Anne Brooks

Anne Brooks, SNJM (born 1938) is an American Roman Catholic religious sister and retired family physician who is CEO of Tutwiler Clinic, a non-profit entity located in Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County in the Mississippi Delta. Tutwiler Clinic provides health services to the poor, medically under-served, largely African-American community.

Early years Born in Washington, D.C. in 1938, she was an only child. Her mother became alcoholic and her father was a Navy captain. That same year, Brooks was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

During her fourth year of medical studies, Brooks took a month off and traveled to Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi. She said about this travel, "there were a couple of things I wanted to know. One of them was how as a sister, with a vow of poverty, how do I run a practice?" The clinic provides medical, counseling, dental, optical, podiatry, education, and outreach services.

Other From 2000 to 2002, Brooks served as Chief of Staff at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, a 195-bed hospital in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Awards Brooks was awarded an honorary degree from Michigan State University. MSU also presented her with the MSU Distinguished Alumni Award. She has received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award from the International Fellowship of Reconciliation She was given the Outstanding Commitment and Devotion to Serving Humanity Award from the Tallahatchie Development League. In 2007, Sister Brooks received the Mississippi State Medical Association's (MSMA) Community Service Award which recognizes an individual physician for outstanding contributions to the betterment of life in his or her community.