Angela Dispenzieri, MD

Angela Dispenzieri, MD, is Professor of Medicine and of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and holds the Serene M. and Frances C. Durling Professorship at the Mayo Clinic. Additionally, she is a consultant in the Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, serves as Chair of Hematology Research, and holds joint appointments in the Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Molecular Medicine.

Dr. Dispenzieri conducts research in plasma cell disorders, including multiple myeloma, amyloidosis, POEMS syndrome and other rare plasma cell disorders. Her joint appointments in Hematology and Clinical Chemistry are conducive to clinical and translational research in these fields. She also specializes in clinical trials—with a special interest in virotherapy--and stem cell transplantation. She is the Director of the Biospecimens Core of the Mayo Clinic Myeloma SPORE. Dr. Dispenzieri is frequently invited to give presentations on her research both domestically and internationally, and she has authored numerous journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts. She has held editorial and reviewer responsibilities for several prominent publications.

Dr. Dispenzieri joined the Mayo Clinic staff in 1998 after completing a fellowship and residency in Hematology and Oncology there. She earned her MD at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, NY and her BS in biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.