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St. Agnes Chief Nursing Officer Mary Beth
Edger Named Vice President, Ambulatory Services, Methodist
Hospital
Mary Beth Edger, M.S., R.N., CNA, has been named vice president,
Ambulatory Services, at the Methodist Hospital Division of
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She was formerly vice
president, Patient Services/Chief Nursing Officer at St. Agnes
Medical Center. On June 15, Methodist Hospital and St. Agnes
Medical Center completed an agreement that will redefine health
care delivery in South Philadelphia. Methodist Hospital assumed
complete responsibility for managing and operating all of
St. Agnes’ short-term acute care services. St. Agnes
was renamed the St. Agnes Continuing Care Center focusing
on providing programs and services for patients with long-term
medical conditions or chronic illnesses.
In her new capacity, Ms. Edger will be initially responsible
for Methodist
Hospital’s acute care services that will be temporarily
located at St. Agnes before moving to the expanded Methodist
Hospital. Methodist will operate a second Emergency Department
and additional patient beds at St. Agnes called “Methodist
Hospital at St. Agnes.”
“Mary Beth Edger’s administrative skills both as
a nurse executive and a leader make her ideal to take this
important position,” says James Robinson, chief administrative
officer, Methodist Hospital. “She will help to ensure
that our transition will be a seamless one for our patients.”
Ms. Edger joins Methodist from St. Agnes Medical Center where,
since 1997, she was vice president, Patient Services/Chief
Nursing Officer. She joined St. Agnes in 1995 as director
of Nursing from Nazareth Hospital where she began in 1978
as a staff nurse. When she left Nazareth in 1995, she was
director of Nursing.
Ms. Edger received a bachelor of science in nursing degree
in 1978 from Holy Family University and a master of science
in health administration in 1986 from St. Joseph’s University.
She received a post master’s certificate in Nursing Administration
in 1989 from Villanova University.
In 2001, she was named a Johnson & Johnson Wharton Fellow
for Nurse Executives at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton
School.
Ms. Edger is involved in several professional organizations
including the Southeastern Pennsylvania Organization of Nursing
Leaders. She is a board member of the Burn Foundation as well
as the LIFE Center where she is also a member of the LIFE
Plan Advisory Committee.
Published: 7-19-2004
Media Only Contact:
Nan Myers
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Phone: 215/955-6300
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