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SIU in the News
May 9, 2019
4.30.19. Effingham Daily News. Effingham native in Miss USA Pageant on Thursday.
AOA Medical Society Honorees
May 9, 2019
The following individuals were elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society by the ETA Chapter of Illinois.
GME Resident and Fellow Poster Competition
May 9, 2019
Congratulations to the winners of the SIU Graduate Medical Education Resident and Fellow Quality Improvement Poster Competition on April 30.
SIU students & residents honored at Trainee Research Symposium
May 7, 2019
May 14, 2019 — Young researchers at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine show great promise as they pursued answers to scientific queries during the 29th annual Trainee Research Symposium held recently at the medical school.
Harbinger of Goodwill Recipients
May 7, 2019
The following people have recently received the Harbinger of Goodwill award:
Camp COCO Golf Outing Set for June 7
May 2, 2019
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – SIU Medicine invites golfers to form teams for the annual charity golf outing benefiting the Camp COCO Children’s Cancer Fund. A shotgun start will begin the game at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, June 7, at The Rail Golf Course, 1400 S. Club House Dr., Springfield. H.D.
Medical Students Learning from Local Physicians
April 29, 2019
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Family physicians in three Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine April 22–May 17. The students are participating in the school’s Family Medicine Preceptorship Program.
Medical students lobby DC for health care needs
April 24, 2019
SIU medical students Alexandria Wellman, Matthew Riley and Leighton Kraft traveled to Washington, DC, to advocate for policies on behalf of Southern Illinois University as a part of the AMA MSS Medical Advocacy and Region Conference on March 7-9.
McDowell Named First Recipient of New Endowed Chair for Emergency Medicine Named after Dr. David Griffen
April 22, 2019
Dr. Christopher McDowell, an emergency medicine physician with SIU Medicine and the medical director of the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, will be the first recipient of a newly created endowment for emergency medicine.