INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana
– Annette Seabrook, MPT, MHA, has been appointed administrative director of
neurosciences for Franciscan St. Francis Health.
She has served as the
interim director of neurosciences the last five months. In her new role, she
will oversee the day-to-day operations of the hospital’s neurosciences programsm,
including sleep, spine, stroke and inpatient rehabilitation.
Seabrook began her
service with Franciscan St. Francis in 2010 as the program director for the
hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation center, where she was responsible for
operational leadership. She lalso ed an initiative that garnered the hospital’s
first specialty accreditation by the Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation
Facilities, including the first Stroke Specialty Program accreditation.
A board-certified
Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Seabrook worked
at other rehabilitation hospitals in Indianapolis and Chicago before joining
Franciscan Alliance.
Seabrook, a licensed
physical therapist, received her undergraduate degree from Augustana College
(Illinois) and earned a master’s degree in physical therapy at Hahnemann
University in Philadelphia. She later earned a master of health administration
degree at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis.
Among her many
professional associations, she holds current memberships with the Indiana
Healthcare Executive Network, Indiana Regent Advisory Council in Indiana for
ACHE, National Spinal Cord Injury Association and is the chair of the Indiana
Hospital Association Rehabilitation Task Force.
An Indianapolis
resident, Seabrook also helped spearhead the creation of the Indiana General Assembly
legislation to establish the Indiana Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research.
