Rhea Votipka

Rhea Votipka is an Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner who graduated from East Carolina University with her MSN in 2013 and the University of Maryland for a post-Master’s certificate in 2014.

She currently works in the MICU at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts where she is heavily involved in POCUS education of APPs and medical residents.  Additionally, she is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, where she teaches POCUS to medical students.

She is a national speaker on POCUS and critical care topics, has published in CHEST and other professional venues, and is actively involved with the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Chest Physicians.

Rhea was a founding board member of APAPP and since rotating off the board, has transitioned into being the Chair of the Critical Care Committee.  She is looking forward to being the next President of APAPP and continuing to advance the APP profession.