Dr. Demetrius James Porche is Professor and Dean of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana. He holds an appointment also in the School of Public Health at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. He received his undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Nicholls State University and his Master of Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Science from Louisiana State University Medical Center. He completed Family Nurse Practitioner post-graduate coursework at Concordia University Wisconsin.

Dr. Porche is certified as a Clinical Specialist in Community Health Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Porche was the Associate Editor of the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS and Chief Editor of American Journal of Men's Health. Dr. Porche serves on the Editorial Board of The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. He is currently the national President of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing.

Dr. Porche is the immediate past Chair of the Louisiana State Nurses Association Continuing Education Committee. He also serves at the national level on the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association and serves as Chair of the Public Health Nursing Section Development Committee. He is a member of the Association of Community Health Nurse Educator's Research Committee. He is a Virginia Henderson Fellow of Sigma Theta Tau International and a Fellow in Society of Luther Christman Fellows for Contributions to Nursing by Men.

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