News
Center for Family Medicine Opens Expanded Clinic
September 29, 2016
Doubled space, services benefit patients
Simmons Cancer Institute Providing Cancer Care in Litchfield
January 14, 2016
A new partnership between Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield and Litchfield Oncology Institute will expand area cancer patients’ access to cancer care.
SIU HealthCare Launches New Patient Portal
October 12, 2015
Patients of SIU HealthCare now have easy, free and secure access to their personal health information online, allowing them to request appointments, refill prescriptions, view lab results and receive updates to changes in their health record.
Simmons Cancer Institute and Passavant Hospital Announce Partnership
October 12, 2015
A new partnership between Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville will expand area cancer patients’ access to cancer care.
SIU Med School, Wash U Partner to Explore Rural Cancer Health Disparities
September 24, 2015
NIH grant to fund researcher development, increase cancer research scope
SIU Family Physician Recognized for Service to Community
September 18, 2015
Tom Miller, MD, chairman and residency program director of SIU Quincy Family Medicine, has received the 2015 Distinguished Service Award from the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP).
SIU HealthCare CMO Named Chair of National Education Bureau
September 11, 2015
Harald Lausen, DO, MA, the chief medical officer of SIU HealthCare and assistant dean for clinical education at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, has been appointed chair of the Bureau of Osteopathic Education for the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
Dr. Jerry Kruse Named Fourth Dean and Provost
September 10, 2015
The SIU Board of Trustees has voted to appoint Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, as Dean and Provost for Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The appointment is effective January 1 and is pending a final contract.
SIU Faculty Physicians Named “Best Doctors”
September 8, 2015
Twenty faculty physicians at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine are included in Best Doctors® in America 2015 database. Best Doctors includes more than 45,000 U.S.