Business Portfolio – April 27, 2014

MEDICAL

Tracey Kiesau has been named the director of children’s services at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

Before joining Phoebe, Kiesau was the Clinical Manager of Maternal Child Health at Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa. She is a registered nurse who has served in pediatric departments in hospitals in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

Kiesau has a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Oklahoma.

Tracey and husband Trent have a daughter, 13, and a son, 11.

Becky Hendricks has been named administrative director of Morningside of Albany, a personal care community managed by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

A native of Albany and a graduate of Deerfield Windsor School, Hendricks is returning to Southwest Georgia after working the past decade in the senior living industry in Nashville, Tenn. She was previously the executive director of Belmont Village of Green Hills and The Cumberland at Green Hills, where she was responsible for overall operation and management of a community with more than 100 apartment homes and managed more than 100 associates.

Hendricks earned her Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Valdosta State University. She has one son, Holton.

Frank F. Middleton, III, M.D., has been named interim Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Phoebe Putney Health System. Middleton is expected to serve in this role until this position, most recently held by Doug Patten, is filled.

Middleton was a practicing obstetrician/gynecologist on the PPMH medical staff from 1975 to 1997, and has served in a medical leadership capacity as a management executive from 1997 to 2013. Prior to his role as Senior Vice President of the Phoebe Physician Practice Division, Middleton was in the private practice of obstetrics and gynecology.

He earned his B.A. at Emory University and Medical Degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He obtained a master’s degree in Medical Management from Tulane University and is a Fellow with the American College of Obstetrician and Gynecologists. He previously served as South Central OB-GYN Society President and United Way Professional Division Chair.