Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in pediatrics Lindsay McVey has transitioned from Saint Francis Clinic Dexter to Saint Francis Clinic Poplar Bluff. McVey earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Arkansas State University in 2005 and Master...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased announce Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Heuring has been promoted as a Nocturnist with Saint Francis Hospitalists. Heuring began her career at Saint Francis in 2009 as a Nurse Extern. She served as Charge Nurse in the Surgical and Trauma Intensive Care...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Adult/Pediatric Hospitalist Devika R. Nagaraj to Saint Francis Medical Center. Nagaraj received her medical education and completed her internship in 1991 from Bangalore Medical College at Karnatake State in India. She completed her residency in 2001 at St....
Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Trae R. Smith to Saint Francis Medical Center. He received his Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo. in 2012. Smith received his Master of Science in Anesthesia from Middle...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Jason Colvin has been hired as the new Information Technology Director of IT Infrastructure and Technical Services. Colvin has more than 13 years of IT experience and more than six years of management experience. He was previously the...
Joey and Taylor Babich, campus ministers at the Southeast Missouri State University, recently gave birth to their third child at Saint Francis Healthcare. Baby Jovana, which means "God is gracious," was born early at 27 weeks. She was a mere 2 pounds 11 ounces when she...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Alicia M. Cisne to Saint Francis Medical Center. Cisne received her board certification from the National Certification Corporation. She graduated from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Ark. in 2012 and Maryville University in St. Louis...
Saint Francis Healthcare celebrated the delivery of its first baby of 2019. At 5:01 p.m. on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, a baby girl was welcomed into the world by proud mother Logan Wessell of Gordonville, Mo., and the caring staff at Family BirthPlace. Dr. Grant D....
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Sarah Mirgaux has been promoted to Director of Pharmacy Services. She has served as Interim Director of Pharmacy Services since October. Mirgaux began her career at Saint Francis as a staff pharmacist in May 2001 and worked...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Adult Nurse Practitioner Tammy R. Hahn-Brown to Cape Neurology Specialists. She received her board certification from American Nurses Credentialing Center. Hahn-Brown earned her Bachelors of Nursing in 1998 from Webster University in Webster Groves, Mo. and Masters of...
Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes nurse practitioner Colleen Morgan, MSN, AGACNP-BC, as a new team member with the Saint Francis Medical Center hospitalists. She joins 22 other providers who are dedicated to caring for hospitalized patients at the Medical Center. Morgan earned her Master of Science...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Stacy Smith, RN, MSN, FNP-BC and Rebecca Williamson, RN, MSN, FNP-C to Cape Spine & Neurosurgery. Smith earned her associates degree in nursing from Southeast College of Nursing in 2011, Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Southeast Missouri...
Karen Welker, RN CNIII, in the pediatric floor at Saint Francis Medical Center is retiring. Welker started as a Registered Nurse on March 28, 1977. She then moved to the pediatric floor when the floor opened in August 1977 and has been there ever since. "With children,...
Janet Casper, RN, lead Interventional Radiology nurse, retires after 26 years of service to Saint Francis. Casper started as an ER nurse at Southeast Hospital before joining Saint Francis in 1992. She became an Interventional Radiology nurse 10 years ago and transitioned to...
Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes new radiation oncologist Sagar C. Patel, MD, as a Saint Francis Medical Partner. He joins fellow radiation oncologist Benjamin D. Goodman, DO at Cape Radiation Oncology. Patel earned his medical degree at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He completed an...
Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes nurse practitioner Laura Standridge, APRN, FNP-BC, to Cape Gastroenterology Specialists. She joins an expert team who provides the region with specialized care for gastrointestinal conditions, including abdominal pain, biliary disorders, Crohn’s disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, gastroesophageal reflux, liver disorders, pancreatic disease,...
Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome board-certified primary care physician and new Medical Partner Richard Tobey, DO, to Cape Physician Associates. Tobey earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing, Mich. He completed his residency at Firelands...
Saint Francis Medical Center welcomes nurse practitioner Tamara Keesee, FNP-C, to the Saint Francis Pain Management Center. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing from South University in Savannah, Georgia and is board certified from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Nurse practitioners are nurses who...
Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes nurse practitioner Amanda Wareing, APRN, FNP-C, as a new team member with the Saint Francis Medical Center hospitalists. She joins 21 other providers that are dedicated to caring for hospitalized patients at the Medical Center. Wareing earned her Master of Science...
Saint Francis Foundation and the Saint Francis Auxiliary awarded healthcare scholarships to 24 local students in August. Twenty three of the students were awarded $2,000 in scholarships toward a degree in a healthcare-related profession. One student received an executive scholarship for pursing a master's degree...
