Stewart Memorial Welcomes New Chief Clinic Officer, Melissa Wallace

Lake City, IA – Stewart Memorial Community Hospital (SMCH) is pleased to welcome its new Chief Clinic Officer, Melissa Wallace, BSN. Wallace comes to Lake City from St. Anthony Regional Hospital, where she served as the Med-Surg-Peds and Critical Care Unit Director. 

“I am very thankful for this opportunity and am excited to get started and join the Stewart Memorial team,” Wallace shared. “I have been fortunate to have good mentors and have now become a mentor myself. I hope to continue to do both in this role.”

Wallace has been a registered nurse for 12 years and joins the Stewart Memorial administration team with a wealth of nursing leadership experience. She previously worked at St. Anthony as the ER and Critical Care Unit Clinical Supervisor, ER House Supervisor, ER and intensive care unit nurse, and Interim Director of the Intensive Care Unit. Before working at St. Anthony, Wallace worked as a nurse in the cardiac/surgical intensive care unit at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa. 

“I am pleased to welcome Melissa in this pivotal leadership role,” shared SMCH CEO, Linn Block, RN, BSN, MHA. “Melissa will oversee the organization’s clinical operations and guide strategic initiatives to enhance patient care and community health outcomes at our four rural health clinics.” 

Stewart Memorial Community Hospital 

SMCH is a 25-bed critical access hospital that provides acute and skilled care, outpatient diagnostic services, 24-hour emergency room coverage, ambulatory surgery, obstetrics, rehabilitation services, nutritional services, and more. The hospital is also affiliated with four rural McCrary Rost Clinics located in Gowrie, Lake City, Lake View, and Rockwell City.