About Hildy

Dr. Hildy M. Schell-Chaple received her PhD from the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) -her areas of research include managing body temperature alterations in critically ill and harm prevention in the ICU. Additionally, she completed her Master of Science from UCSF and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of San Francisco. Hildy is a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) with over 25 years of experience leading interprofessional teams at UCSF Medical Center that aim to optimize safe and high quality evidence-based care to critically ill patients. Hildy has published and presented on numerous topics including care of critically ill patients with sepsis, multi-organ dysfunction, ARDS, liver dysfunction, fever, AKI and ensuring quality and safety of CRRT care. She is passionate about critical care nursing and enjoys collaborating with interprofessional team members as well as patients/families to optimize patient outcomes. Hildy is currently in a leadership position in the department of Patient Safety and Regulatory Affairs at the UCSF Health System and is a Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Nursing.