News Articles

January 2, 2019

Sarah Mirgaux Named Director of Pharmacy Services

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...

December 26, 2018

Tammy R. Hahn-Brown Joins Cape Neurology Specialists

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...

December 26, 2018

Saint Francis Adds Morgan as New Provider for Hospitalized Patients

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...

December 21, 2018

Cape Spine Adds Providers Stacy Smith and Rebecca Williamson

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...

December 14, 2018

Karen Welker Retires After Nearly 42 years as Pediatric Nurse

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,...

December 10, 2018

Casper Retires After More Than 26 Years of Service

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...

December 4, 2018

Sagar C. Patel, MD, Joins Cape Radiation Oncology

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...

November 13, 2018

Saint Francis Adds Nurse Practitioner Laura Standridge to Cape Gastroenterology Specialists

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,...

November 5, 2018

Saint Francis Adds Primary Care Physician Richard Tobey

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...

October 31, 2018

Saint Francis Pain Management Center Welcomes Nurse Practitioner Tamara A. Keesee

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...

October 30, 2018

Saint Francis Adds Wareing as New Provider for Hospitalized Patients

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...

September 13, 2018

24 Local Students Awarded Healthcare Scholarships

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...

September 13, 2018

Saint Francis Golf Tournament Benefits Local, Hungry Children

More than 180 golfers and 45 volunteers turned out for The Friends of Saint Francis Golf Tournament on August 17 at The Cape Girardeau Country Club. The tournament raised more than $155,000 and will benefit community efforts to feed hungry children in our area. Winners of...

August 15, 2018

Blake Added to Saint Francis Emergency Department

Saint Francis Medical Center welcomes emergency medicine specialist Lauren Blake, MD, as a new provider in the Emergency Department. She joins 13 other emergency providers in Saint Francis' Emergency and Trauma Center, the region's only state-designated Level III Trauma Center. Blake, who previously worked as an...

August 9, 2018

Ferguson Medical Group to Join Saint Francis Healthcare System

Saint Francis Healthcare System and Ferguson Medical Group have entered formal discussions regarding the group's joining Saint Francis Medical Partners on January 1, 2019. A merger between Saint Francis and Ferguson allows both organizations to focus on a shared vision – patients outcomes, experience and...

July 30, 2018

Saint Francis Adds Hospitalist Tiffany Samples

Saint Francis Healthcare System welcomes new hospitalist Tiffany Samples, DO. She joins a team of dedicated hospitalists who provide care to their hospitalized patients. Samples studied medicine at A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri, and completed her internship and residency at...

July 11, 2018

Saint Francis Emergency Department Adds Petry

Saint Francis Medical Center welcomes emergency medicine specialist William Z. Petry, MD as a new provider in the Emergency Department. He joins other emergency providers in Saint Francis' Emergency and Trauma Center, the region's only state-designated Level III Trauma Center. Petry comes to Saint Francis from...

June 26, 2018

Saint Francis Names Chavez New Surgical Director

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Brook Chavez as Director of Surgical Services. In her new role, Chavez will oversee both administrative and clinical activities for Surgical Services, including pre-anesthesia testing, same-day surgery, operating rooms, gastrointestinal lab, post-anesthesia care and sterile processing. Chavez joined Saint...

June 1, 2018

Saint Francis Adds Cardiologist: Stites joins Cape Cardiology Group

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to introduce Harold W. "Bill" Stites III, MD, FACC, as a Medical Partner and cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology at Cape Cardiology Group. Stites earned his medical degree at the University of Missouri – Columbia, later completing his internship, internal medicine...