Dr. Samuel Louis Maceri is past president and permanent member of the University of Tennessee Nursing Alumni Board, and has served on the Community Advisory Committee for a number of years. These service positions, as well as his career path, reflect his strong belief in giving back to those important in his life and career.

Born in Memphis, he received his Doctor in Nursing Science degree from UTHSC in 2002. Additionally, he holds bachelor’s degrees from St. Mary’s College and Catholic University of America; an associate’s, bachelor’s, and two master’s degrees from the University of Memphis; and a master’s in nursing from UTHSC. He is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as Nursing Executive-Advanced, Board Certified.

Dr. Maceri serves as an adjunct faculty member at Southwest Tennessee Community College and the University of Tennessee, with classroom and clinical instruction responsibilities in the field of mental health nursing. He is a part-time faculty member at the University of Memphis, where he teaches graduate courses on health care policy and scholarly synthesis. He also serves on the faculty at the Faith Community Nursing, where he teaches nursing ethics.

Career highlights for Dr. Maceri include positions in mental health nursing, staff development and education, and administration at mental health hospitals, and rural and urban hospitals. He was the director of education and support at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital from 1999 to 2012 when he assumed responsibility for development and implementation of the Nurse Residency Program there.

Dr. Maceri is a member of the Tennessee Nurses Association, the National Nursing Staff Development Association, Pi Alpha Alpha Public Administration Honor Society, and Sigma Theta Tau.