Mr. Lake recently became CEO of the 175-bed medical center, having served as CEO of 60-bed Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Okla.
Mark Doak, CEO of Davis Health System in Elkins, W.Va., is the 2011 chair-elect and Edward J. Hannon, CEO of The McDowell Hospital in Marion, N.C., is immediate past chair.
Read the AHA release on the Section for Small or Rural Hospitals.