Michael A. Carter, DNSc, DNP, FAAN, FNP/GNP-BC
University Distinguished Professor
mcarter@uthsc.edu
Professor Michael Carter obtained his bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) and master of science in nursing (MSN) from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. He subsequently earned the Doctor of Nursing Science degree from Boston University, and a post-masters Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from the University of Tennessee (UT) Health Science Center.
He completed a Fellowship in Primary Care Health Policy with the United States Public Health Service. He holds national certifications as both a Family Nurse Practitioner and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner; is a Diplomate in Comprehensive Care; a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing; a Distinguished Practitioner and Fellow in the National Academies of Practice; and a Fellow in the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners.
From 1982 until 2000, Dr. Carter served as Dean and Professor at the College of Nursing at UT Health Science Center, and is currently an Emeritus Distinguished Professor. In 2013 he served as a Professorial Fellow at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. He is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.
Dr. Carter currently serves as a part-time professor in the UT Health Science Center’s College of Nursing, is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Frontier Nursing University, and has ongoing projects involving nurse practitioner practice in in the Northern Territory of Australia. His scholarship is focused on issues related to pain in people living with Alzheimer’s disease and primary care health policy in the U.S. and Australia.