Administrators have hired two people at the Amelia T. Wood Health Center, and they are still looking for a third.
On Feb. 24, Amy Fong will begin work as a physician, filling a position that opened after Ball State received approval for a new hire to balance the ratio of students to medical directors, staff physicians and nurse practitioners.
Even with the new employee, Ball State’s ratio of students to employees is still higher than Purdue University, Indiana University and Notre Dame, according to university websites.
Deidre Dorman, previously the interim medical director at the Health Center, began working as medical director Dec. 1.
Dorman filled in after Kent Bullis, former director, left Ball State in September. She had previously worked as a physician at the Health Center, and her prior job is available. No one has interviewed for the posted position.
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, which hires all physicians at the Health Center, interviewed three to four people for the physician position before Fong was chosen. No one other than Dorman was interviewed for the medical director position.
“We talked to Deidre Dorman, and she was the best choice,” said Eric Tharp, administrative director of physicians at the hospital. “She was interested, she really wanted to take it on, and we were happy to have her take that roll.”
They are about six weeks into the process of finding a replacement, he said.
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