Jeri K. Mendelson, MD

Biography

Dr. Jeri Kersten Mendelson is the latest board-certified dermatologist to join the practice. She began her professional career as a wildlife biologist with a degree from the University of Wyoming.  Her wildlife jobs took her to Wyoming, northern Thailand and eastern Oregon where she worked as a big game biologist for the Ochoco National Forest.  After leaving the Forest Service she attended the University of Oregon  where she received a Masters degree studying bat echolocation.  It was at the U of O where she met her husband and for the next several years followed him to Northwestern University, University of Pittsburgh and finally to the University of Arkansas for his post doctoral training in neurophysiology and physical therapy.  Along this journey she taught anatomy and physiology and general biology. She attended the University of Arkansas medical school and dermatology residency program while her husband ran a medical research lab and practiced physical therapy.  Together, they raised two active Razorback-loving boys.