St. Francis Healthcare names new CEO for Memphis

Cara Livernois | | Health Exec | Management

Saint Francis Healthcare's has announced Audrey Gregory as the new chief executive officer for the Memphis market after leading a Tenet Healthcare Corp. hospital in California.

As the new market CEO, Gregory will be overseeing Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis and Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett, both of which are operated by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. She succeeds David Archer. Chris Locke will remain chief executive of Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett.

Previously, Gregory had served as chief operating officer at St. Francis Hospital-Memphis from 2011 until she was promoted in 2014 to become chief executive of Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia, California. She joined Tenet in 2004 as a director of emergency services in Delray Beach, Florida, and became director of nursing at Delray Medical Center in 2008.

"Audrey's experience in strategic growth and fiscal responsibility and her interpersonal skills are vital to carry out Saint Francis Healthcare's mission in the community," Garry Gause, chief executive of Tenet's Southern Region, said in a statement.

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Cara Livernois, News Writer

Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.

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