LAKE CITY — Melissa Wallace has been named the chief clinic officer at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City.

Wallace comes to Lake City from St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, 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 said. “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. 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 in Iowa City.

“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,” said Linn Block, the hospital’s chief executive officer.