Lisa Cardenas

Lisa Cardenas has over 19 years of experience working in various roles related to quality assurance and management. Lisa currently works at Heron Therapeutics, Inc. as an Associate Director of Quality Assurance. Prior to Heron Therapeutics, Inc., Lisa worked at Hologic, Inc. as a Senior Quality Engineer. Lisa was also a Quality Manager at Philips and a Senior QA Manager at SeaSpine. Lisa has extensive experience in the healthcare industry, having worked as a Quality Manager at Tandem Diabetes Care and Covidien. Lisa also held roles at UC San Diego Health System, Washington University School of Medicine, and BJC HealthCare, where they focused on program management and quality improvement.

Lisa Cardenas has a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Healthcare Policy and Management from Marymount University. Lisa holds a Masters of Healthcare Administration from Saint Louis University. Lisa also has an Advanced Certificate in Biomedical Quality Systems from San Diego State University. In addition, they are certified as an ISO 13485:2016 Certified Lead Auditor by BSI, which they obtained in 2017.