James D. Mendez has served as a staff nurse on the Cardiothoracic Surgery step-down unit from 1993 through 1997, and then as coordinator for the Emphysema Program from 1997 to 2001. Since 2001, he has been a Nurse Practitioner in the Program for Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplantation. He lectures frequently throughout the region on pulmonary topics and has precepted both undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been, and is currently involved in several industry sponsored pharmaceutical trials. He has a particular interest in the development and use of clinical databases and is a member of the Organ Transplant Tracking Record (OTTR) Advisory Board and User Group at HUP. Jim is also on the staff at the St. Agnes Nurse’s Center, a free primary care clinic for the uninsured and underinsured located in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
• ChesMont Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Association
• Southern Chester County Nurse Practitioner Association

Clinic Coordinator|
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
National Emphysema Treatment Trial
Sponsors: National Institutes of Health and Health Care Financing Administration.

Co-Investigator
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
A randomized, 24-week, double-blind
placebo-controlled, parallel-group study to evaluate the
efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Ariflo (15 mg twice per day) in patients with Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Sponsor: Glaxo SmithKline

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4. NETT Research Group. (2001). Patients at high risk of death after lung-volume-reduction surgery. New England Journal of Medicine. 345(15), 1075-1083.
5. NETT Research Group. (2003). A randomized trial comparing lung-volume-reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema. New England Journal of Medicine, 348(21), 2059-2073.
6. NETT Research Group. (2003). Cost-effectiveness of lung-volume-reduction surgery for patients with severe emphysema. New England Journal of Medicine, 348(21), 2092-2102.