Baayla Boon MD, PhD

Dr. Baayla Dimitri Catharina Surname Boon obtained her Doctor of Medicine and Ph.D. degrees from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is an instructor in neuroscience, at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Dr. Boon has established a cohort of donor brains from donors who had Alzheimer's disease and underwent in-situ 3-tesla MRI after death. In 2022, Dr. Boon accepted a position as a research fellow in Mayo Clinic's Department of Neuroscience. Dr. Boon has been the first author and a co-author in several papers. She has successfully secured grants.

Dr. Boon is the program chair for the Professional Interest Area on Atypical Alzheimer's Disease, which is organized by the International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment. As a medical doctor, Dr. Boon always considers the patient's life when interpreting brain sections under a microscope. In the future, she aims to predict the neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease to group patients for treatment based on pathophysiology.