“I am called to serve and have a need to help others. In my practice, I enjoy managing complex, critically ill patients and experience profound gratification in seeing them get better and go home.”

Dr. Pape is board certified in internal medicine and critical care medicine and specializes in critical care. He has clinical interests in airway management, specifically the diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and sepsis. He provides full-time virtual critical care. He has found it to be highly rewarding during the COVID-19 pandemic to be able to provide lifesaving support remotely to patients and relieve some of the burden his bedside colleagues have faced.

He received his medical degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and completed residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa. He completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care at UNC.

Dr. Pape is married and has 2 children and 3 grandsons. His greatest joy is being “Papa” to his grandchildren. He and his wife have a farm where they raise chickens, pigs, 2 cows and tend a large garden. He loves the challenge of learning new skills later in life. His other hobbies include skeet and target shooting and deer hunting. He is continually working to grow in his Christian faith, trying to become the best role model he can for his grandsons.