Mr. Sundheimer’s responsibilities as chief nurse executive of Rust Medical Center encompass strategic, administrative and clinical aspects of patient care delivery. He closely collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and leads the development and implementation of nursing policies, protocols and standards for the medical center. Under Mr. Sundheimer’s leadership, the New Mexico Hospital Association recognized the medical center as a top acute care hospital. One of his standout achievements is multiple years of zero central line-associated bloodstream infections in a hospital that provides inpatient oncology services and open-heart surgery, particularly in a border community. Previously, Mr. Sundheimer served as assistant CNO at Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces (N.M.).
