Employee News, Promotions, Achievements

STPH ANNOUNCES EMPLOYEE NEWS, PROMOTIONS

COVINGTON – St. Tammany Parish Hospital has named Stacey Gallien department head of surgery, Chris Connell department head of CRNAs, Melanie Hunley department head of Patient Access, April LaFontaine FACHE director of Revenue Cycle, Lisa McAdams Materials Management Operations manager and Dionne Williams director of the St. Tammany Physicians Network.

Gus Suarez MD has been named medical director and Shannon Vinson APRN has been named nurse practitioner for the newly created inpatient palliative care program at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.

In addition to his duties as executive director of the St. Tammany Quality Network, Jack Khashou will also now serve as administrator for Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.

Rebekka Amick RN passed her Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse exam. Cheryl Bays RN and Donna Berbling RN have received their recertification as Hospice and Palliative Care Certified Nurses. Angela Clements and John Edge, Revenue Cycle Management, have earned their Certified Coding Specialist certifications. Louise Dill RN earned her Gerontology certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Bethany Monistere RN has earned her Trauma Nursing Core Course and Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course certifications.

###

A full-service acute care facility committed to providing world-class healthcare and the latest technology, St. Tammany Parish Hospital delivers today’s life-improving procedures with the utmost care to area residents with emphasis on wellness, preventive care and disease management close to home. STPH is a self-supporting not-for-profit community hospital; it receives no tax funding. STPH.org