Lisa Marie Mendelson, MSN, BSN, APRN-Board Certified Adult and Gerontology
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Lisa Mendelson has been a nurse practitioner at the Boston University Amyloidosis Center since 2017. She obtained her nurse practitioner degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2010 and prior to coming to BU worked in private practice cardiology and hepatology in San Mateo, CA. In addition to her clinical practice she participates as a reviewer for multiple peer reviewed journals, is an active board member for the Amyloidosis Research Consortium-Patient Discovery and has authored multiple publications with a focus on amyloidosis awareness. She is the recipient of the BU Medical Group’s 2019 clinical excellence award.
Other Positions
- Member, Amyloidosis Center, Boston University
Education
- MGH Institute of Health Professions, MSN
- MGH Institute of Health Professions, BSN
- Emmanuel College, BA
Publications
- Published on 6/21/2020
Schulman A, Connors LH, Weinberg J, Mendelson LM, Joshi T, Shelton AC, Sanchorawala V. Patient outcomes in light chain (AL) amyloidosis: The clock is ticking from symptoms to diagnosis. Eur J Haematol. 2020 Jun 21. PMID: 32564450.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/6/2020
Mendelson L, Shelton A, Brauneis D, Sanchorawala V. AL Amyloidosis in Myeloma: Red Flag Symptoms. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2020 Jun 06. PMID: 32631780.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2020
Hwa L, Fogaren T, Faller D, Stuller D, Thuenemann S, Mendelson, L . L Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis: Clinical Presentations and Diagnostic Approach. Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology. 2020; 4(11):395-400.
Read at: Custom - Published on 7/15/2019
Staron A, Connors LH, Ruberg FL, Mendelson LM, Sanchorawala V. A new era of amyloidosis: the trends at a major US referral centre. Amyloid. 2019 Dec; 26(4):192-196. PMID: 31306033.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/21/2018
Nguyen VP, Rosenberg A, Mendelson LM, Comenzo RL, Varga C, Sanchorawala V. Outcomes of patients with AL amyloidosis and low serum free light chain levels at diagnosis. Amyloid. 2018 Sep; 25(3):156-159. PMID: 30032640.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/20/2018
Nguyen VP, Landau H, Quillen K, Brauneis D, Shelton AC, Mendelson L, Rahman H, Sloan JM, Sarosiek S, Sanchorawala V. Modified High-Dose Melphalan and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 09; 24(9):1823-1827. PMID: 29933072.
Read at: PubMed