Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Cytopathology
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Dr. Mendoza's clinical interests include surgical pathology (breast, thoracic, GI), cytopathology, and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy.
Dr. Mendoza's research interests include cytomorphologic analysis, digital pathology, and medical device development.
B.S., Nursing, Mindanao State University, Marawi City Philippines 1998
M.D., Our Lady of Fatima University, College of Medicine, Valenzuela City Philippines 2003
Pathology (AP/CP), Harbor UCLA, Los Angeles CA 2014-2018
Surgical Pathology/ GI Pathology, UC Davis, Sacramento CA 2019-2020
Cytopathology, UC Davis, Sacramento CA 2018-2019
Resident/Fellow-Mentor Joint Research Award, UC Davis Department of Pathology, 2020,
Fellow Teaching Award, UC Davis Department of Pathology, 2019,
FASEB MARC Travel Award, Experimental Biology, 2016,
Mendoza AS, Dorce J, Peng Y, French BA, Tillman B, Li J, French SW. Levels Of Metacaspase1 And Chaperones Related To Protein Quality Control In Alcoholic And Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Exp Mol Pathol. 2015 Feb; 98 (1):65-72. PMID: 25526666.
Mendoza AS, O'Leary MP, Peng SK, Petrie BA, Li AI, French SW. Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma Of The Sigmoid Colon. Exp Mol Pathol. 2015 Apr; 98(2):300-3. PMID: 25708661.
French SW, Mendoza AS, Peng Y. The mechanisms of Mallory-Denk body formation are similar to the formation of aggresomes in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Exp Mol Pathol. 2016 Apr 9; 100(3):426-433. PMID: 27068270.
French SW, Liao G, Li J, Vitocruz E, Liu H, Tillman B, French BA, Mendoza AS. What are the mechanisms of regeneration inhibition in alcoholic hepatitis? Exp Mol Pathol. 2016 May 14; 100(3):502-505. PMID: 27189521.
Masouminia M, Samadzadeh S, Mendoza AS, French BA, Tillman B, French SW. Upregulation of Autophagy Components in Alcoholic Hepatitis and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Exp Mol Pathol. 2016 Jul 16;101(1):81-88. PMID: 27432584.
Mendoza AS, Rayhan D, Ji P. Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid with Severe Supraglottic Stenosis and Bilateral Symblepharon. Pathology. 2017 Jan; PMID: 27913046.
French SW, Masouminia M, Samadzadeh S, Tillman B, Mendoza AS, French BA. Role of Protein Quality Control Failure in Alcoholic Hepatitis Pathogenesis, Biomolecules. 2017 Feb 8;7 (1): E11.. PMID: 28208700.
Nguyen L, Masouminia M, Mendoza AS, Samadzadeh S, Tillman B, Morgan T, French B, French S. Alcoholic hepatitis versus non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: Levels of expression of some proteins involved in tumorigenesis. Exp Mol Pathol. 2018 Feb;104(1):45-49. PMID: 29307797
Byers JT, Kurtz JL, Mendoza AS, Oster CD, Sun NCJ, Qing X, Cornford ME. An unusual presentation of primary pulmonary extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosal associated lymphoid tissue: An autopsy case report. Exp Mol Pathol. 2018 Apr; 104(2):155- 157. PMID: 29452080
Lu JG, Nguyen L, Samadzadeh S, Masouminia M, Mendoza A, Sweeney O, Tillman B, Afifyan N, Morgan T, French BA, French SW. Expression of proteins upregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with alcoholic hepatitis (AH) compared to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): An immunohistochemical analysis of candidate proteins. Exp Mol Pathol. 2018 Apr;104(2):125-129. PMID: 29425759