicines can reduce symptom duration and prevent complications. You may have a bacteri... Read More
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649 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
It depends.: If you underwent general anesthesia (which is likely) and were intubated when they put you to sleep for the surgery, the breathing tube inserted down ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Cellulitis: Please see a doctor. Cellulitis, a skin infection, can be very serious when it occurs on the face on the nose or skin surrounding the nose. You likely... Read More
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640 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Yes.: These tests were performed well beyond the minimum adequate time for antibodies to the HIV virus to form and become detectable by both Orasure/Oraquic... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
It depends: Many different kind of bacteria can cause pneumonia. Legionnaire's disease, for example, is environmentally contagious. Most forms of bacterial pneumo... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Uncertain.: Some agents are safe in pregnancy, and others are not. You are in the time of pregnancy that is most critical for baby development (the first 13 weeks... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Bladder infection?: Your mother should see a doctor to have her urine tested for infection. Urinary frequency and discoloration may be the only signs in an older person, ... Read More
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649 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
No infection.: Strep often colonlizes the genital tract without causing infection; it doesn't require treatment when found in the urine or on a genital swab unless y... Read More
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667 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Yes and no.: A calorie is a unit of energy.
But the food you eat is metabolized differently depending on what its made of: proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Car... Read More
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614 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Not birth control: Vitamin C is NOT a contraceptive. It cannot be relied upon to induce periods or prevent pregnancy. Please see your doctor to discuss reliable, effecti... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Antibiotic effect: Some antibiotics can cause a dark discoloration, appearing brown or black, or even "hairy." It will not hurt you. When you stop the antibiotic it will... Read More
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649 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Lisa Roazenanswered
Emergency Medicine 20 years experience
Get a tetanus shot.: Most superficial abrasions and scratches can be cared for by simply washing with soap and water, applying antibiotic ointment twice a day, and keeping... Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you for your advice. I had an X-ray done where it showed a dislocation. Nothing else was done for me ?? I suggested PT. Do you think I should seek a second opinion...Read More
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I have difficulty with 4 oz of Pedialyte or Gatorade, which each have citric acid. Also vitamin C is painful if taken in even small quantities. Wish I could have elaborated. May try posting again.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I saw a neurologist and they couldnt explain it i saw them after the concussion i take meds and today i had a petít maul seizure thank you for reassuring me though
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Minnesota Medical School, MN
Graduated 2003MD
Residency
METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER
Awards
The Doctor's Award for service to the LGBT community, MN Philanthrofund
Top Emergency Medicine Specialist, Second Place, the Nation - Spring
2017
Most Influential, Second Place, Minnesota - Spring
2017
Affiliations
CityMD
Publications
“Sugar and Behavior: Expectancy Effects in a Balanced-Placebo Study.”
“Adverse Reactions to Ceftriaxone in Infants with Suspected Bacteremia.”
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