SCHMEDEMANN NAMED MATERNAL

AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR

Cape Girardeau, Missouri -  Saint Francis Medical Center announces the appointment of Isabel Schmedemann, RN, BSN, MBA, FACHE, as director of Maternal and Child Health Services.

Schmedemann will oversee the full continuum of obstetrical care offered by Saint Francis, including high-risk prenatal care provided by Cape Perinatology Services, labor and delivery within the Family BirthPlace and Cape Care for Women, specialized neonatal care for premature and critically ill newborns in the region’s first Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and follow-up pediatric care at the Children’s Center.

Prior to coming to Saint Francis, Schmedemann was chief operating and chief nursing officer at Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine; associate vice president of nursing at Southern Maine Health Care; chief nursing officer at McKee Medical Center in Colorado; vice president of patient care services at Hutchinson Hospital Corporation in Kansas; and maternal-child nursing director at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Kansas.

Schmedemann earned her MBA from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, and a BSN from the University of Kansas School of Nursing.

Saint Francis Medical Center is a 289-bed facility serving more than 650,000 people throughout Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. Guided by its mission to provide a ministry of healing and wellness inspired by its Christian philosophy and values, the Medical Center has become a progressive, innovative regional tertiary care referral center. Saint Francis’ major service lines, which have received national recognition, include the Neurosciences Institute; Orthopedic Institute; Family BirthPlace, featuring the region’s first Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Heart Hospital; Level III Emergency and Trauma Center with Convenient Care; Cancer Institute; and Fitness Plus.