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Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Cassy Coleman, RN, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, has accepted a nurse practitioner role at Saint Francis Health Plans Wellness Center, a Saint Francis Healthcare System Medical Partner. Coleman earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Chamberlain College...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Daniel J. Lenihan, MD, FACC, to Cape Cardiology Group, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Lenihan is an experienced cardiologist specializing in cardio-oncology, congestive heart failure management and amyloidosis, who joins Saint Francis from Cardio-Oncology Center of Excellence at...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Denise Ernst, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, has returned to Saint Francis as Director of Engagement and Critical Care Services, effective March 2022. Ernst received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Southeast Missouri State University. She began her nursing...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Blake Borders, FNP-BC, has accepted a nurse practitioner role at Cape Cardiology Group, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Borders earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau 2012, and her...

It is with a heavy heart Saint Francis Healthcare System shares the passing of Sister Jane Ann Kiefer, OSF. On Tuesday, March 8, Sister Jane passed away at the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters Motherhouse in Wheaton, Ill. Sister Jane was the epitome of Mission at Saint Francis....

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Lance Young, MBA, has accepted the position of Manager – Clinical Analytics and Informatics within the Information Technology department, effective January 2022. Young received his Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Southeast Missouri State University followed...

Saint Francis Medical Center was recognized as a Missouri AIM Star by the Missouri Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health. The recognition signifies the hospital's completion of the organization's Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy Collaborative. Hypertension, known as high blood pressure, can have a devastating effect...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to recognize Lanae Romann, RN, MSN, in her promotion to Director of Nursing – Maternal Child Health effective February 2022. Romann previously held the role of Patient Care Manager of the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where she was...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to recognize Jennifer Masters, RN, BSN, in her promotion to Patient Care Manager of the Progressive Care Unit and Centralized Telemetry effective January 2022. Masters completed her Associate degree in Nursing at the Southeast College of Nursing in Cape Girardeau....

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Nicole Luckey, BSN, RN, has accepted the position of Manager – Clinical Application Services within the Information Technology department, effective February 2022. Luckey received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain College of Nursing in St. Louis....

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome the return of Liz Glastetter, MBA, BSN, RN, as Director of Cancer Services, effective February 7. Glastetter will provide operational oversight for the Saint Francis Cancer Institute, including Cape Medical Oncology, Cape Radiation Oncology and the Infusion Center,...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Kevin Bazemore has accepted the Controller position with Accounting and Fiscal Services, effective January 2022. Bazemore earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Auburn University at Montgomery, earned a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Finance and...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Gwendolyn S. Long, CNMT, RT (CT) (ARRT), has accepted the position of Radiology Manager with Saint Francis Healthcare System. Long received her medical education from the University of Missouri – Columbia. For the past seventeen years, Long has...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Jenna A. Little, APRN, FNP-BC, FNP-C has accepted a nurse practitioner role at Ferguson Medical Group - Sikeston, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Little earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 2018 and her Master of...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Jenna M. Jackson, PA-C, has accepted a physician assistant role at Saint Francis Vascular Surgery, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Jackson earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Environmental Studies and Dietetics from Southeast Missouri State University...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Kara A. Page, AGACNP-BC, has accepted an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner position with the hospitalists at Saint Francis Medical Center. Page earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Southeast Missouri State University, followed by her Master of...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome James E. Miller, MD, FACS, FACC, to Saint Francis Cardiothoracic Surgery. Miller is an experienced cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in cardiovascular surgery, who joins Saint Francis from Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas where he was as the Surgeon-in-Chief...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce Amanda J. Johnson, FNP, has accepted a nurse practitioner role at Ferguson Medical Group – Sikeston, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Johnson earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Nursing from South University in...

Saint Francis Healthcare System won 16 Show-Me-Excellence Awards for excellent healthcare marketing from the Missouri Association for Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing (MAHPRM). The annual awards recognize high achievement and superb quality in advertising, marketing and public relations projects produced by hospitals and healthcare systems throughout...

Saint Francis Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in Breast Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR). This recognition represents high practice standards in all the latest tools for early...