Dr. McCamey is a mentor, leader, and educator. She has nearly 20 years of nursing experience and over a decade as a board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. Her specialties range from perianesthesia to palliative, and critical care. Currently, she works as the Chief Advanced Practice Provider of the Preanesthesia Testing Department and Senior Advanced Practice Provider in Surgical Critical Care.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Virginia, and both her Master of Science in Acute Care Advanced Practice and Doctor of Nursing Practice from Georgetown University. She earned a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from the University of South Florida and a Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate from Georgetown University, Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership. Dr. McCamey was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians. She serves as the Chair of the CHEST Palliative and End of Life Care section, -where the focus is on education, raising awareness of palliative and end-of-life care in CHEST and clinical practice.
Dr. McCamey is a true visionary. She is the founder, CEO, and president of DNPs of Color, Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit national organization that builds community for nurses of color through networking, mentorship, and advocacy to increase diversity in doctoral studies, clinical practice, and leadership. Since being operationalized in 2020, the group has grown to nearly 2,000 professionals that includes current DNP-prepared nurses, DNP students, and aspiring DNPs. In addition, she is the co-creator and Chair of the Doctoral Nurses Collaborative, a group that joins DNP and PhD prepared nurses throughout her current healthcare system. The Doctoral Nurses collaborative provides mentorship, scholarship, and elevation of evidence-based practice.
Throughout her career, she has mentored nurses in undergraduate and graduate studies including advising DNP student projects. In addition, she has precepted students in clinical practice. She is a national speaker in the areas of DEI and palliative care. She is a thought leader who has been sought out for interviews and podcasts to share her expertise in creating communities that foster innovation, collaboration, and transformational change to advance the nursing profession.