Catherine Hamilton

Administrator, Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital

Catherine Hamilton, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is administrator of Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri, and Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Missouri. In this role, she leads the day-to-day operations of the two Missouri critical access hospitals that are part of BJC Health System’s West Region (Saint Luke’s).

Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital serve patients in Livingston County, Grundy County, and surrounding communities in Northwest Missouri. Both are Joint Commission-accredited and have received a five-star rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, most recently in 2025 for Hedrick Medical Center, placing it among the top 10% of all hospitals nationwide.

Catherine joined Saint Luke’s in 2011 and brings more than 30 years of nursing experience—including more than 20 years in health care leadership—to her role. She has served in a number of leadership positions, most recently as chief nursing officer for Saint Luke’s Critical Access Region, focusing on fostering consistency and collaboration and providing extraordinary patient care across all four of Saint Luke’s critical access hospitals in Missouri and Kansas.

Catherine earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Webster University.