Mr. Nielsen has more than 15 years of experience as a hospital executive. For the past five years, he was CEO of Great Plains Health in North Platte, Neb.
Mr. Nielsen will succeed Mark Dooley, who has served as CEO since August 2012. Mr. Dooley became CEO of Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney, Ohio, in June. Jeff Egbert has been serving as interim CEO of Clinton Memorial since then.
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