St. Francis Hospital selects new medical staff president

INDIANAPOLIS – Heidi M. Dunniway, M.D., has been elected president of the medical staff at Franciscan Alliance/St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers for a two-year term.

In that role, she will provide leadership on the clinical activities of physicians practicing at the hospital’s Indianapolis and Beech Grove campuses.

Dunniway, who is affiliated with Otolaryngology Associates of Indianapolis, is a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society’s board of directors and served as that organization’s president (2007-08). She is active in the Indiana State Medical Association and was elected vice speaker of that organization in September 2010.

A member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Dunniway completed her general surgery and otolaryngology residencies at Riverside Hospital and The Ohio State University, respectively, in Columbus.

A board-certified otolaryngologist, Dunniway earned her medical degree at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), where she also pursued graduate studies in biochemistry. She received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at the University of Iowa.

St. Francis operates hospitals in Mooresville, Indianapolis and Beech Grove, and offers services at its Plainfield Health Center.