Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Justin Hornbeck, MD to the Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Department.
Hornbeck joins Saint Francis from University of Texas Southeastern Medical Center in Dallas. He earned his medical education from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Adam Cox, DO to the Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Department.
Cox joins Saint Francis from Freeman Health Systems in Joplin, Mo. Cox earned his undergraduate degree from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., and went on to teach English... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Mandy Brantley, LCSW, CCM, as Manager of Care Coordination, effective June 2021.
Brantley will be responsible for both the administrative and clinical support functions of Case Management, Social Services and Utilization Review departments. She is a licensed Clinical Social... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Chad Berkbuegler as Manager of Bio-Medical Services.
Berkbuegler was an Aviation Electronics Technician in the United States Navy beginning in 1996. Following his service, he gained training and certification in 200 MM Endura and 300 MM Endura from Applied... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Megan Ashby, BSN, RN, to Saint Francis Healthcare System as Manager of the Invasive Cardiovascular Lab, located within the Heart Hospital.
Ashby received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University in 2007, and she... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Julie M. Koppeis-McTearnen, APRN, FNP-BC, to Farmington Physician Associates.
Koppeis-McTearnen is an experienced nurse practitioner specializing in family medicine, who joins Farmington Physician Associates from Midwest Health Group, where she practiced as a nurse practitioner. Prior to Midwest Health... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Bruce A. Jones, MD, is accepting new patients and established office visits at Saint Francis Clinic Poplar Bluff.
Jones will be traveling to Saint Francis Clinic Poplar Bluff every Wednesday to expand his cardiothoracic and vascular services to... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Scott Gard, MD, FACS, is accepting new patients and established office visits at Saint Francis Clinic Poplar Bluff effective July 8.
Gard will be traveling to Saint Francis Clinic Poplar Bluff on the second and fourth Thursday of... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Michael D. Malone, MD, FACS, is accepting new patients at Ferguson Medical Group Sikeston effective July 1.
Malone will be offering new patient and established office visits at Ferguson Medical Group Sikeston every first and third Thursday of... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Meredith J. Gruenwald, FNP-BC, CNM, certified nurse midwife, to Cape Care for Women, a Saint Francis Medical Partner.
As a board-certified midwife and nurse practitioner, Gruenwald brings a more holistic approach to pregnancy and child birth, and has 25... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Wyky Jean as the Director of Development and Diversity, effective May 2021.
In this role, Jean will develop, implement and monitor diversity goals and programs in various departments and make the Foundation donor experience as seamless as possible.
"We are... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Elliot Sjuts, BS RT (T), MBA, as Manager of Cancer Services, effective June 2021.
Sjuts will be responsible for the daily operations of cancer services and for managing the clinical, operational and financial activities of Cape Medical Oncology and... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Behavioral Health/Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Kristerpher D. Brimberry. PMHNP-BC, to Kneibert Clinic in Poplar Bluff.
Brimberry earned his Associate of Applied Science in Nursing from Three Rivers Community College, followed by his Bachelor of Science in Nursing with... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is proud to welcome Jason Snow, MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, as Vice President of Human Resources.
Snow joins Saint Francis from Southern Illinois Healthcare in Carbondale, Illinois, where he served as System Director of Talent Acquisition. He also serves as the Executive Consultant and... Read more
After working at Saint Francis Healthcare System for more than 20 years, James Schultz, MDiv, retired on May 28, 2021. Schultz served as the Chaplain for Pastoral Services.
Schultz began his career at Saint Francis in 1999 as a Chaplain, responsible for providing spiritual and emotional needs... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomed Fr. Jaku Bala Kumar to the position of Chaplain for the Medical Center in April 2021. Fr. Kumar is responsible for leading Mass and providing pastoral services to patients and their families.
Fr. Kumar was born in Proddatur, India, on August 20,... Read more
The Saint Francis Foundation, with the help of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 6, to celebrate the opening of the newly remodeled Inspire Boutique located inside of Entrance #1 of Saint Francis Medical Center.
Formerly the Saint... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to recognize Gordon Powers in his promotion to Manager of Environmental Services effective March 2021.
Powers began his career at Saint Francis Healthcare System in 2012, starting as a Reprocess Technician in the Sterile Processing Department, and remaining in that role... Read more
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Rahul Thampi, MD, endocrinologist, to Cape Diabetes and Endocrinology.
Thampi is an experienced endocrinologist specializing in endocrinology and diabetes who joins Saint Francis from Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York.
Thampi earned his medical degree from Malankara Orthodox Syrian... Read more
