Hematology Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
35 Park Street
New Haven, CT 06511
- Hematology ProgramSmilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Lourdes Mendez, MD, PhD
Hematology, Hematologic Oncology
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
Not Applicable
Board Certified in
Hematology (Internal Medicine)
Titles
- Assistant Professor
Education & Training
- Research FellowBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2017)
- Clinical Fellow in Hematology/OncologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2014)
- ResidentWeill Cornell-New York Presbyterian (2011)
- InternWeill Cornell-New York Presbyterian (2009)
- PhDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Cell Biology
- MDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Professional Service
- American Society of Hematology (2007 - Present): Member
Publications
- Shallis R, Wang R, Zeidan A, Huntington S, Neparidze N, Stempel J, Mendez L, Di M, Ma X, Podoltsev N. Older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia face suboptimal molecular testing and tyrosine kinase inhibitor adherence. Blood Advances 2023, 7: 3213-3224. PMID: 36939371, PMCID: PMC10338212, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009074.
- Mendez LM, Patnaik MM. Clonal Hematopoiesis: Origins and determinants of evolution. Leuk Res 2023, 129: 107076. PMID: 37075557, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2023.107076.
- Spectrum From Clonal Hematopoiesis to Myelodysplastic Neoplasm/Syndromes and Other Myeloid NeoplasmsXie Z, Chen E, Mendez L, Komrokji R, Zeidan A. Spectrum From Clonal Hematopoiesis to Myelodysplastic Neoplasm/Syndromes and Other Myeloid Neoplasms. The Cancer Journal 2023, 29: 130-137. PMID: 37195768, DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000656.
- Garcia JS, Flamand Y, Penter L, Keng M, Tomlinson BK, Mendez LM, Koller P, Cullen N, Arihara Y, Pfaff K, Wolff JO, Brunner AM, Galinsky I, Bashey A, Antin JH, Cutler C, Ho V, Jonas BA, Luskin MR, Wadleigh M, Winer ES, Savell A, Leonard R, Robertson T, Davids MS, Streicher H, Rodig SJ, Ritz J, Wu CJ, DeAngelo DJ, Neuberg D, Stone RM, Soiffer RJ. Ipilimumab plus decitabine for patients with MDS or AML in posttransplant or transplant-naïve settings. Blood 2023, 141: 1884-1888. PMID: 36332187, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022017686.
- VanOudenhove J, Halene S, Mendez L. Is it the time to integrate novel sequencing technologies into clinical practice? Current Opinion In Hematology 2022, 30: 70-77. PMID: 36602939, DOI: 10.1097/moh.0000000000000754.
- Sharda AV, Bogue T, Barr A, Mendez LM, Flaumenhaft R, Zwicker JI. Circulating Protein Disulfide Isomerase Is Associated with Increased Risk of Thrombosis in JAK2-Mutated Myeloproliferative Neoplasms. Clin Cancer Res 2021, 27: 5708-5717. PMID: 34400417, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-1140.
- Sharda AV, Barr AM, Harrison JA, Wilkie AR, Fang C, Mendez LM, Ghiran IC, Italiano JE, Flaumenhaft R. VWF maturation and release are controlled by 2 regulators of Weibel-Palade body biogenesis: exocyst and BLOC-2. Blood 2020, 136: 2824-2837. PMID: 32614949, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020005300.
- Brunner A, Blonquist T, DeAngelo D, McMasters M, Fell G, Hermance N, Winer E, Lindsley R, Hobbs G, Amrein P, Hock H, Steensma D, Garcia J, Luskin M, Stone R, Ballen K, Rosenblatt J, Avigan D, Nahas M, Mendez L, McAfee S, Moran J, Bergeron M, Foster J, Bertoli C, Manning A, McGregor K, Fishman K, Kuo F, Baltay M, Macrae M, Burke M, Behnan T, Wey M, Som T, Ramos A, Rae J, Lombardi Story J, Nelson N, Logan E, Connolly C, Neuberg D, Chen Y, Graubert T, Fathi A. Alisertib plus induction chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with high-risk, acute myeloid leukaemia: a single-arm, phase 2 trial. The Lancet Haematology 2019, 7: e122-e133. PMID: 31837959, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(19)30203-0.
- Mendez LM, Posey RR, Pandolfi PP. The Interplay Between the Genetic and Immune Landscapes of AML: Mechanisms and Implications for Risk Stratification and Therapy. Front Oncol 2019, 9: 1162. PMID: 31781488, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01162.
- Nachmani D, Bothmer AH, Grisendi S, Mele A, Bothmer D, Lee JD, Monteleone E, Cheng K, Zhang Y, Bester AC, Guzzetti A, Mitchell CA, Mendez LM, Pozdnyakova O, Sportoletti P, Martelli MP, Vulliamy TJ, Safra M, Schwartz S, Luzzatto L, Bluteau O, Soulier J, Darnell RB, Falini B, Dokal I, Ito K, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. Germline NPM1 mutations lead to altered rRNA 2'-O-methylation and cause dyskeratosis congenita. Nat Genet 2019, 51: 1518-1529. PMID: 31570891, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0502-z.
- Mugoni V, Panella R, Cheloni G, Chen M, Pozdnyakova O, Stroopinsky D, Guarnerio J, Monteleone E, Lee JD, Mendez L, Menon AV, Aster JC, Lane AA, Stone RM, Galinsky I, Zamora JC, Lo-Coco F, Bhasin MK, Avigan D, Longo L, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. Vulnerabilities in mIDH2 AML confer sensitivity to APL-like targeted combination therapy. Cell Res 2019, 29: 446-459. PMID: 31024166, DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0162-7.
- Chen M, Zhang J, Sampieri K, Clohessy JG, Mendez L, Gonzalez-Billalabeitia E, Liu XS, Lee YR, Fung J, Katon JM, Menon AV, Webster KA, Ng C, Palumbieri MD, Diolombi MS, Breitkopf SB, Teruya-Feldstein J, Signoretti S, Bronson RT, Asara JM, Castillo-Martin M, Cordon-Cardo C, Pandolfi PP. An aberrant SREBP-dependent lipogenic program promotes metastatic prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2018, 50: 206-218. PMID: 29335545, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-017-0027-2.
- Chen M, Wan L, Zhang J, Zhang J, Mendez L, Clohessy JG, Berry K, Victor J, Yin Q, Zhu Y, Wei W, Pandolfi PP. Deregulated PP1α phosphatase activity towards MAPK activation is antagonized by a tumor suppressive failsafe mechanism. Nat Commun 2018, 9: 159. PMID: 29335436, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02272-y.
- Guarnerio J, Mendez LM, Asada N, Menon AV, Fung J, Berry K, Frenette PS, Ito K, Pandolfi PP. A non-cell-autonomous role for Pml in the maintenance of leukemia from the niche. Nat Commun 2018, 9: 66. PMID: 29302031, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02427-x.
- Pyzer AR, Stroopinsky D, Rosenblatt J, Anastasiadou E, Rajabi H, Washington A, Tagde A, Chu JH, Coll M, Jiao AL, Tsai LT, Tenen DE, Cole L, Palmer K, Ephraim A, Leaf RK, Nahas M, Apel A, Bar-Natan M, Jain S, McMasters M, Mendez L, Arnason J, Raby BA, Slack F, Kufe D, Avigan D. MUC1 inhibition leads to decrease in PD-L1 levels via upregulation of miRNAs. Leukemia 2017, 31: 2780-2790. PMID: 28555079, PMCID: PMC5791150, DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.163.
- MUC1-mediated induction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.Pyzer A, Stroopinsky D, Rajabi H, Washington A, Tagde A, Coll M, Fung J, Bryant M, Cole L, Palmer K, Somaiya P, Karp Leaf R, Nahas M, Apel A, Jain S, McMasters M, Mendez L, Levine J, Joyce R, Arnason J, Pandolfi P, Kufe D, Rosenblatt J, Avigan D. MUC1-mediated induction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 2017, 129: 1791-1801. PMID: 28126925, PMCID: PMC5813734, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-07-730614.
- Molecular Genetics of Acute Promyelocytic LeukemiaMendez LM, Chen M, Pandolfi PP. Molecular Genetics of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. In: Abla, Oussama, Lo Coco, Francesco, Sanz, Miguel A, editors. Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Springer 2018.
- Thrombophilia and Thrombocytopenia in the Pregnant WomanMendez LM, Sharda AV, Zwicker JI. Thrombophilia and Thrombocytopenia in the Pregnant Woman. In: Bernstein C, Takoudes T, editors. Medical Problems During Pregnancy. Springer: 2017
- Cerchietti LC, Hatzi K, Caldas-Lopes E, Yang SN, Figueroa ME, Morin RD, Hirst M, Mendez L, Shaknovich R, Cole PA, Bhalla K, Gascoyne RD, Marra M, Chiosis G, Melnick A. BCL6 repression of EP300 in human diffuse large B cell lymphoma cells provides a basis for rational combinatorial therapy. J Clin Invest 2010, 120: 4569-82. PMID: 21041953, DOI: 10.1172/JCI42869.
- Mendez LM, Polo JM, Yu JJ, Krupski M, Ding BB, Melnick A, Ye BH. CtBP is an essential corepressor for BCL6 autoregulation. Mol Cell Biol 2008, 28: 2175-86. PMID: 18212045, DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01400-07.
- Ding BB, Yu JJ, Yu RY, Mendez LM, Shaknovich R, Zhang Y, Cattoretti G, Ye BH. Constitutively activated STAT3 promotes cell proliferation and survival in the activated B-cell subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Blood 2008, 111: 1515-23. PMID: 17951530, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-04-087734.
- Wang X, Ding BB, Mendez LM, Papetti M, Ye BH. Re: Torlakovic et al. PU.1 protein expression has a positive linear association with protein expression of germinal centre B cell genes including BCL-6, CD10, CD20 and CD22: identification of PU.1 putative binding sites in the BCL-6 promotor. J Pathol 2005;206:312-319. J Pathol 2006, 210: 130-1; author reply 132. PMID: 16841370, DOI: 10.1002/path.2031.
Departments and Programs
Locations
Hematology Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
35 Park Street
New Haven, CT 06511
- Hematology ProgramSmilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Titles
- Assistant Professor
Education & Training
- Research FellowBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2017)
- Clinical Fellow in Hematology/OncologyBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2014)
- ResidentWeill Cornell-New York Presbyterian (2011)
- InternWeill Cornell-New York Presbyterian (2009)
- PhDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Cell Biology
- MDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Professional Service
- American Society of Hematology (2007 - Present): Member
Publications
- Shallis R, Wang R, Zeidan A, Huntington S, Neparidze N, Stempel J, Mendez L, Di M, Ma X, Podoltsev N. Older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia face suboptimal molecular testing and tyrosine kinase inhibitor adherence. Blood Advances 2023, 7: 3213-3224. PMID: 36939371, PMCID: PMC10338212, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009074.
- Mendez LM, Patnaik MM. Clonal Hematopoiesis: Origins and determinants of evolution. Leuk Res 2023, 129: 107076. PMID: 37075557, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2023.107076.
- Spectrum From Clonal Hematopoiesis to Myelodysplastic Neoplasm/Syndromes and Other Myeloid NeoplasmsXie Z, Chen E, Mendez L, Komrokji R, Zeidan A. Spectrum From Clonal Hematopoiesis to Myelodysplastic Neoplasm/Syndromes and Other Myeloid Neoplasms. The Cancer Journal 2023, 29: 130-137. PMID: 37195768, DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000656.
- Garcia JS, Flamand Y, Penter L, Keng M, Tomlinson BK, Mendez LM, Koller P, Cullen N, Arihara Y, Pfaff K, Wolff JO, Brunner AM, Galinsky I, Bashey A, Antin JH, Cutler C, Ho V, Jonas BA, Luskin MR, Wadleigh M, Winer ES, Savell A, Leonard R, Robertson T, Davids MS, Streicher H, Rodig SJ, Ritz J, Wu CJ, DeAngelo DJ, Neuberg D, Stone RM, Soiffer RJ. Ipilimumab plus decitabine for patients with MDS or AML in posttransplant or transplant-naïve settings. Blood 2023, 141: 1884-1888. PMID: 36332187, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022017686.
- VanOudenhove J, Halene S, Mendez L. Is it the time to integrate novel sequencing technologies into clinical practice? Current Opinion In Hematology 2022, 30: 70-77. PMID: 36602939, DOI: 10.1097/moh.0000000000000754.
- Sharda AV, Bogue T, Barr A, Mendez LM, Flaumenhaft R, Zwicker JI. Circulating Protein Disulfide Isomerase Is Associated with Increased Risk of Thrombosis in JAK2-Mutated Myeloproliferative Neoplasms. Clin Cancer Res 2021, 27: 5708-5717. PMID: 34400417, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-1140.
- Sharda AV, Barr AM, Harrison JA, Wilkie AR, Fang C, Mendez LM, Ghiran IC, Italiano JE, Flaumenhaft R. VWF maturation and release are controlled by 2 regulators of Weibel-Palade body biogenesis: exocyst and BLOC-2. Blood 2020, 136: 2824-2837. PMID: 32614949, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020005300.
- Brunner A, Blonquist T, DeAngelo D, McMasters M, Fell G, Hermance N, Winer E, Lindsley R, Hobbs G, Amrein P, Hock H, Steensma D, Garcia J, Luskin M, Stone R, Ballen K, Rosenblatt J, Avigan D, Nahas M, Mendez L, McAfee S, Moran J, Bergeron M, Foster J, Bertoli C, Manning A, McGregor K, Fishman K, Kuo F, Baltay M, Macrae M, Burke M, Behnan T, Wey M, Som T, Ramos A, Rae J, Lombardi Story J, Nelson N, Logan E, Connolly C, Neuberg D, Chen Y, Graubert T, Fathi A. Alisertib plus induction chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with high-risk, acute myeloid leukaemia: a single-arm, phase 2 trial. The Lancet Haematology 2019, 7: e122-e133. PMID: 31837959, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(19)30203-0.
- Mendez LM, Posey RR, Pandolfi PP. The Interplay Between the Genetic and Immune Landscapes of AML: Mechanisms and Implications for Risk Stratification and Therapy. Front Oncol 2019, 9: 1162. PMID: 31781488, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01162.
- Nachmani D, Bothmer AH, Grisendi S, Mele A, Bothmer D, Lee JD, Monteleone E, Cheng K, Zhang Y, Bester AC, Guzzetti A, Mitchell CA, Mendez LM, Pozdnyakova O, Sportoletti P, Martelli MP, Vulliamy TJ, Safra M, Schwartz S, Luzzatto L, Bluteau O, Soulier J, Darnell RB, Falini B, Dokal I, Ito K, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. Germline NPM1 mutations lead to altered rRNA 2'-O-methylation and cause dyskeratosis congenita. Nat Genet 2019, 51: 1518-1529. PMID: 31570891, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0502-z.
- Mugoni V, Panella R, Cheloni G, Chen M, Pozdnyakova O, Stroopinsky D, Guarnerio J, Monteleone E, Lee JD, Mendez L, Menon AV, Aster JC, Lane AA, Stone RM, Galinsky I, Zamora JC, Lo-Coco F, Bhasin MK, Avigan D, Longo L, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. Vulnerabilities in mIDH2 AML confer sensitivity to APL-like targeted combination therapy. Cell Res 2019, 29: 446-459. PMID: 31024166, DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0162-7.
- Chen M, Zhang J, Sampieri K, Clohessy JG, Mendez L, Gonzalez-Billalabeitia E, Liu XS, Lee YR, Fung J, Katon JM, Menon AV, Webster KA, Ng C, Palumbieri MD, Diolombi MS, Breitkopf SB, Teruya-Feldstein J, Signoretti S, Bronson RT, Asara JM, Castillo-Martin M, Cordon-Cardo C, Pandolfi PP. An aberrant SREBP-dependent lipogenic program promotes metastatic prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2018, 50: 206-218. PMID: 29335545, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-017-0027-2.
- Chen M, Wan L, Zhang J, Zhang J, Mendez L, Clohessy JG, Berry K, Victor J, Yin Q, Zhu Y, Wei W, Pandolfi PP. Deregulated PP1α phosphatase activity towards MAPK activation is antagonized by a tumor suppressive failsafe mechanism. Nat Commun 2018, 9: 159. PMID: 29335436, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02272-y.
- Guarnerio J, Mendez LM, Asada N, Menon AV, Fung J, Berry K, Frenette PS, Ito K, Pandolfi PP. A non-cell-autonomous role for Pml in the maintenance of leukemia from the niche. Nat Commun 2018, 9: 66. PMID: 29302031, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02427-x.
- Pyzer AR, Stroopinsky D, Rosenblatt J, Anastasiadou E, Rajabi H, Washington A, Tagde A, Chu JH, Coll M, Jiao AL, Tsai LT, Tenen DE, Cole L, Palmer K, Ephraim A, Leaf RK, Nahas M, Apel A, Bar-Natan M, Jain S, McMasters M, Mendez L, Arnason J, Raby BA, Slack F, Kufe D, Avigan D. MUC1 inhibition leads to decrease in PD-L1 levels via upregulation of miRNAs. Leukemia 2017, 31: 2780-2790. PMID: 28555079, PMCID: PMC5791150, DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.163.
- MUC1-mediated induction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.Pyzer A, Stroopinsky D, Rajabi H, Washington A, Tagde A, Coll M, Fung J, Bryant M, Cole L, Palmer K, Somaiya P, Karp Leaf R, Nahas M, Apel A, Jain S, McMasters M, Mendez L, Levine J, Joyce R, Arnason J, Pandolfi P, Kufe D, Rosenblatt J, Avigan D. MUC1-mediated induction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 2017, 129: 1791-1801. PMID: 28126925, PMCID: PMC5813734, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-07-730614.
- Molecular Genetics of Acute Promyelocytic LeukemiaMendez LM, Chen M, Pandolfi PP. Molecular Genetics of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. In: Abla, Oussama, Lo Coco, Francesco, Sanz, Miguel A, editors. Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Springer 2018.
- Thrombophilia and Thrombocytopenia in the Pregnant WomanMendez LM, Sharda AV, Zwicker JI. Thrombophilia and Thrombocytopenia in the Pregnant Woman. In: Bernstein C, Takoudes T, editors. Medical Problems During Pregnancy. Springer: 2017
- Cerchietti LC, Hatzi K, Caldas-Lopes E, Yang SN, Figueroa ME, Morin RD, Hirst M, Mendez L, Shaknovich R, Cole PA, Bhalla K, Gascoyne RD, Marra M, Chiosis G, Melnick A. BCL6 repression of EP300 in human diffuse large B cell lymphoma cells provides a basis for rational combinatorial therapy. J Clin Invest 2010, 120: 4569-82. PMID: 21041953, DOI: 10.1172/JCI42869.
- Mendez LM, Polo JM, Yu JJ, Krupski M, Ding BB, Melnick A, Ye BH. CtBP is an essential corepressor for BCL6 autoregulation. Mol Cell Biol 2008, 28: 2175-86. PMID: 18212045, DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01400-07.
- Ding BB, Yu JJ, Yu RY, Mendez LM, Shaknovich R, Zhang Y, Cattoretti G, Ye BH. Constitutively activated STAT3 promotes cell proliferation and survival in the activated B-cell subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Blood 2008, 111: 1515-23. PMID: 17951530, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-04-087734.
- Wang X, Ding BB, Mendez LM, Papetti M, Ye BH. Re: Torlakovic et al. PU.1 protein expression has a positive linear association with protein expression of germinal centre B cell genes including BCL-6, CD10, CD20 and CD22: identification of PU.1 putative binding sites in the BCL-6 promotor. J Pathol 2005;206:312-319. J Pathol 2006, 210: 130-1; author reply 132. PMID: 16841370, DOI: 10.1002/path.2031.
Departments and Programs
Locations
Hematology Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
35 Park Street
New Haven, CT 06511
- Hematology ProgramSmilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Hematology Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven
35 Park Street
New Haven, CT 06511
- Hematology ProgramSmilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park StreetNew Haven, CT 06511