Dustin Krutsinger

Dustin Krutsinger, MD, MSCE, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. His scholarship focuses on ethical and decision-making challenges in the care of critically ill patients. His current interests include end-of-life decision-making, determination of death and organ donation, surrogate decision-making, and ethical issues in critical care research. His work draws on training in clinical epidemiology and experience using qualitative, observational, and experimental research methods.

Before entering medical school at the University of Iowa, Dr. Krutsinger practiced as an intensive care nurse for six years. He completed an internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Iowa, and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. During fellowship, he received support from the PAIR Center and completed a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at Penn. He is currently a member of the American Thoracic Society Ethics Committee and remains involved in collaborative research addressing ethical and policy questions in critical care.