Dr. Ted Clark has been appointed as Memorial Health’s senior vice president and chief clinical officer, effective Aug. 4, according to a community announcement.
In his new role, Clark will oversee Memorial Medical Group, Memorial Behavioral Health, the health system’s quality and safety teams and its home health services.
Clark has served as Decatur Memorial Hospital’s chief medical officer since 2020 and previously led the hospital’s emergency department from 2017 to 2020. He has been a practicing emergency medicine physician since 2009.
He is a graduate of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and holds a bachelor’s degree from SIU and a master’s in public policy from Duke University.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Clark into this important leadership role,” Mandy Eaton, president and CEO of Memorial Health, said in the announcement.
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