Dr. Mercuri is a Cum Laude graduate of Georgetown University School of Dentistry, Washington, DC. He received his Certification and Master of Science degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center.
Dr. Mercuri is a Life Member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, a Retired Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the recipient of the 2009 Oral and Maxillofacial Foundation Research Recognition Award, and the 2010 William J. Gies Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In 2011, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons of England in the Faculty of Dental Surgery. In 2020, the American Society of TMJ Surgeons created the Louis G. Mercuri Lifetime Achievement Award for which he was the inaugural recipient.
Dr. Mercuri is presently Visiting Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, President of the UIC Institute of Biomaterials, Tribocorrosion, Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, and a Clinical Consultant for Stryker/TMJ Concepts, Ventura California.