Dr. William Bell has been elected chief of staff for 2013 at South Peninsula Hospital. Bell is a family practice physician and the medical director of Homer Medical Center.  He has been on the hospital’s medical staff for more than 30 years, and replaces outgoing chief of staff,
Dr. Kenneth Hahn.  

Dr. Harold Smith, emergency room medical director, was elected to serve as chief of staff elect, and Dr. Maureen Filipek, radiologist, is the newly elected secretary. 

All three serve in one-year positions, and were elected by the hospital’s active medical staff at their last quarterly meeting.