Jim Mendez

Dr. Jim Mendez teaches courses in Adult Health/Acute Care, Pharmacology and Clinical Ethics. He continues to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplantation Program of the Penn Transplant Institute at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. He is an expert on pulmonary diseases, advanced practice nursing, and organ donation and transplantation.

Education

• Villanova University: PhD
• University of Pennsylvania: MSN
• Wilmington College: BS
• Delaware County Community College: AAS
• Swarthmore College: BA

Areas Of Expertise

• Advanced Practice Nursing
• Pulmonary Diseases
• Community Health
• Social Determinants of Health
• Bioethics
• Transplantation
• Psychological Predictors of Health Outcomes
• Pharmacology
• Lung Transplantation
• Opioid Addiction & Recovery
• Nurse Practitioner Practice

Companies

• Clinical Associate Professor Villanova University (2016)
• Nurse Practitioner University of Pennsylvania Health System (1993 — 2021)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor Villanova University (2015 — 2016)
• Adjunct Instructor Villanova University (2007 — 2015)
• Nurse Extern Bryn Mawr Hospital (1991 — 1993)