About Us

For over a century, St. Francis Medical Center's mission of extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to those most in need has remained constant. From our modest beginning in July 1913 as a three-story red brick building with 75 patient beds, today St. Francis Medical Center consists of several locations providing a host of services:

St. Francis Medical Center

  • 317-bed Tertiary Referral Center
  • Cardiovascular 
  • Critical Care 
  • Emergency, including Level III Trauma Program and Accredited Chest Pain Center
  • Hospitalist/Intensivist Program
  • Imaging
  • Neuroscience
  • Orthopedic
  • Pediatric, including area's only PICU (Level II)
  • Surgery
  • Women's and Children's, including area's only Level III NICU and Level III OB unit

St. Francis Community Health Center

  • Breast Health Center
  • Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Imaging
  • Lab
  • Occupational Medicine
  • RxOne Pharmacy
  • Physician Offices
  • Rehabiliation
  • Tobacco Cessation

St. Francis P&S Surgery & Heart Center

  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Bariatric
  • Cardiovascular
  • General Surgery
  • Gynecology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oral/Dental Surgery
  • Orthopedics
  • Pain Management
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Urology

St. Francis Medical Office Building - Ruston

  • Primary Care
  • Pediatrics
  • Imaging
  • Lab

St. Francis Medical Group

  • Primary Care
  • Specialty Care
    • Cardiovascular Surgery
    • Endocrinology
    • General Surgery
    • Neurology
    • Pediatrics
    • Pediatric Neurology
    • Podiatry
    • Pulmonary
    • Vascular Surgery
  • Clinic Locations throughout Northeast Louisiana

A part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, St. Francis is consistently recognized for compassionate care, clinical expertise and quality.

Other hospitals in the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System:

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
5000 Hennessy Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808 
(225) 765-6565

Our Lady of the Lake Ascension
1125 W. Highway 30 
Gonzales, LA 70737 
(225) 647-5000

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center 
611 St. Landry St. 
Lafayette, LA 70506 
(337) 289-2000

Our Lady of the Angels Hospital
433 Plaza Street
Bogalusa, LA 70427
(985) 730-6700

St. Dominic Hospital
969 Lakeland Drive
Jackson, MS 39216
(601) 200-2000