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Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital hired Dr. Jeffrey Walker as its lead physician in the palliative care services department. A graduate of the IU School of Medicine, Walker spent most of the past three years as medical director of the Matthew 25 Health Clinic in Fort Wayne.

IU Health also hired Dr. Shiplee Sinha to be a staff physician in the palliative care services department under Walker. She graduated from Armed Forces Medical College in India and has been employed with IU Health Physicians as a hospitalist since 2006.

Stephen Wheatley, a registered nurse, has been named operations director of Franciscan St. Francis Health’s new Carmel hospital, at 12188 N. Meridian St. Franciscan St. Francis Health Carmel, opening in phases now through April 1, is designed as a short-stay medical center. It will have six inpatient beds and facilities for outpatient services. Wheatley has spent nearly 10 years as administrator of the Franciscan Surgery Center in Indianapolis. From 1990 to 2002, he was a surgical first assistant for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Associates. Wheatley received his bachelor’s degree in nursing from Indiana University School of Nursing in 1980.