Hospital Announces Promotions

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham has announced promotions for several colleagues to its management team.

Stacey Bowlin

Stacey Bowlin has accepted a new role within St. Anthony’s as the Manager of Admissions. In this role, she joins the management team and is responsible for oversight of registration and scheduling colleagues, and working on improvement projects to facilitate ease of scheduling. She previously served as the credentialing specialist. Bowlin received her bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Greenville University.

Ashley Dillingham

Ashley Dillingham joins the management team as St. Anthony’s Manager of Case Management. In this role, her focus will be related to evolving the case management model into a patient navigation model and working with local resources to improve patient discharge and services. Dillingham joined HSHS in 2015 as a social worker in Post-Acute Care. She has also been an extensive part of the outreach team. Prior to joining HSHS, she worked in case management at Belleville Memorial Hospital. Dillingham received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology/Sociology and Religious Studies from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. She also has received her Master of Science degree in Social Work from the University of Tennessee.

Amy Koester

Amy Koester has been named the hospital’s new Environmental Services Manager through Compass One, HSHS’ contracted Environmental Services (EVS) providers. In this role, Koester will provide leadership to the EVS department. She has been with St. Anthony’s since January 2017, and has been the facilitator in EVS since early 2018. She has completed several leadership courses provided by Compass One.