Leadership

Lynda Stanley, FACHE
President & CEO, Dosher Memorial Hospital

Ms. Stanley was Chief Operating Officer of Dosher Hospital from 1986 until 2014, when she became President of the hospital's newly formed Foundation. She graduated from UNC Greensboro with a BS in Medical Technology and has a master's degree in Health Administration from Central Michigan University. Ms. Stanley is a familiar figure at the hospital and in Brunswick County. She is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives. She has been a key figure in the success of the Dosher Hospital Foundation and the formation of the Brunswick Wellness Coalition.

Mesha Chadwick, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Chadwick is board-certified in Internal Medicine with a focus on hospital-based medicine, throughput, and quality driven health care. Dr. Chadwick comes to us from Novant NHRMC in Wilmington where she worked as a Hospitalist with Wilmington Health for almost fifteen years, served as their Medical Director, led the medical staff as President in 2020, followed by the Credentials Chair while serving on several other committees. Prior to her appointment at Dosher, Dr. Chadwick was the Medical Director for the Novant Health new Hanover Regional Transfer Center & Acute Care Operations where she led efforts at decreasing emergency department hold hours.

Ed Tusa, MHA
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Tusa brings 30 years of operational finance leadership in the healthcare sector to Dosher, including in-depth experience with Critical Access Hospitals and non-profit healthcare across the care continuum. Mr. Tusa has served in executive positions in a variety of organizations including Hopedale Medical Center in Hopedale, IL, Marshfield Clinic Health System in Marshfield, Wisconsin, and the Mayo Clinic Health System/Cannon Falls Medical Center in Minnesota. Throughout his career, Mr. Tusa’s areas of focus have included strengthening financial viability, performance measurement and process improvement, business planning and development projects, facility planning and construction, improvements to reimbursement systems, overseeing implementation of information technology and EMP/ERP systems, and team building, as the strategic plan of the organization is advanced. Mr. Tusa holds a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and is education focused.

A native of the upper Midwest, the majority of Mr. Tusa’s prior healthcare experience was in Minnesota, and has also held healthcare positions in Wisconsin, Illinois, Colorado, Texas, and North Carolina. Mr. Tusa is excited to be Dosher’s CFO at this time of growth and change and looks forward to working with this governing board, the Executive Team, physicians, management, and the employees of Dosher Memorial Hospital and Medical Clinics.

Jill Ward, RN, MSN, CCRN
Chief Nursing Officer

Ms. Ward, who brings over 25 years of distinguished nursing leadership experience to Dosher, joined our team after serving as the Chief Nursing Officer at Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center for eight years. Prior to her time at Novant, she held leadership roles with Tenet Healthcare as the Director of Critical Care Services at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, SC, and as an Intensive Care Nurse Manager for Atrium Health in Charlotte. Ms. Ward earned her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and her Master of Science in Nursing from Regis University in Denver, CO. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.