Jim Mendez, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing | Villanova University

Villanova, PA, UNITED STATES

Jim Mendez, PhD, CRNP, ANP-BC is an expert in lung disease and transplantation, pharmacology, and clinical ethics

Areas of Expertise (11)

Advanced Practice Nursing

Bioethics

Community Health

Lung Transplantation

Nurse Practitioner Practice

Opioid Addiction & Recovery

Pharmacology

Pulmonary Diseases

Psychological Predictors of Health Outcomes

Social Determinants of Health

Transplantation

Biography

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 (5)

Villanova University: PhD

University of Pennsylvania: MSN

Wilmington College: BS

Delaware County Community College: AAS

Swarthmore College: BA

Select Accomplishments (2)

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

April 2013

Wong Moss Outstanding Alumni Award

2001 Delaware County Community College

Links (1)

ResearchGate Profile

Affiliations (5)

National League for Nursing
ChesMont NP/PA Association
Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Member, Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
Member, American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Select Media Appearances (1)

The Iron Lung: A Life-Saving Device with an Enduring Legacy

USA Today online

2025-01-18

The iron lung was a large, cylindrical unit (measuring up to six feet in length) that functioned as a respirator to help patients who couldn’t breathe on their own. Patients would lay down with their head resting outside the chamber, with the device enclosed around their body, per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The iron lung used negative pressure ventilation (NPV), which “mimics natural breathing by creating negative pressure around the chest, causing the lungs to expand and pull in air,” explains Dr. Jim Mendez, a clinical associate professor of nursing at Villanova University.

Select Academic Articles (6)

An Integrative Review: Early Mobilization of Patients With External Ventriculostomy Drains in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Megan T Moyer, Janice L Hinkle, James D Mendez

2021

The Role of Perceived Social Support in the Transition to Life after Lung Transplantation

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

James D. Mendez

2015

Case study. A second chance. Commentary

The Hastings Center Report

Nancy P. Blumenthal, James D. Mendez

2013

Venous Thromboembolic Disease after Lung Transplantation: Special Focus on Sirolimus

The Open Transplantation Journal

Rajiv Lingaraju, Nancy P. Blumenthal, Jim Mendez et. al.

2010

Impact of Pre-Transplant Recipient Obesity on Outcomes after Lung Transplantation

The Journal of the Heart and Lung Association

Denus Hadjiliadis, Nancy P. Blumenthal, James D. Mendez et. al.

2009

Validation of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Formula in Estimating GFR in Lung Transplant Candidates

Journal of the Heart and Lung Association

Nadine Al-Naamani, Omar Maarouf, V.N. Ahya et. al.

2008