Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCCM. Dr. Kleinpell is Director at the Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship and Professor in the College of Nursing at Rush University in Chicago, Illinois. She is now the third nurse president of SCCM. Dr. Kleinpell discusses some of SCCM’s new initiatives including the PCOR-ICU Collaborative and Discovery, the Critical Care Research Network, as well as goals she would like to accomplish during her tenure as President. Dr. Kleinpell is a board member at the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, Critical Care Medicine Board, and American Board of Internal Medicine.
