Lisa M. Mendelson, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nurse Practitioner

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of 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 the San Francisco Bay Area in cardiology and hepatology. Before becoming a nurse practitioner Ms Mendelson was a registered nurse at McLean Psychiatric Hospital on their memory disorders unit, she also has extensive experience providing nursing care to frail homebound elders. In addition to her clinical practice she participates as a reviewer for multiple peer reviewed journals, is an active board member for Patient Discovery, International Symposium of Amyloidosis as well as Medical Dental Staff Clinician Council at BUMC. Ms Mendelson has authored multiple publications with a focus on amyloidosis awareness. She is the recipient of the BU Medical Group's 2019 clinical excellence award, 2024 National Daisy Award in Nursing, 2024 staff recognition award in the section of Hematology and Oncology.

Publications

  • Published 4/15/2026

    Sanchorawala V, Greatsinger A, Staron A, Berk JL, Mendelson LM, Joshi T, J Burke N, Tabatabaeepour N, Smith J, Signorovitch J. Disease burden of ATTR amyloidosis based on the SF-36® health survey. Cardiooncology. 2026 Apr 15; 12(1). PMID: 41987333.

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  • Published 4/9/2026

    Cetin O, Staron A, Mendelson L, Joshi T, Sanchorawala V. Rare dual-clone phenomenon: concurrent ? AL amyloidosis and ?-restricted Bcell lymphoproliferative disorders. Haematologica. 2026 Apr 09. PMID: 41952623.

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  • Published 12/29/2025

    Burke NJ, Mendelson LM, Joshi T, Libbey C, Burks EJ, Prokaeva T, Spencer B, Zheng L, Doros G, Sanchorawala V, Staron A. Detection yield of surrogate tissue biopsies across amyloidosis classes: a large-scale analysis of 4,027 patients. Amyloid. 2025 Dec 29; 1-9. PMID: 41460224.

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  • Published 6/17/2025

    Ramireddy S, Prokaeva T, Chen H, Spencer B, Wong S, Dasari S, Dao L, McPhail ED, Sanchorawala V, Mendelson L. The Amyloidosis Intersection: Dual Amyloid Types in a Single Host. Eur J Haematol. 2025 Sep; 115(3):287-298. PMID: 40526008.

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  • Published 3/3/2025

    Dodge MC, Prokaeva T, Mendelson L, Joshi T, Sanchorawala V, Kataria Y. High-Sensitivity and Conventional Cardiac Troponin-I Assays in AL Amyloidosis. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 Mar 03; 10(2):315-324. PMID: 39495058.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Amyloidosis Center
    Boston University

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Education

  • MGH Institute of Health Professions, MSN
  • MGH Institute of Health Professions, BSN
  • Emmanuel College, BA

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