Lucie S. Elfervig, DNS, MA, MSN, APRN, CRNO, received her B.S. in nursing from the University of Southwestern Louisiana at Lafayette, her Masters degree in pediatric nursing from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, and her Doctorate degree as Doctor of Nursing Science (D.N.S.) in Ophthalmology and Adult health from Louisiana State University Medical Center at New Orleans in 1996. She also did doctorate studies at University of Memphis (U of M) and University of Tennessee at Memphis. She also completed studies in pre-medicine courses at U of M and took optometric courses at Southern College of Optometry at Memphis. She completed a clinical rotation in ophthalmology at the Vitreoretinal Foundation at Memphis. Dr. Lucie is the first D.N.S. in the field of ophthalmology in the nation.

Dr. Elfervig serves as an Independent Ophthalmic Consultant and Clinical Specialist with the Eye Specialty Group as an Advance Practice RN with prescription privileges, in examining and treating ocular conditions as a Clinician, Researcher, Educator, Electrophysiology Testing, and Community Service.

Dr. Elfervig is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, an Associate member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Memphis Eye Society. Her other memberships include the American Nurses Association, Tennessee Nurses Association, TNA Council for the Advance Practice Nurse, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, International Society of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision, American College of Nurse Practitioners, American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, University of Tennessee-Memphis Center for Vision Research, Greater Memphis Area-Advanced Practice Nurses, National Association of Prolife Nurses, Celebrate Nursing Organization, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Dr. Elfervig has numerous publications to her credit, plus her most recent contribution, the chapter on “Visual Disorders”, for a new textbook for advance practice nurses to be published by Prentice-Hall in 2008. She also has several presentations to her credit as far as Russia and Moorfields Eye Hospital in England. She has given of her time and talent in volunteering of her services on medical eye care mission in Peru and Mexico.