President of Park Ridge, IL-based Advocate Lutheran hospital resigns

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Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2009

David Stark, president of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL, announced his resignation. Stark will return to Iowa where he has accepted a job as president of Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines. Stark joined Advocate in February from Iowa Health, Iowa's largest hospital operator.

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