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Cancer survivors, local businesses advocate for breast reconstruction awareness in Sept. 28 fashion show
September 24, 2019
SIU Medicine is bringing the New York City catwalk to the cornfields of New Berlin.
SIU Surgeon Named 'Master Educator in Endoscopy'
February 28, 2019
SIU surgeon John Mellinger, MD, FACS, is the 2019 recipient of the SAGES Foundation’s Ponsky Master Educator in Endoscopy Award.
Head and Neck Clinic is Moving October 1st
August 31, 2018
ENT surgeons, Dr. Arun Sharma and Dr. Pardis Javadi will be relocating their clinics from the Simmons Cancer Institute to the new Ear Nose & Throat Clinic | Hearing & Balance Center at 720 N. Bond Street on October 1, 2018
Mellinger honored for teaching excellence
May 11, 2018
https://news.siu.edu/2018/04/042018-2018-faculty-staff-excellence-awards.php
2017 Outstanding Coordinator Award
December 6, 2017
In order to formally recognize the crucial and expansive role of a program coordinator, the Office of Graduate Medical Education assembles a committee annually to select a GME coordinator for the Outstanding Coordinator Award.
General Surgery Residents Take Top Award at National Competition
October 25, 2017
The SIU Medicine General Surgery Residency Program is the 2017 American College of Surgeons' Surgical Jeopardy Competition champions. Chief Resident Susan Wetzel, MD, and second-year resident Sarah Fedeli, MD, led the team to victory on Wednesday, Oct.
Dr. John Mellinger exemplifies humanism in medicine
May 17, 2017
As Vriti Advani, MD, chief resident of general surgery, confidently performs a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Dr.
SIU Surgeon to Lead National Surgery Board
October 27, 2016
Jan Rakinic, MD, FACS, SIU School of Medicine Professor of Surgery, has been named the president-elect for the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (ABCRS.)