Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic | Springfield
Overview
Family Medicine covers a broad spectrum of care for all ages, all genders, and every kind of disease. Your provider will coordinate your care and serve as your advocate in all health-related matters, including referrals to specialists and community resources.
Treatments
In addition to comprehensive care for all ages, our office provides many specialty services for our patients.
Treatments and procedures include:
• Acupuncture
• Callus shaving
• Cervical polyp treatment
• Circumcisions
• Colposcopy
• Continuous glucose monitoring
• Cryotherapy
• Cupping
• Cyst removal
• Endometrial biopsy
• Foreign body removal
• Nexplanon insertion & removal
• Incision & drainage treatment
• Ingrown toenail removal
• IUD insertions & removal
• Joint injections
• Laceration repair
• Skin lesion removal
• Osteopathic manipulation treatments
• Planter fasciitis treatments
• Shave, punch or incision biopsies
• Skin lesion removal
• Skin tag removal
• Ultrasounds
• Wart removal
• Wound care & management
If you are hospitalized, our physicians will provide and coordinate your care during your stay in HSHS St. John's or Springfield Memorial Hospital.
Family Medicine Clinics
The Child Advocacy Clinic serves several central Illinois counties and works with DCFS, child advocacy centers, emergency departments, district attorneys and the police as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide the best and more comprehensive care to children and their families and to ensure the safety and health of children who may have been physically or sexually abused.
The Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC) is a multi-disciplinary care clinic designed for patients with complex medical and social needs. The clinic takes referrals mainly from outside agencies within Springfield which includes but is not limited to Mental Health Court, Springfield Police Department, local hospitals, and community health workers. Many of the patients within the CCC have a history of significant mental health conditions, live in poverty, suffer from severe chronic medical conditions, and lack the social support needed to thrive. Goals of the CCC ultimately are to improve patient satisfaction and engagement in primary care, reduce use of emergency services, and overall improve health and well-being of the population within the Springfield area.
The goal of the Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Loss Clinic is to deliver a non-surgical, intensive behavioral therapy (IBT) program that meets Medicare B guidelines and results in improved clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction and quality of life for patients of the SIU Center for Family Medicine.
Who is eligible
Diabetes Clinic
• Have type 2 diabetes
• Need improved blood glucose control
• Want to reduce risk for diabetes complications
• Interested in extra support and methods to manage diabetes
Weight Loss Clinic
• Body mass index equal to or greater than 30
• Interested in lifestyle change education
• Need to lose weight for medical reasons
• Able to attend scheduled appointments
Nutrition Clinic
The Nutrition Clinic is designed for patients looking for assistance on nutrition topics such as obesity, underweight, high cholesterol, GI and liver disorders, hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, and heart disease.
Our certified diabetes educators will work with patients on eating habits, taking a look at current food and beverage habits, and how food and beverage choices can make a difference with weight, blood glucose management, and other nutrition-related considerations.
The Geriatric Program has moved to its permanent location in the new SIU Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness as part of SIU's Federally Qualified Health Center locations. To learn more please visit their page.
The Gender Equity and Transgender Clinic offers holistic care, including preventative health care, management of chronic health conditions and emotional support to patients in the LGBTQIA community. We also provide gender-affirming medical care for transgender individuals.
Services:
- Gender Affirming Hormone therapy
- Referral surgery to:
- Top surgery
- Bottom surgery
- Hysterectomy
- Orchiectomy
- Physiological and emotional counseling
- Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV
- Primary care services
- Co-management with referring physician
- Preventive health services
- Cancer screenings
- Routine physicals
- Immunizations
- OB/GYM care
- Birth control
- Pregnancy testing and counseling
- Cervical cancer screenings
- STI prevention and testing
The Gender Equity and Transgender clinic scheduling can be reached at:
Phone 217.545.4692
Fax 217.545.0398
A dedicated clinic for children who are displaced from home.
Click here to learn more about the clinic.
The SIU Medicine Support Team for Addiction Recovery Treatment (START) clinic has moved to its permanent location in the new SIU Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness as part of SIU's Federally Qualified Health Center locations. To learn more please visit their page.
To learn more about the START clinic and all their locations visit their page or call 217-545-4781.
We are committed to providing you with high-quality, team-based care to support you in your recovery from trauma. We understand how emotional and mental health issues can affect your life and the lives of your loved ones. Our caring team is eager to work with you at our center, in your home, or assorted community locations. All services are free of charge. Walk-in or call us today, 217.545.7815.
Services:
- Therapy
- Individual, group and family
- Psychiatry
- Case management
- Trauma-informed yoga
Criteria:
- 5 years old and up
- Reside in Sangamon County
- Survivor of crime within past 3 years
- Domestic violence (physical, emotional, financial)
- Sexual assault and other physical assaults
- Gang related or community violence
- Human or labor trafficking
- Kidnapping, stalking or harassment
- Robbery, mugging, and/or burglary
- Criminal motor vehicle accident (hit and run or DUI)
- Lost a loved one to homicide
Don't delay your care and schedule a virtual care appointment with us. You will meet with your provider directly from your phone, tablet or desktop computer. To schedule, call 217-545-8000. Learn more about virtual care, here.
We can see a wide variety of issues over the phone including:
- Rashes or Cellulitis
- Allergies follow up
- COVID-19 or Flu symptoms and follow up
- Conjunctivitis
- Sore throat
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Diarrhea or Vomiting
- Sleep Disturbances or Sleep Apnea
- Birth Control
- Medication Refills
- Palliative Care
- Lab, Radiology, or Test Result follow up
- Medication Management and Refills if prescribed by SIU Center for Family
- Medicine providers
- Mental Health Conditions
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Grief or Stress
- Attention-deficit or hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
General follow-up visits for the following conditions:
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Obesity
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Pain Management
- Medication Assistance Recovery (MAR)
- Chronic Disease Management
- Migraine or Headache
- Acne
- Excessive Sweating
- Thyroid issues
- Lung Nodule
- Joint aches/pains
Our team of dedicated physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives can see and treat for a wide variety of women’s health issues.
We see patients for:
•Adolescent care
•Cancer screenings
•Family planning and contraception management
•Gender affirming care
•General women’s health
•Lactation support
•Postpartum depression
•Prenatal care and delivery
•STI screening and treatment
Office procedures and treatments include:
•Cervical polyp removal
•Cervical cancer screening/pap smears
•Colposcopy
•Cryotherapy/genital wart removal
•Endometrial biopsy
•IUD removal and insertion
•Nexplanon removal and insertion
•Vulvar and genital biopsy
Midwifery
A nurse midwife specializes in women’s reproductive health and childbirth. Nurse midwives provide care to women from adolescence through menopausal years. For pregnant women, they provide care during prenatal visits, attend the birth, and provide care after the baby is born.
Lactation Support
Many people experience difficulties when breastfeeding. Whether breastfeeding now or preparing to breastfeed, our team can provide support.
Our lactation clinic offers:
•Individualized feeding plans
•Weighted feedings
•Latching and positioning
•Advice and support for returning to work or school
•Guidance with breastfeeding/pumping equipment
•Help with over and under production
•Mastitis treatment
•Plugged duct/nipple bleb treatment
•Help with weaning
•Re-lactation or inducing lactation
•Management of other breastfeeding difficulties
To refer a patient or schedule an appointment for lactation support please reach:
Phone 217-757-8142
Fax 217-545-0398
A federally qualified health center
The SIU Center for Family Medicine is designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center or FQHC. We have a governing board composed of patients and community members to help us serve the needs of the people of Springfield and other central and southern Illinois communities that we serve. In addition, our FQHC status enables us to offer special programs for low income and uninsured patients. We offer expert, convenient care to entire families, regardless of their ability to pay. Learn more about our program as well as our financial assistance options.
NCQA’s Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition program is the most widely adopted PCMH evaluation program in the country. The patient-centered medical home is a model of care that puts patients at the forefront of care. PCMHs build better relationships between patients and their clinical care teams.
The SIU Center for Family Medicine has been awarded the Bronze status in the Advocacy Center of Excellence (ACE) Program. The ACE program recognizes and rewards Community Health Centers that demonstrate excellence in formalizing their advocacy program to make it an institutional part of health center operations. As a Bronze ACE, our health center serves as an example to other organizations striving to achieve advocacy excellence.
This facility is a member of the National Health Service Corps. To learn more visit: NHCS.hrsa.gov. As a National Health Service Corps Site, we promise to:
- Serve all patients
- Offer discounted fees for patients who qualify
- Not deny service based on a person’s:
- Race
- Color
- Sex
- Age
- National Origin
- Disability
- Religion
- Gender identity
- Sexual orientation
- Inability to pay
- Accept insurance, including:
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Our Doctors
SIU Medicine is home to more than 300 qualified and compassionate health care providers. Search by specialty, location, insurance coverage or language to find the doctor right for you and your family. SIU Medicine accepts a wide variety of governmental and non-governmental health plans to serve our community. This list includes plans that each respective SIU Medicine entity is currently participating in. SIU Medicine strongly encourages all patients to verify coverage, benefits and which providers are considered in-network with their individual health plan. To find out which insurances are accepted by a particular provider and location, call 217-545-8000.