Medical Properties Trust Inc. has announced the election of Michael G. Stewart and C. Reynolds Thompson, III to its board of directors. Stewart, presently a private investor and an attorney with broad healthcare experience, was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Medical Properties Trust from 2005 to 2010. He also is a published author with four novels to his credit. Thompson is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Select Strategies Realty of Cincinnati, a privately held real estate company specializing in retail and mixed-use properties in the Southeast and Midwest.