Clark Memorial Hospital names advisory members

Nine members selected

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (Jan. 18, 2016) — Clark Memorial Hospital has announced the appointment of advisory members to its 2016 board.

Members are:

• Ronald F. Barnes — a partner in the MCM CPAs & Advisors accounting firm in Jeffersonville. He holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Indiana University Bloomington and has his CPA in Indiana and Kentucky. In addition, he holds a Personal Financial Specialist credential from the AICPA, a Series 65 Security License, and is a graduate of Leadership Southern Indiana and Leadership Louisville. He has been a member of the Clark Memorial Hospital Board since 2011, and also serves on the boards of Republic Bank, Lincoln Heritage Council, and the Clark County Air Board. Barnes is retired from the U.S. Army Reserves and serves as an ambassador, appointed by the Chief of the Army Reserves, Washington D.C.
• Klaus M. Boel, MD, FAAP — practices at Jeffersonville Pediatrics and is the chairman of the Physician Advisory Board of Clark Physician Group, the employed physician group of Clark memorial Hospital. Boel is on faculty at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Evansville as well as the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed his pediatrics residency at Kosair Children’s Hospital. Boel has a masters of business administration from the University of Louisville. Boel has been involved in the effort to promote community awareness of childhood obesity and was a past member of the Clark County Childhood Obesity Taskforce that helped rewrite the nutrition requirements for the Greater Clark County School system. As a board certified pediatrician, Boel is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Indiana State Medical Association and the Kentucky Medical Association.
• Christopher J. Day, MD — has been with Radiology Associates, a group of 20 physicians who provide radiology services to Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties’ hospitals. He also serves as the chief financial officer for Radiology Associates. Day earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and his undergraduate degree from Indiana University. He completed his radiology residency at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, Calif. While in the Navy he served as department head and staff radiologist at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., for two years and the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan for two years. He is a member of the American Board of Radiology and is board certified by the American College of Radiology.
• David A. Dues, MD — practices internal medicine at the Norton Community Medical Associates in Jeffersonville. He graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine after completing his undergraduate degree at Tulane University in New Orleans. Upon completion of his residency from the University of Louisville, he began practicing internal medicine in Jeffersonville. From 1996 to 2012, Dues worked as an active medical staff physician at Clark Memorial Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
• Michael C. Harper, MD — is a internist and pediatrician at Sellersburg Internal Medicine & Pediatrics. He earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Harper completed his residency at the University of Louisville. In addition, he holds a graduate degree in psychology from San Jose State University. He serves as medical director of Quality Independent Physicians, a local accountable care organization. Additionally, he is medical director of Edumedics, a local health care management company and is on the faculty of the University of Louisville School of Medicine, supervising residents in their outpatient clinics. Harper is board certified by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics.
• Le Anne Kruer Scott — serves as a senior vice president at Your Community Bank located in Jeffersonville. She earned her graduate degree from Bellarmine University and her undergraduate degree at Hanover College. She has devoted her time to the community by serving on multiple boards and is involved in the Southeast Indiana Small Business Development Center, Junior Achievement and served as an active member of the Clark Memorial Hospital Foundation Board for 10 years. She is a graduate of Leadership Southern Indiana and is also involved in One Southern Indiana, Horseshoe Foundation and the City of Jeffersonville.
• Debbie Meyer, RPh, BSc Pharmacy — serves as a clinical consultant for Humana Pharmacy Solutions with Humana, Inc., Louisville. She is a graduate of Purdue University and maintains an active pharmacist license in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Arizona. Throughout her professional years, she has served as a clinical pharmacist in the hospital industry and has served in several clinical roles in the managed care industry. She has been a board member at Clark Memorial Hospital since 2000. She is a member of Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, the Indiana Pharmacist Alliance, Ohio Pharmacist Alliance, Leadership Southern Indiana and serves on the Greater Clark County Schools Educational Foundation.
• Donald Slone — has worked in the retail automobile business for more than 44 years and is an active owner of Slone Automotive in Clarksville. A lifelong resident of Clarksville and a graduate of Jeffersonville High School, Slone has been heavily involved in Kentuckiana communities. He has been a Clark Memorial Hospital board member since 2004. He is past president of the Greater Louisville Automobile Dealers Association, a past chairman of the Louisville Better Business Bureau, past chairman of the Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce and One Southern Indiana and past executive board member and organization treasurer of My Old Kentucky Home Boy Scouts of America. Currently, he is chairman of the Southern Indiana YMCA Board and immediate past chairman of BridgePointe Goodwill Agency.
• Ronald L. Wright, MD — originally from Muskegon, Mich., he is in private practice at WomanCare, LLC in Jeffersonville. Wright, attended medical school at the University of Louisville after completing his undergraduate degree in French at Tulane University in New Orleans. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Wright was previously a member of the council of St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Charities of New Albany and is an active volunteer at A Woman’s Choice Resource Center, in downtown Louisville. He holds clinical faculty positions at multiple colleges and universities, including the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky, Butler University, and the University of Cincinnati, among others where he fulfills a passion for educating future medical professionals. He is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology.