Denise Scuderi

Vice President of Nursing and Patient Care Services, Northern Light Mayo Hospital

Denise Scuderi, BSN, RN is Vice President of Nursing and Patient Care Services at Northern Light Mayo Hospital. In her role, Denise oversees nursing at the hospital and operations for several hospital departments.
 
Denise is passionate about women and infant health care. She is also committed to age friendly healthcare, focusing on what matters to the patient and championing palliative care services.
 
She previously worked as a high-risk labor and delivery nurse in Georgia prior to relocating to Maine in 2004. Denise served as a staff nurse and nurse manager in the Mayo Hospital OB Department prior to taking on her current role.
 
Denise has served on the statewide Substance Exposed Infant Task Force since 2010 and was on the original team that helped put together the Snuggle ME guidelines. She currently serves as the chair of the board for Partners for Peace. She is an active member of Helping Hands with Heart and the Maine Highlands Integrated Response Network (MHRIN). She served previously on the Pastoral Council for OLOTS, was Board Secretary for the American Vocational Association (AVA), and has volunteered in the community for the March of Dimes, Partners for Peace, and Susan G. Komen. 
 
Denise is a Veteran of the U.S. Army.
 
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University
Master’s in Nursing Degree, Southern New Hampshire University