Saint Francis Healthcare Announces Two Promotions

Mar 10, 2022 at 02:14 pm by admin

Matthew Brooks

Saint Francis Healthcare recently named Matthew Brooks as Market Chief Strategy Officer and Cameron Murphy as Chief Nursing Officer.

Brooks will guide strategic development for Saint Francis-Memphis and Saint Francis-Bartlett. He had previously served as Director of Strategy for Saint Francis-Memphis since May 2021.

Before joining the team at Saint Francis, he held the role of Strategy and Operations Manager at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Illinois. While there, he led a $20 million renovation project that included 58 outpatient bays and resulted in significant cost savings, increased patient satisfaction and improved patient flow. He also oversaw a multi-million build of four advanced level Cardiac Catherization Laboratories which led to an uptick in physician recruitment, revenue and service line growth.

Brooks holds a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in Bloomington, Indiana and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.

Cameron Murphy had served as the hospital's interim CNO since Nov. 2021.

Before coming to Saint Francis, she served as National Director of Clinical Operations with Tenet Healthcare in Farmers Branch, Texas.Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., and a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from The University of Texas at Arlington.

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