The Office of Public Affairs serves as the public information and media contact for the School of Medicine.
To reach us after hours regarding an urgent press matter, please contact us at home or call the SIU Call Center 217-545-8000 and have us paged.
We look forward to working with you.
Office of Public Affairs
SIU School of Medicine
P.O. Box 19621
801 N. Rutledge, 2nd floor
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9621 Main Office: (217) 545-2155
FAX: (217) 545-0580 publicaffairs@siumed.edu
Public Affairs Staff
| Karen V. Carlson, M.A., Director (217) 545-3854 office (217) 622-3212 mobile kcarlson@siumed.edu |
| Ruth Slottag, M.A., APR, Media Coordinator (217) 545-2819 office (217) 793-8200 home rslottag@siumed.edu |
| Steve Sandstrom, Communications Coordinator (217) 545-5616 office ssandstrom@siumed.edu |
| Rebecca Budde, Publications Coordinator (217) 545-2151 office rbudde@siumed.edu |
| Sheila Jessen, Office Support Specialist (217) 545-2155 office sjessen@siumed.edu |
Other SIU colleagues with media responsibilities
| Cindy Davidsmeyer, Community Support Simmons Cancer Institute (217) 545-3837 office (217) 248-3336 mobile cdavidsmeyer@siumed.edu |
| Susan Helm, Marketing Department of Surgery (217) 545-7012 office (217) 502-3992 mobile shelm@siumed.edu |