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Creation Date
3-2026
Description
Administrator, Mercy Hospital Pittsburg.
Dave Smith is originally from LaSalle-Peru a town in central Illinois and joined Mercy Pittsburg in June of 2025. Dave brings over 25 years of rural healthcare leadership experience. While in Illinois he worked in a 100 bed rural facility as the VP of Support Services, a 44 bed facility as the Director of Specialty Physician Services, a 60 bed facility as the Vice President of Physician Service and as the CEO of a 25 bed critical access hospital in Wisconsin and Illinois prior to joining Mercy. In addition to his MS and MBA, he is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has three grown children who live in Illinois and he and his wife Audra reside in Pittsburg.
