INDIANAPOLIS – Gerald C. Walthall, M.D., is the new chairperson of the Central Indiana Regional Board of Directors of the Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc (SSFHS). Walthall, medical director of the St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers’ Palliative Medicine team, recently was elected to lead the board. A retired otolaryngologist, he has had a long-time affiliation with the hospital.
Also elected for the 2010-12 term are Wayne S. Schmidt (vice chair) and Donald J. Kerner, M.D. (secretary). Schmidt is chief executive officer of the Indianapolis-based design firm, Schmidt Associates.
Kerner, a physician with St. Francis for many years, is the hospital’s former chief medical officer.
Among others serving on the 15-member board are SSFHS chairperson, Sister Jane Marie Klein and Kevin Leahy, SSFHS president and chief executive officer.
St. Francis has hospitals in Indianapolis, Beech Grove and Mooresville, which comprise SSFHS’ central region. The Mishawaka, Ind.-based health system also operates 10 other hospitals in Indiana and Illinois.
