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Chad Priest, a registered nurse and attorney, has been appointed CEO of Managed Emergency Surge for Healthcare
Inc., which aims to expand the capacity for central Indiana to provide medical and surgical care in the event of a disaster.
Priest has been practicing health law at the Baker & Daniels law firm in Indianapolis. He also is an adjunct instructor
at the Indiana University School of Nursing.

Dr. Eileen Thomason, Dr. Jason Reiser, Dr. Richard Rejer, and Dr. Brian Miles—all
part of Southeast Family Medicine—have joined the St. Francis Medical Group, which has grown to more than 120 doctors.

Marie Swanson, IUPUI’s associate vice chancellor for public health, has been appointed to an advisory
panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focused on toxic substances.

Alliance Home Health Care, a skilled provider of senior home health care, announced that Deborah Rood, a
registered nurse, has joined the company as its clinical director.

Indianapolis-based Harlan Laboratories Inc. has named Hans Thunem its new CEO. Thunem was previously president
of research models and services at Harlan, a contract research organization that focuses on animal testing. Harlan’s
previous CEO was Steve Sullivan, who joined Harlan from Covance Inc. in 2006. Sullivan stepped down in December.

A grand jury will decide whether charges will be filed in the high-profile Carmel High School sexual assault investigation
involving high school basketball players. The Hamilton County prosecutor requested a grand jury to review the evidence against
one or more Carmel players accused of hazing a student in the high school's locker room. Meanwhile, the Hendricks County
prosecutor is reviewing whether charges should be filed in the case of a freshman Carmel player who claims he was sexually
assaulted by senior members of the Carmel basketball team in the back of a bus while on the way home from a road game in January.

A hotel employee has filed a civil lawsuit against Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Eric Foster. The 22-year-old claims
she was working at the University Place Hotel on the IUPUI campus when Foster sexually attacked her the morning of the NFL’s
American Football Conference championship game in January. She said she reported the incident to hotel security, then called
the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, which referred her to IUPUI Police. Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi
decided not to pursue criminal charges against Foster. The alleged victim’s attorney said the criminal investigation
was botched.